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55,382 acts of the General Assembly, from William Penn’s first assembly in 1682 to 2026. Until 1874 much of the Assembly’s work was “special” legislation for a single person, company or town: a divorce, a road, a tavern license. That year’s constitution barred local and special laws on most subjects, and the yearly count fell; lately it is about 150.

Not yet complete · The state has not yet digitized its session laws act by act for most years between 1851 and 1949. We filled what we could from scans of the printed volumes: every year from 1851 to 1875 and most sessions from 1877 to 1907. A computer read those titles, so they can contain misspellings, and a few acts in each year were missed. Most years from 1909 to 1949 are still thin (marked below). Every other year is complete, from 1682 through 1850 and from 1950 to today.

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951 laws of the 1800s

Constitution of 1790

  1. Repeal the nineteenth section of the act to regulate the general elections within this commonwealth

    Act 60 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  2. Authorizing certain persons therein named to lease a tract of land situate in Falls Township, Bucks county, and to appropriate the rents thereof for the education of poor children in said township

    Act 61 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  3. Relief of Bernard Hubley of the county of Northumberland

    Act 62 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  4. Incorporate trustees for the Meadville academy and to establish the same

    Act 63 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  5. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to erect the town of Canonsburg in the county of Washington into a borough."

    Act 64 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  6. Supplement to "An act to provide for the erection of houses for the employment and support of the poor in the counties of Chester and Lancaster" and "An act to provide for the erection of a house for ... the poor in the county of Delaware."

    Act 65 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  7. Supplement to an act entitled "An act making an appropriation for the building of a bridge in Somerset county."

    Act 66 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  8. Granting George Huber and Michael Zeller a tract of donation land

    Act 67 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  9. Provide for the enumeration of the taxable inhabitants and slaves within this commonwealth

    Act 68 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  10. Making appropriations for improving the road leading from Milesburg in Centre County to Waterford in Erie county

    Act 69 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  11. Supplement to an act entitled "An act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the bank of the river Susquehanna opposite the borough of Harrisburg to Pittsburgh

    Act 70 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  12. Enable the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road by the best and nearest route from the borough of York to the Maryland line at the place the present York road passes the same

    Act 71 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  13. Raise by way of lottery a sum of money for the purpose of improving the navigation of Penn's creek in Northumberland county

    Act 72 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  14. Granting an annuity to Archibald M'Fall

    Act 73 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  15. Authorize the secretary of the land office to sign patents for land and land warrants

    Act 74 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  16. Raise by way of lottery a sum of money to defray the expenses incurred by the trustees of the German Lutheran congregation in and near the borough of Lancaster

    Act 75 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  17. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to enable the governor of this commonwealth to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from Lancaster through Elizabethtown to Middletown."

    Act 76 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  18. Supplement to the act entitled "An act directing the mode of selecting and returning jurors."

    Act 77 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  19. Exploring and making a road from the point where the Coshecton and Great Bend turnpike passes through Moosic mountain in a western direction to the west line of the state

    Act 78 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  20. Authorizing the court of quarter sessions of Butler county to direct a review of that part of the state road leading from Blair's Gap to the western boundary of the state which lies between the twenty-fourth and twenty-seventh mile trees

    Act 79 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  21. Enable Henry Hawkins, guardian of Maria Bicker, to sell certain real estate belonging to the said Maria

    Act 80 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  22. Enable Samuel Jackson of Allegheny County to sell and convey certain land therein mentioned

    Act 81 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  23. Imposing certain penalties upon persons defrauding incorporated turnpike companies of their legal tolls and also upon gate keepers for demanding or receiving in advance greater tolls than in proportion to the distance traveled

    Act 82 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  24. Enable Edward Tilghman, Junior, in behalf of his wife, Rebecca Tilghman, and the guardians of Ann Waln, Rebecca Wharton and Susan Wharton, minors, to make partition of certain lands belonging to them and others as tenants in common

    Act 83 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  25. Removal of the powder magazine from the city of Philadelphia

    Act 84 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  26. Further supplement to the penal laws of this state

    Act 85 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  27. Relief of John Rybecker

    Act 86 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  28. Authorize the sale and conveyance of the real estate of Philip Nicklin by his surviving partner and legal representatives

    Act 87 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  29. Annul the marriage of James Isaac Thomas Marchall and Martha Marshall

    Act 88 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  30. Confirm to George Bilger a title to a certain lot of land in the county of Montgomery

    Act 89 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  31. Authorize the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road in Lancaster county at or near the Gap Tavern to the line of the state of Delaware

    Act 90 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  32. Granting Jacob Bottimore a tract of donation land

    Act 91 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  33. Relief of Edward Chisselden

    Act 92 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  34. Supplementary to the several acts of this commonwealth concerning partitions and for other purposes therein mentioned

    Act 93 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  35. Authorizing certain persons to sell and convey a tract of land, the property of West Caln township, in the county of Chester

    Act 94 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  36. Alter and amend an act entitled "An act for the better support of the public credit."

    Act 95 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  37. Granting a sum of money to the trustees of the Union Academy of Doylestown in the county of Bucks for the use of said academy

    Act 96 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  38. Granting a tract of donation land to the heirs of John Allen

    Act 97 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  39. Protection of the livery stable keepers and innkeepers within this commonwealth

    Act 98 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  40. Enjoining certain duties on the judges of the Supreme Court

    Act 99 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  41. Inspection of hogs lard intended for exportation

    Act 100 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  42. Enable John Edgar and John Galloway to convey certain town lots in the town of Mount Pleasant

    Act 101 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  43. Making an appropriation for improving the navigation of Le Boeuf and French creek from Waterford to the south line of Erie county

    Act 102 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  44. Appropriating a sum of money for laying out and opening a state road from Logan's Narrows in the county of Huntingdon to the state road leading to Presque Isle

    Act 103 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  45. Supplement to the act entitled "An act for the relief and support of insolvent debtors."

    Act 104 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  46. Enable the governor to incorporate a company to make an artificial road from the court house in the borough of Gettysburg through Petersburg to the Maryland line near Biddle's Mill

    Act 105 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  47. Extending the width of Wharf street and regulating the wharves within the district of Southwark

    Act 106 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  48. Vacating a part of the Old York road and authorizing the court of quarter sessions of Montgomery county to direct a new road to be laid out in place thereof

    Act 107 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  49. Vesting a title to sixty acres of land in Mahanoy township, Northumberland county, in certain trustees and their successors for the benefit of a congregation composed of Presbyterians and Lutherans

    Act 108 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  50. Enable David Mahon, John Simpson and others to restore a stream of water in the neighborhood of Shippensburg in the county of Cumberland to its ancient course and for other purposes therein mentioned

    Act 109 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  51. Supplement toand making perpetual an act entitled "An act for the recovery of debts and demands not exceeding $100 before a justice of the peace and for the election of constables and for other purposes."

    Act 110 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  52. Raise by way of lottery a sum of money to defray the expenses incurred by the trustees of the Lutheran congregation in and near the village of Strasburg in the county of Lancaster

    Act 111 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  53. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to erect Somerset town in the county of Somerset into a borough."

    Act 112 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  54. Authorizing the President of the United States to open a road through that part of this state lying between Cumberland in the state of Maryland and the Ohio river

    Act 113 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  55. Raise by way of lottery a sum not exceeding $3,000 to enable the inhabitants of the borough of York to bring in a stream of water to supply their fire engines and other purposes

    Act 114 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  56. Extending an act entitled "An act regulating and continuing the distribution of donation lands."

    Act 115 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  57. Further supplement to the act entitled "An act for the regulation of the militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

    Act 116 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  58. Authorize Robert Kennedy, his heirs and assigns, to dig and support a mill race in and adjacent to the river Schuylkill near its falls

    Act 117 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  59. Raise by way of lottery a sum of money to defray the expense of completing a church in Stoystown and for building a bridge over the Quemahoning creek on the road leading from Stoystown to Ebensburg

    Act 118 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  60. Authorize the governor to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna at the borough of Wilkesbarre in the county of Luzerne

    Act 119 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  61. Further supplement to an act entitled "An act for offering compensation to the Pennsylvania claimants of certain lands in the seventeen townships in the county of Luzerne and for other purposes therein mentioned."

    Act 120 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  62. Authorize the governor to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna at the falls of Nescopeck in the county of Luzerne

    Act 121 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  63. Regulation of the militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    Act 122 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  64. Raising by way of lottery the sum of $6,000 for defraying the expense of making an aqueduct to conduct water into the town of Meadville and for other purposes

    Act 123 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  65. Authorizing the commissioners of Delaware county to lay a tax on dogs

    Act 124 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  66. Making an appropriation for the improvement of certain roads in the western counties and authorizing the courts of the respective counties to appoint fit persons to view and lay out the same

    Act 125 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  67. Erecting a middle district of the supreme court and for other purposes

    Act 126 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  68. Relief of the representatives of John Fromberger, deceased

    Act 127 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  69. Raise by way of lottery a sum of money to enable the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal congregation in the borough of Lancaster to repair their steeple and house of worship

    Act 128 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  70. Provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the county of Bucks

    Act 129 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  71. Relief of Charles Thompson

    Act 130 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  72. Declaring the middle of the river Monongahela the division line between the counties adjoining the same

    Act 131 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  73. Provide for the erection of a poor house for the better relief and employment of the poor in the townships of Oxford and Lower Dublin in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 132 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  74. Render perpetual a certain act respecting the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road

    Act 133 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  75. Relief of the supervisors of Cambria and Allegheny townships in Cambria county

    Act 134 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  76. Directing the distribution of the journals printed in the English language and for other purposes

    Act 135 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  77. Further establishment and regulation of election districts

    Act 136 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  78. Making appropriations for certain roads therein mentioned and also for improving the navigation of certain rivers

    Act 137 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  79. Enforce the collection and settlement of tavern licenses, militia exempt fines and for other purposes

    Act 138 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  80. Extending the powers of the justices of the peace and aldermen in certain cases

    Act 139 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  81. Raise by way of lottery a sum not exceeding $3,500 for finishing a church at Barrenhill in the county of Montgomery

    Act 140 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  82. Making appropriations and for other purposes

    Act 141 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  83. Regulating township elections

    Act 142 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  84. Directing the mode of settling accounts in the land office and to prevent frauds in obtaining warrants for land

    Act 143 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  85. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to erect part of Lycoming, Huntingdon and Somerset counties into separate county districts."

    Act 144 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  86. Concerning strays

    Act 145 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  87. Relief of John Steel

    Act 146 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  88. Authorizing the court of quarter sessions of the county of Westmoreland to vacate that part of the state road that lies between Jones' Mill in said county and the line of Somerset county

    Act 147 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  89. Further supplement to the act entitled "An act to alter and amend the act entitled 'An act to regulate the general elections within this commonwealth.' "

    Act 148 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  90. Enable Matthew Gaut and William Espey to sell and convey certain lands therein mentioned

    Act 149 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  91. Raise by way of lottery a sum of money to defray the expenses incurred by the trustees of the German Lutheran congregation in and near the village of Elizabethtown in the county of Lancaster

    Act 150 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  92. Raise $6,000 by lottery for the purpose of building a church for the use of the Lutheran and Calvinist congregations in Hamburg, Berks county, and for finishing the Presbyterian church in the borough of Pittsburgh

    Act 151 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  93. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice."

    Act 152 of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  94. Resolutions

    Resolution of 1807 · 1807 · Original text

  95. To alter and amend the several Laws of this Commonwealth, relative to Domestic Attachments

    Act 1 of 1808 · 1808 · Original text

  96. To enable Ann Rambo, executrix, and Jacob Shainline, executor of the last will and testament of Abraham Rambo, to execute a deed of conveyance

    Act 2 of 1808 · 1808 · Original text

  97. To extend an act entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Land-office to sign Patents for lands, and Land Warrants"

    Act 3 of 1808 · 1808 · Original text

  98. Incorporate the trustees of the Second Baptist Church and Congregation in Philadelphia

    Act 4 of 1808 · 1808 · Original text

  99. Vesting a title to sixty acres of land in Somerset Township, Somerset county, in certain trustees and their successors, for the benefit of a congregation composed of Presbyterians and Lutherans

    Act 5 of 1808 · 1808 · Original text

  100. Empower the corporation of the German Reformed Congregation, in Germantown in the county of Philadelphia, to sell and convey a certain messuage and lot of ground therein mentioned

    Act 6 of 1808 · 1808 · Original text

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1682–1801: the Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania. 1802–1974: the Pamphlet Laws (Laws of the General Assembly). Both from the scans published by the Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, which link to each original page. 1975 onward: the General Assembly’s own record of legislation enacted, which adds approval dates and bill numbers. Years the Bureau hasn’t indexed act by act come from the annual Laws of the General Assembly as scanned by the Internet Archive and Google Books: we split each volume into acts by their approval lines, and each one links to its scanned page. Before 1975 each year’s appropriation acts were scanned as one bundle, so they aren’t listed one by one. Proposed constitutional amendments, vetoed bills and reorganization plans are left out. Subject lines are the Bureau’s and the General Assembly’s, not the laws’ full titles.