1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; modifying the date on which the legislature must meet 
1.3 	in odd-numbered years; modifying the definition of legislative day;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 3.011; 3.012.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.011, is amended to read:
1.7 	3.011 SESSIONS.
1.8 	The legislature shall meet at the seat of government on the first Tuesday after the first
1.9 	second Monday in January of each odd-numbered year. When the first Monday in January 
1.10 	falls on January 1, it shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday. It shall also 
1.11 	meet when called by the governor to meet in special session.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.012, is amended to read:
1.13 	3.012 LEGISLATIVE DAY.
1.14 	For the purposes of article IV, section 12, of the Minnesota Constitution, a legislative 
1.15 	day is a day when either house of the legislature is called to order gives any bill a third 
1.16 	reading, adopts a rule of procedure or organization, elects a university regent, confirms a 
1.17 	gubernatorial appointment, or votes to override a gubernatorial veto. A legislative day begins 
1.18 	at seven o'clock a.m. and continues until seven o'clock a.m. of the following calendar day.