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  • Executive Order 18-14

    Providing for Assistance to the State of Florida

  • Executive Order 18-13

    Providing for Assistance to the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia

  • Executive Order 18-12

    Providing for Assistance to the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center

  • Executive Order 18-11

    Declaring a State of Peacetime Emergency in the State of Minnesota

  • Executive Order 18-09

    Amending Executive Order 18-08: Establishing the Governor's Task Force on Wild Rice

  • Executive Order 18-08

    Establishing the Governor's Task Force on Wild Rice

  • Executive Order 18-07

    Declaring an Emergency and Providing Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in the State of Minnesota

  • Executive Order 18-06

    Declaring an Emergency in the State of Minnesota and Providing Assistance for Emergency Sheltering, Search and Rescue, and Sheltering of Stranded Motorists

  • Executive Order 18-05

    Providing temporary relief from seasonal load restrictions in portions of southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area for vehicles used to pump or transport septic sewage

  • Executive Order 18-04

    Establishing the Governor's Advisory Council on Connected and Automated Vehicles

  • Executive Order 18-03

    Declaring an Emergency and Providing Assistance to Shelter Stranded Motorists

  • Executive Order 18-02

    Providing Assistance for Super Bowl Public Safety

  • Executive Order 18-01

    Amending Executive Order 17-12: Directing State Agencies to Conserve Energy and Water, and Reduce Waste to Save Money

  • Executive Order 17-16

    Providing for Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in the State of Minnesota

  • Executive Order 17-15

    Providing Assistance to the County of Clay

  • Executive Order 17-14

    Establishing the Governor's Task Force on Housing

  • Executive Order 17-13

    Providing for Assistance to the County of Renville

  • Executive Order 17-12

    Directing State Agencies to Conserve Energy and Water, and Reduce Waste to Save Money

  • Executive Order 17-11

    Providing for relief from regulations to motor carriers and drivers operating in the State of Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 17-10

    Providing for Assistance to the United States Territory of Puerto Rico

  • Executive Order 17-09

    Directing the Minnesota Department of Commerce to Finalize the 2018 Individual Health Insurance Market Rates

  • Executive Order 17-08

    Providing for Assistance to the State of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon

  • Executive Order 17-07

    Providing for Assistance to the State of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama 

  • Executive Order 17-06

    Providing for Assistance to the State of Texas

  • Executive Order 17-05

    Providing for Emergency Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota Transporting Forage.

  • Executive Order 17-04

    Amending Executive Order 17-01: Establishing the Governor's Council on Law Enforcement and Community Relations

  • Executive Order 17-03

    Declaring an Emergency and Providing Assistance for Search and Rescue.

  • Executive Order 17-02

    Providing for Emergency Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota Transporting Forage

  • Executive Order 17-01

    Amending Executive Order 16-09; Establishing the Governor's Council on Law Enforcement and Community Relations

  • Executive Order 16-09

    Establishing the Governor's Council on Law Enforcement and Community Relations.

  • Executive Order 16-08

    Declaring a state of peacetime emergency in the state of Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 16-07

    Directing Steps to Reverse Pollinator Decline and Restore Pollinator Health in Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 16-06

    Establishing the Governor's Council on Freight Rail

  • Executive Order 16-04

    Providing for Personnel and Equipment for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Drill and Exercise

  • Executive Order 16-03

    Providing for Assistance to the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center

  • Executive Order 16-02

    Establishing the Governor's Task Force on Mental Health

  • Executive Order 16-01

    Establishing the Diversity and Inclusion Council; Rescinding Executive Order 15-02.

  • Executive Order 15-3

    Supporting Freedom of Choice and Opportunity to Live, Work, and Participate in the Most Inclusive Setting for Individuals with Disabilities through the Implementation of Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan; Rescinding Executive Order 13-01.

  • Executive Order 15-2

    Executive Order 15-2 Establishing the Diversity and Inclusion Council; Rescinding Executive Order 91-14

  • Executive Order 15-17

    Recognizing the training of mental health counselors for military veterans through the American Red Cross as an appropriate use of leave.

  • Executive Order 15-16

    Providing for emergency assistance to the State of Washington through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

  • Executive Order 15-15

    Creates the Governor’s Committee to advise the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

  • Executive Order 15-14

    States that the head of each state agency is responsible for carrying out COOP and COG functions that are prescribed to them.

  • Executive Order 15-13

    Directs each state agency to ensure that proper processes are in place to appropriately respond to a variety of emergency situations.

  • Executive Order 15-12

    Delivering relief from regulations incorporated in Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, pertaining to hours of service for motor carriers and drivers of commercial motor vehicles providing direct assistance in emergency relief efforts.

  • Executive Order 15-11

    Directing the Minnesota National Guard’s Adjutant General to provide personnel and equipment for Monticello Island Nuclear Generating Plant safety drills and exercises.

  • Executive Order 15-10

    Requiring the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to stop the practice of radio collaring moose in Minnesota, or issuing new permits for moose radio collaring.

  • Executive Order 15-1

    Executive Order 15-1 Declaring a State of Emergency in Minnesota and Providing Assistance to Stranded Motorists.

  • Executive Order 15-09

    Declaring a State of Peacetime Emergency in the State of Minnesota

  • Executive Order 15-08

    Directing the Minnesota Department of Transportation to Utilize Certain Special Characters on Roadway Signage

  • Executive Order 15-07

    Providing for Assistance to the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center

  • Executive Order 15-06

    Tightening statewide biosecurity critical to lowering risk of H5N2 avian influenza spread

  • Executive Order 15-05

    Providing for Assistance to the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center

  • Executive Order 15-04

    Providing for Relief from Regulations to Certain Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota

  • Executive Order 14-19

    Executive Order 14-19 Declaring an emergency and providing for relief from regulations to motor carriers and drivers operating in State of Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 14-18

    Amending Executive Order 14-17 pertaining to the hours of service exemption to motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in emergency relief efforts related to the shortage of propane supplies across Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 14-17

    Delivering emergency relief from regulations incorporated in Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, pertaining to hours of service for motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in emergency relief efforts. The Emergency Executive Order will help increase propane supplies across Minnesota, improving access for farmers during the autumn harvest and enhancing the state’s preparedness for the winter heating season.

  • Executive Order 14-16

    The Governor’s Emergency Executive Order delivers Emergency relief from regulations incorporated in Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, pertaining to hours of service for carriers and drivers of commercial motor vehicles while in the process of obtaining and transporting diesel fuel. The Emergency Executive Order will help increase the supply of diesel fuel for farmers and other agricultural operations during the fall harvest.

  • Executive Order 14-15

    The Governor’s Executive Order creates The Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children to advise the Governor and Legislature on system and practice improvements in the child protection system at all levels of government within the State of Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 14-14

    The Governor’s Executive Order instructs Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) and the State Director for Equal Opportunity to develop a model for recruitment and hiring strategies to increase the employment of people with disabilities. It also requires all state agencies to develop plans for promoting employment opportunities for Minnesotans with disabilities, and to begin reporting their progress on a quarterly basis. The Order also directs MMB to develop ways to help employees to more easily update their disability status with their employer.

  • Executive Order 14-13

    Governor Dayton today created The Governor’s Committee on the University of Minnesota Medical School to advise the Governor and Legislature on future strategies, investments, and actions to strengthen the position of the University’s Medical School.

  • Executive Order 14-12

    Supplementing Emergency Executive Order 14-11, Declaring a State of Peacetime
    Emergency in the State of Minnesota

  • Executive Order 14-11

    Gov. Mark Dayton today declared a State of Emergency in 35 Minnesota counties following recent storms and flooding. The Executive Order makes a wide range of state resources available and engages state agencies in response efforts.

  • Executive Order 14-10

    Directing the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs to provide personnel and equipment for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant safety exercises and related activities.

  • Executive Order 14-09

    Directing the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to begin implementing Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program pilot programs.

  • Executive Order 14-08

    Exempts vehicles used to pump or transport septic system sewage from the seasonal weight restrictions on local and state highways and streets.

  • Executive Order 14-07

    Requires the Office of the Governor and all Executive branch agencies to communicate with Minnesotans using Plain Language.

  • Executive Order 14-06

    Following a major winter storm, Governor Mark Dayton has issued Emergency Executive Order 14-06. The Executive Order directs the Minnesota National Guard to assist stranded motorists in affected counties across Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 14-05

    Amending Executive Order 14-04 to include the transport of gasoline, diesel fuel, ethanol, and biodiesel.

  • Executive Order 14-04

    Extends relief from regulations to motor carriers and drivers operating in the State of Minnesota, in an effort to help improve the transport of propane and other heating fuels across the state.

  • Executive Order 14-03

    Providing assistance for search and rescue, and sheltering of stranded motorists.

  • Executive Order 14-02

    Declaring a Peacetime State of Emergency in Minnesota in response to a severe shortage of propane and other home heating fuel supplies statewide.

  • Executive Order 14-01

    Extending relief from regulations to motor carriers and drivers operating in the State of Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 13-14

    Today, Governor Mark Dayton issued Executive Order 13-14.

  • Executive Order 13-13

    Directing each Minnesota state agency to designate a member of its staff as its emergency preparedness response contact and coordinator.

  • Executive Order 13-12

    Extending a state of emergency in Minnesota due to the late maturing of the corn crop across the upper Midwest.

  • Executive Order 13-11

    Declaring a state of emergency in Minnesota due to the late maturing of the corn crop across the upper Midwest. Effective immediately, motor carriers and drivers transporting propane and anhydrous ammonia to affected areas of the state and providing direct assistance for emergency relief efforts, are exempted from regulations pertaining to hours of service.

  • Executive Order 13-10

    Directing state government agencies to implement new tribal consultation policies aimed at improving relationships and collaboration with Minnesota’s eleven Tribal Nations.

  • Executive Order 13-09

    Declaring an emergency from severe storms and flash flooding; ordering state agencies to provide necessary assistance, in cooperation with appropriate federal agencies, to help local units of government recover from this emergency.

  • Executive Order 13-08

    Declaring an emergency and easing restrictions on out of state utility trucks coming to Minnesota to help in response to the severe weather.

  • Executive Order 13-07

    Declaring an emergency and providing for relief from regulations to motor carriers and drivers operating in the State of Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 13-06

    Delivering assistance to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, by the Adjutant General of Minnesota, for support for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Drill and Exercise and Wabasha Reception Center Drill Exercise.

  • Executive Order 13-04

    Declaring a state of emergency; The Governor’s executive order also exempts motor carriers and drivers transporting supplies and materials to affected areas of the state and providing direct assistance for emergency relief efforts from the regulations incorporated in Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, pertaining to hours of service.

  • Executive Order 13-03

    Ordering the Adjutant General of Minnesota to state active duty personnel and equipment necessary to support recovery and sheltering of jurisdictions in southern Minnesota that have been impacted by winter storm conditions.

  • Executive Order 13-02

    Providing relief from regulations to certain motor carriers and drivers operating in Minnesota, due to extreme weather conditions and lack of snow cover that have created freezing of septic systems over much of Minnesota.

  • Executive Order 13-01

    Supporting Freedom of Choice and Opportunity to Live, Work, and Participate in the Most Inclusive Setting for Individuals with Disabilities through the Creation of Minnesota's Olmstead Plan

  • Executive Order 12-12

    Providing Assistance to Stranded Motorists

  • Executive Order 12-11

    Ordering the Adjutant General of Minnesota to order to state active duty such personnel and equipment necessary to support wildfire suppression in Northwest Minnesota

  • Executive Order 12-10

    Declaring a State of Emergency in the State of Minnesota and Providing Assistance
    for Sheltering Displaced Residents

  • Executive Order 12-09

    Declaring a State of Emergency in the State of Minnesota and Providing for
    Emergency Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in
    Minnesota

  • Executive Order 12-08

    Declaring a Peacetime Emergency in Carlton and St. Louis Counties

  • Executive Order 12-07

    Providing for a Client Assistance Program for Individuals Receiving or Seeking Services under the Rehabilitation Act and Continuing the Assignment of Responsibilities to Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, the Surviving Corporation of the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis; Rescinding Executive Order 99-09

  • Executive Order 12-06

    Providing for Protection and Advocacy for People with Developmental Disabilities and Continuing the Assignment of Responsibilities to Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, the Surviving Corporation of the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis; Rescinding Executive Order 99-08

  • Executive Order 12-05

    Providing for Protection and Advocacy for People with Mental Illness and Continuing the Assignment of Responsibilities to Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, the Surviving Corporation of the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis; Rescinding Executive Order 99-07

  • Executive Order 12-04

    Supporting and Strengthening Implementation of the State's Wetlands Policy

  • Executive Order 12-03

    Providing for Personnel and Equipment for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Drill and Exercise

  • Executive Order 12-02

    Providing Assistance for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center

  • Executive Order 12-01

    Establishing the Governor's Task Force on the Prevention of School Bullying; Rescinding Executive Order 11-33

  • Executive Order 11-33

    Establishing the Governor's Task Force on the Prevention of School Bullying

  • Executive Order 11-32

    Directing the Work of the Environmental Quality Board

  • Executive Order 11-31

    Representation of Licensed Registered Subsidized Family Child Care Providers

  • Executive Order 11-30

    Establishing a Vision for Health Care Reform in Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-29

    Providing for Assistance to the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center

  • Executive Order 11-28

    Providing for Assistance to the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center

  • Executive Order 11-27

    Providing for the Establishment of the Governor's Task Force on Broadband

  • Executive Order 11-26

    Providing for Personnel and Equipment for the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant Drill and Exercise

  • Executive Order 11-25

    Declaring an Emergency and Providing for Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-24

    Declaring an Emergency and Providing Assistance for Search and Rescue

  • Executive Order 11-23

    Declaring an Emergency and Providing for Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-22

    Providing for Emergency Relief From Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-21

    Declaring a State of Emergency in the State of Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-20

    Providing Assistance for the State of South Dakota

  • Executive Order 11-19

    Providing Assistance for the State of North Dakota

  • Executive Order 11-18

    Election Integrity

  • Executive Order 11-17

    Declaring a State of Emergency in the State of Minnesota and Providing for Emergency Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-16

    Providing Assistance for Displaced Citizens

  • Executive Order 11-15

    Creating a Civil War Commemoration Task Force

  • Executive Order 11-14

    Continuing the Office of Energy Security as the Division of Energy Resources Within the Department of Commerce

  • Executive Order 11-13

    Strengthening State Agency Environmental, Energy and Transportation Sustainability

  • Executive Order 11-12

    Providing for Job Creation through Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs for Minnesota's Public Buildings

  • Executive Order 11-11

    Declaring a State of Emergency in the State of Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-10

    Providing for the Assignment of Duties to the Department of Natural Resources under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (P.L. 94-422); Rescinding Executive Order No. 04-03

  • Executive Order 11-09

    Designating the Commissioners of Natural Resources and the Pollution Control Agency as Co-Trustees for Natural Resources; Rescinding Executive Order 99-17

  • Executive Order 11-08

    Providing for the Continuation of Certain Executive Orders

  • Executive Order 11-07

    Providing for Emergency Relief from Regulations to Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating in Minnesota

  • Executive Order 11-06

    Creating Public Disclosure for Minnesota's Managed Care Health Care Programs

  • Executive Order 11-05

    Creating the Early Learning Council

  • Executive Order 11-04

    Establishing Goals and Procedures to Ensure that Certain Environmental Permits are Issued More Efficiently·

  • Executive Order 11-03

    Assigning Emergency Responsibilities to State Agencies; Rescinding Executive Order 10-06


  • Executive Order 11-02

    Removing Ban on Requests for Federal Assistance; Rescinding Executive Order 10-12

  • Executive Order 11-01

    Directing Early Enrollment in Medical Assistance
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