The seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 8, 1991.

The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 6, 1990.

The legislature met in a regular session from January 8, 1991, to May 20, 1991.

A continuation of the regular session was held between January 6, 1992, and April 16, 1992.

There were no special sessions of the seventy-seventh Legislature.