SF 764 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Defend the Guard Act establishment

SF 764 establishes the "Defend the Guard Act" to restrict Minnesota National Guard deployments. It prohibits sending the Guard or its members into "active duty combat" without either a formal U.S. Congressional declaration of war or specific congressional action under the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 15) to call the Guard for specific purposes like repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection. The bill requires the governor to take all necessary actions to comply with this restriction. It does not affect other deployments, such as those under Title 32 of the U.S. Code for domestic civil support missions. This directly affects Minnesota National Guard members and the state's authority to deploy them for combat operations.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Jan 30, 2025
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Jan 30, 2025
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Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
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Jan 30, 2025
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