1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; adopting a new design for the state flag and Great 
1.3 	Seal;amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 1.135, subdivision 
1.4 	3a; 1.141, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 1.135, subdivision 3a, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3a.Official seal; May 11, 2024, and thereafter. The Great Seal of the State of 
1.9 	Minnesota is the design as certified in the report of the full color version of seal submission 
1.10 	S224, submitted to the State Emblems Redesign Commission, as established by Laws in
1.11 	2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 118.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 1.141, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.14 	read:
1.15 		Subdivision 1.Adoption. The design of the state flag as certified in the report of the 
1.16 	State Emblems Redesign Commission, as established by Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, 
1.17 	section 118, is the Great Seal as described in section 1.135, centered on a background of 
1.18 	the same blue as the background in the official state flag prior to May 11, 2024, and is 
1.19 	adopted as the official state flag.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.