by the day after the regular session ended, dayton had vetoed all of the budget bills passed by the legislature, and said in a statement that he anticipated a shutdown would occur. dayton did not call a special session of the legislature to further address the budget during may or june, claiming that the lack of agreement between him and zellers and koch would make it unproductive to do so. he remained in contact with legislative leaders, sticking by the $35.8 billion budget he proposed late in the session, with minor changes. as the end of june approached, koch urged the governor to call a session to pass a temporary 'lights-on' bill while a final deal was reached, but he refused to answer this proposal on the grounds that extending the budget's deadline would not serve the goal of reaching a final agreement. since the budget impasse had not ended by the end of june 30, the shutdown began at midnight of june 30–july 1, 2011.