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Every law Pennsylvania has passed

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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1,802 laws of the 1900s

Constitution of 1874

  1. Relating to the compensation or commissions of county officers, acting as agents of the Commonwealth, for the collection of moneys in counties co-extensive with cities of the first class

    Act 317 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  2. Authorizing the county commissioners to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of building, improving and repairing public roads and highways in their respective counties, in pursuance of the provisions of an act providing for the permanent

    Act 318 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  3. Authorizing the condemnation of real estate needed for the use of State Normal Schools

    Act 319 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  4. Authorizing any borough within this Commonwealth, on the written request of the Board of Health, to confine and pave, or completely enclose, any creek, run or natural water way, other than navigable streams, and for this purpose to enter upon, condemn

    Act 320 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  5. To enlarge the jurisdiction of the courts of common pleas of the several counties of this Commonwealth

    Act 321 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  6. Authorizing the grading, paving and curbing or macadamizing of streets and alleys, which may be in whole or in part the boundaries of boroughs and first class townships, by joint contract

    Act 322 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  7. To prohibit the sale and furnishing of tobacco to persons under the age of sixteen years

    Act 323 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  8. Authorizing banks chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to loan money on the security of bonds and mortgages on real estate, and to invest their funds in bonds, mortgages, notes and other interest bearing securities and obligations

    Act 324 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  9. To regulate and define the legal relations of an illegitimate child, or children, its or their heirs, with each other and the mother and her heirs

    Act 325 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  10. Act to carry into effect the Constitution, relative to the salaries of county officers and the payment of fees received by them into the state or county treasury - amend - salaries in counties containing over 250,000 and less than 500,000 inhabitants

    Act 326 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  11. Renovated Butter Law

    Act 327 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  12. To provide for the maintenance and repair, in certain cases, of abandoned turnpikes, or parts thereof

    Act 328 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  13. Making it a misdemeanor for any person connected with any line of telegraph or telephone within this State to use or cause to be used, or make known, or in any manner divulge, the contents of any telegraphic or telephonic dispatch

    Act 330 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  14. To apportion the State into Congressional districts

    Act 331 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  15. To provide for an additional law judge of the several courts of the Eleventh Judicial district

    Act 332 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  16. To establish a separate orphans' court in and for the county of Lancaster

    Act 333 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  17. Providing for a separate orphans' court in and for the county of Lackawanna

    Act 334 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  18. To provide for the attendance, and for reports of attendance, of the children in the schools of this Commonwealth

    Act 335 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  19. To regulate and establish the fees to be charged by sheriffs in this Commonwealth

    Act 336 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  20. Tax Act - amend - exemption from taxation of certain corporations, etc.

    Act 337 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  21. Authorizing any municipality to connect with the sewer of any other municipality and township of the first class, for sewage purposes

    Act 338 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  22. To designate the several judicial districts of the Commonwealth as required by the Constitution, and to provide for the election, appointment and commissioning of judges learned in the law for the said districts in cases where such judges are not

    Act 339 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  23. To carry out the provisions of acts of Assembly relating to the care and treatment of the indigent insane; and providing for an additional appropriation for the care and detention of chronic insane

    Act 340 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  24. To provide for a deficiency arising under provisions of an act to carry out the provisions of acts of Assembly relating to the care and treatment of the indigent insane; and providing for an additional appropriation for the care and detention of the chron

    Act 341 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  25. Making an appropriation to the Western State Penitentiary

    Act 342 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  26. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon

    Act 343 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  27. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the Cottage State Hospital at Connellsville, Fayette county

    Act 344 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  28. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, located at Blossburg, Tioga county

    Act 345 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  29. Making an appropriation for the current expenses of the Board of Public Charities, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1901

    Act 346 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  30. To provide for the current expenses of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics, for the two fiscal years commencing June 1, 1901

    Act 347 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  31. To provide for the support of the National Guard and Naval Force, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1901, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year, ending May 31, 1901

    Act 348 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  32. Making an appropriation to the Home for the Training in Speech of Deaf Children before they are of School Age, at Belmont and Monument Avenues, in Philadelphia

    Act 349 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  33. Making an appropriation to the Wagner Free Institute of Science of the city of Philadelphia

    Act 350 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  34. Making an appropriation to the Warren Emergency Hospital, of Warren

    Act 351 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  35. Making an appropriation to the State Normal Schools of the Commonwealth

    Act 352 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  36. Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Protectory

    Act 353 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  37. Making an appropriation to St. Joseph's Foundling Home and Maternity Hospital of Scranton

    Act 354 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  38. Making an appropriation to the Home for the Friendless, of the City of Scranton

    Act 355 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  39. Making an appropriation to the Nason Hospital Association at Roaring Spring, Blair County

    Act 356 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  40. Making an appropriation to Saint Joseph's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Act 357 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  41. Making an appropriation to the Hospital Department of the Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia

    Act 358 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  42. Making an appropriation to the Home of the Friendless at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    Act 359 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  43. Making an appropriation to the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital

    Act 360 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  44. Making an appropriation to the Rosine Home of Philadelphia

    Act 361 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  45. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty

    Act 362 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  46. Making an appropriation to the Home for Aged and infirm Women, at Easton

    Act 363 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  47. Making an appropriation to the Easton Hospital, at Easton

    Act 364 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  48. Making an appropriation to the Maternity Hospital in the City of Philadelphia

    Act 365 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  49. Making an appropriation to the Children's Industrial Home at Harrisburg

    Act 366 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  50. Making an appropriation to the Home for Friendless Children in the city of Reading

    Act 367 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  51. Making an appropriation to the Old Ladies' Home of Philadelphia

    Act 368 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  52. Making an appropriation to the Erie Home for the Friendless, of the City of Erie

    Act 369 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  53. Making an appropriation to the Eye, Ear, Throat, and Nose Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Act 370 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  54. Making an appropriation to the Home for the Aged, at 1809 Mount Vernon street, in the city of Philadelphia

    Act 371 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  55. Making an appropriation to the Children's Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania

    Act 372 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  56. Making an appropriation to the Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania

    Act 373 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  57. Making an appropriation to the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society

    Act 374 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  58. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Memorial Home of the Woman's Relief Corps, at Brookville

    Act 375 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  59. Making an appropriation to the Home of Widows and Single Women of Lebanon

    Act 376 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  60. Making an appropriation to the Home for the Friendless of the City of Williamsport

    Act 377 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  61. Making an appropriation to the Home for the Aged Veteran and Wife, at Philadelphia

    Act 378 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  62. Making an appropriation to the Midnight Mission of Philadelphia

    Act 379 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  63. Making an appropriation to the Williamsport Training School

    Act 380 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  64. Making an appropriation to the Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, at Pittsburg

    Act 381 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  65. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind

    Act 382 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  66. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men, for maintenance and instruction in handicraft employment

    Act 383 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  67. Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases

    Act 384 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  68. Making an appropriation to Saint Luke's Homeopathic Hospital at Philadelphia

    Act 385 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  69. Making an appropriation to the Pottstown Hospital

    Act 386 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  70. Making an appropriation to Saint Luke's Hospital of South Bethlehem

    Act 387 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  71. Making an appropriation to the Pittsburg Newsboys' Home

    Act 388 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  72. Making an appropriation to the Western Temporary Home of Philadelphia

    Act 389 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  73. Making an appropriation to the Oil City Hospital

    Act 390 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  74. Making an appropriation to the Benevolent Association's Home for Children, of Pottsville, Schuylkill county

    Act 391 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  75. Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Home for Infants

    Act 392 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  76. Making an appropriation to the Bethesda Home of the City of Pittsburg

    Act 393 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  77. Making an appropriation to the Home for Colored Children, located in the City of Allegheny

    Act 394 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  78. Making an appropriation to the Shenango Valley Hospital of New Castle

    Act 395 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  79. Making an appropriation to Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases, at Philadelphia

    Act 396 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  80. Making an appropriation to the Temporary Home for Children, of Allegheny

    Act 397 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  81. Making an appropriation to the Penn Asylum for Indigent Widows and Single Women, situated at the corner of Belgrade Street and Susquehanna Avenue, in the city of Philadelphia

    Act 398 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  82. Making an appropriation to the State College, to maintain experimental situations for the purpose of making experiments in the culture, curing and preparation of tobacco, and providing for the publication of the report thereof

    Act 399 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  83. Making an appropriation to the Union Home for Old Ladies, of Philadelphia

    Act 400 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  84. Making an appropriation to the Evangelical Home for the Aged, Philadelphia

    Act 401 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  85. Making an appropriation to the DuBois Hospital

    Act 402 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  86. Making an appropriation to the Children's Aid Society of Franklin County, for the maintenance of its hospital at Chambersburg

    Act 403 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  87. Making an appropriation to the Westmoreland Children's Aid Society, of Greensburg

    Act 405 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  88. Making an appropriation to the Allegheny County Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

    Act 406 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  89. Making an appropriation to the Todd Hospital of Carlisle

    Act 407 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  90. Making an appropriation to the Western Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

    Act 408 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  91. Making an appropriation for the finishing of a monument on Mount Zion, in Ephrata township, Lancaster county, and authorizing the Ephrata Monument Association to use material now in possession of numerous citizens

    Act 409 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  92. Making an appropriation to pay the expenses of the Pennsylvania Commissioners for Promoting Uniformity of Legislation in the United States

    Act 410 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  93. Making an appropriation to the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition Commission

    Act 411 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  94. To provide for the investigation of the diseases of domestic animals

    Act 413 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  95. Making an appropriation for the establishment and maintenance of traveling libraries

    Act 414 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  96. Making an appropriation for the erection of a suitable statue to the memory of A. G. Curtin, Pennsylvania's Great War Governor, at Bellefonte, Centre county, and the appointment of a Commission for said purpose

    Act 415 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  97. To provide for the removal of the two buildings now occupied by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, the Secretary of Agriculture, and other Departments of the State Government, and for the construction and completion of the State Capitol Building - enactme

    Act 416 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  98. Making an appropriation for the support and maintenance of the common schools of this Commonwealth

    Act 417 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  99. Making an appropriation for the erection of a suitable monument to the memory of John Burns

    Act 418 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  100. Making an appropriation for the erection of a suitable monument in the graveyard of the Presbyterian Church, at Middlespring, Cumberland county, to the memory of soldiers buried therein

    Act 419 of 1901 · 1901 · 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.