Gov. Tim Walz summoned the Legislature into the special session as part of an agreement with top legislators that it be confined to 14 bills and be wrapped up by 7 a.m. Tuesday.

That’s also when layoff notices would be sent to thousands of state workers if a completed budget isn’t adopted, just one of many preparations for service interruptions that would happen without a new two-year spending plan.

Walz said he and leaders from both parties contributed “hundreds of hours” in recent weeks working toward a final agreement.

Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth and DFL House Caucus Leader Melissa Hortman — a leadership tandem in an evenly split chamber — stood together Friday to vouch for the deal and defend what has been a messy and opaque process.

“You’ll hear that not everybody is happy about every part of it, and that’s to be expected,” Demuth said. “But by getting this work done, even though late, we’re looking forward to Monday, getting things closed up, and then moving forward.”

Hortman said lawmakers did the best they could given the political circumstances — a Legislature divided between 101 DFLers and 100 Republicans.

“It is a frustrating process,” she said. “There’s the analogy of making sausage and that, that is how it kind of always is. It’s a little bit frustrating in terms of it’s not a very clean or pretty process.”

The bills yet to be passed include:

• An education package that funds preschool through high school programs while giving school districts an inflationary bump in their per-student allowances. A college support plan is also on the docket.
• A human services plan that aims to curb fast-growing costs for nursing homes and disability services without affecting eligibility or shifting expenses to counties.
• A transportation finance bill that provides funds to the State Patrol and vehicle services offices. The bill also adds a new surcharge on electric vehicle registration to partially offset lost gas tax revenues.
• An environment plan that makes adjustments to permitting, boosts boat surcharges to fund invasive species control efforts and changes bass fishing regulations.
• A health care plan that removes adult immigrants lacking legal status from the MinnesotaCare insurance program while allowing children without immigration documentation remain on the program.
• A change to data center regulatory programs to build in more environmental safeguards that also extends some tax exemptions while phasing out one for electricity use.
• A $700 million public works construction package that focuses on core needs around water quality and transportation projects. That bill takes three-fifths majorities to pass, and leaders said sports teams seeking facilities upgrades were left out.