# Executive Order 19-01 *Minnesota executive order establishing the Council on Inclusion and Equity, the founding order of the One Minnesota initiative.* Executive Order 19-01 is a [[Minnesota]] executive order dated January 9, 2019, which established the [[Council on Inclusion and Equity]].[^1][^2] The project's source document calls it Walz's first official act and "the founding order" of One Minnesota.[^2] The [[governor]]'s executive-orders listing, as linked in the project's claim record, titles it *One Minnesota Council on Inclusion and Equity*.[^1] The same source describes One Minnesota as both the 2018 campaign brand and a state apparatus. That apparatus comprises the council created by this order, 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]].[^3] According to the source, the apparatus "rests entirely on executive-order authority", not on any statute.[^3] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Walz issued Executive Order 19-01 as his first official act.[^2] ### What - Executive Order 19-01 is the founding order of the One Minnesota initiative.[^2] - The governor's executive-orders listing titles the order *One Minnesota Council on Inclusion and Equity*.[^1] ### When - The order is dated January 9, 2019.[^2] - The One Minnesota Budget, a later instrument of the same initiative, was signed May 24, 2023.[^3] ### Why - According to the source, One Minnesota rests on executive-order authority alone, with no statute.[^3] The record in this pack does not set out the stated purpose of the order or the reasons for proceeding by executive order rather than legislation. ### How - Executive Order 19-01 established the Council on Inclusion and Equity.[^2] - The coordination function across 24 cabinet agencies was renewed by Executive Order 23-12.[^3] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota Office of the Governor, *Executive Order 19-01 (One Minnesota Council on Inclusion and Equity)*, executive-orders listing as linked in project claim row S-113 (date not stated in pack). This footnote supports the order's existence and listed title. https://www.mnrelay.org/governor/newsroom/executive-orders/?id=1055-364613 [^2]: *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), validated passage, note 29. It establishes that the Council on Inclusion and Equity was "established by Executive Order 19-01 (Jan. 9, 2019, Walz's first official act)" and calls the order "the founding order". The note cites mn.gov/governor as primary confirmation; no URL for the document is in the pack. [^3]: *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), validated passage, main text. It describes the One Minnesota apparatus: the council, the One Minnesota Plan 2023–2027, the One Minnesota Budget (signed May 24, 2023), a coordination function across 24 cabinet agencies renewed by Executive Order 23-12, and its reliance on "executive-order authority". No URL for the document is in the pack.