Text: Dear Legislative Leaders:In my letter dated January 7, 2021, I expressed to you my desire to work collaborativelyto find a pathway for an orderly end of the peacetime emergency while maintaining our ability torespond effectively to the pandemic and continue to save the lives of Minnesotans. I shared a listof actions that I have taken via emergency executive orders and encouraged you to begin thework of enacting into law those key provisions so that I may end those orders at a time when thepandemic presents a less significant and rapidly evolving challenge to Minnesota.I am writing to follow up on that letter in light of the work that Chair Pelowski is leadingin the House to address this critical topic. As a former member of a legislative body who believesstrongly in the importance of legislative deliberation and action, I was heartened to learn that theHouse has begun this essential work in Chair Pelowski's committee.Minnesota has long been a model for good governance rooted in a spirit of collaboration.By working together on transferring these key life-saving provisions from executive tolegislative action, we can demonstrate to the country how executive and legislative leaders cancome together to nimbly tackle the varied challenges that the pandemic has presented. I lookforward to this conversation and encourage you to pass legislation that addresses the coreemergency response efforts including, but not limited to, those outlined in my letter from January7, 2021.The legislature has requested a greater role in responding to this once-in-a-lifetime crisis.Now that you are back in regular session, I welcome your work to codify the most importantelements of the actions my administration has taken over the past year to save lives and protectMinnesota's economy.Sincerely,Tim WalzGovernor