The eighty-fifth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 3, 2007.

The legislature met in regular session beginning January 3, 2007 and ending May 21, 2007.

A bill passed on February 22 required the state to generate a significant amount of its energy needs from renewable sources.

[1] A special session was convened September 11, 2007 to pass legislature relating to floods in southeast Minnesota and the I-35W Mississippi River bridge.

[2] The legislature re-convened for regular session on February 12, 2008 and adjourned in May.