# Council on Inclusion and Equity *Minnesota state council established by Executive Order 19-01 under Governor Walz* The Council on Inclusion and Equity is a [[Minnesota]] state body created by executive order rather than by statute. [[Executive Order 19-01]], issued under the title *One Minnesota Council on Inclusion and Equity*, established it.[^1] The project's source document dates the order to January 9, 2019, and describes it as Governor Walz's first official act.[^2] The same document describes One Minnesota as both the 2018 campaign brand and a state apparatus. It lists four parts of that apparatus: the council; a [[One Minnesota Plan]] 2023–2027; the One Minnesota Budget, signed May 24, 2023; and a coordination function across 24 cabinet agencies, renewed by [[Executive Order 23-12]].[^2] The document states that the apparatus rests entirely on executive-order authority and on no statute.[^2] The record assembled here does not document the council's membership, budget, staffing, meetings or outputs.[^2] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Governor Walz established the Council on Inclusion and Equity by Executive Order 19-01.[^1][^2] ### What - The council is a component of the One Minnesota apparatus.[^2] ### When - Executive Order 19-01 established the council on January 9, 2019. The project's source document describes the order as Walz's first official act.[^1][^2] ### Why - The project's source document states that the council's legal basis is executive-order authority alone, with no statute.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: Office of the Governor of Minnesota, *Executive Order 19-01 (One Minnesota Council on Inclusion and Equity)* (2019) — the executive order establishing the council. https://www.mnrelay.org/governor/newsroom/executive-orders/?id=1055-364613 [^2]: *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), validated passage and note [29] — establishes the January 9, 2019 date, the "first official act" description, the parts of the One Minnesota apparatus (including the One Minnesota Budget signed May 24, 2023 and Executive Order 23-12), and the statement that it rests on executive-order authority with no statute. Record source; no URL in the pack.