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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. Providing for the erection of a marker for the grave of Governor Joseph Ritner, in the churchyard at Mount Rock, Cumberland county

    Act 420 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  2. To provide for the erection of a monument to the Seventy-third and One Hundred and Ninth regiments, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, on the Battlefields of Missionary Ridge and Wauhatchie, on ground to be purchased and included in the Chickamauga and

    Act 421 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  3. Authorizing the State Treasurer to refund to Justus R. Holme, Junior, amount paid by him for his commission as notary public

    Act 422 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  4. Making an appropriation to Robert E. Macoubray, late captain Hampton Battery, National Guard of Pennsylvania

    Act 423 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  5. Making an appropriation to the Topographical and Geological Survey of the State in co-operation with the United States Geological Survey

    Act 424 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  6. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Erie, Pennsylvania

    Act 425 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  7. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field

    Act 426 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  8. Making appropriations to the Eastern State Penitentiary

    Act 427 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  9. Making an appropriation to the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Dixmont, Pennsylvania

    Act 428 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  10. Making an appropriation to provide for the expenses required by an act to provide for the continuance of the education and maintenance of the destitute orphans of the deceased soldiers, sailors and marines, of the State

    Act 429 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  11. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the Cottage State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, located at Philipsburg, Centre county

    Act 430 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  12. Making an appropriation for the protection and propagation of fish and for the purchase of ground, and the erection of suitable buildings to be used by the State Fishery Commissioners

    Act 431 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  13. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza

    Act 432 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  14. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania

    Act 433 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  15. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital for the Southern District of Pennsylvania, located at Harrisburg

    Act 434 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  16. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville

    Act 435 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  17. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, at Fountain Springs near Ashland, Schuylkill county

    Act 436 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  18. To provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Hospital, for the treatment of the insane under homeopathic management, to be called the Homeopathic State Hospital for the insane

    Act 437 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  19. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Institution for Feeble-minded of Western Pennsylvania

    Act 438 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  20. Making an appropriation for the protection of game, of song and of insectivorous birds

    Act 439 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  21. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane for the Southeastern District of Pennsylvania, located at Norristown

    Act 440 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  22. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Warren

    Act 441 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  23. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons, at Mercer

    Act 442 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  24. Providing for the erection of memorial tablets, to mark the position on the battlefield of Antietam of certain Pennsylvania commands that participated in said battle on September 17, 1862, but which did not participate in the battle of Gettysburg - enactm

    Act 443 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  25. To commemorate the heroism, sacrifices and patriotism of the Pennsylvania soldiers in the Union armies of the late Rebellion who died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, while confined there as prisoners of war, by the erection of a suitable monument in

    Act 444 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  26. Act providing for the acquisition by the State of certain ground at Valley Forge for a public park - amend - appropriations for the completion of the purchase and condemnation of land already taken; past surveying and making maps of Valley Forge Revolutio

    Act 445 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  27. To provide for the continuation of the publication of the Pennsylvania Archives

    Act 446 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  28. Making an appropriation to the State Normal School of the Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania, located at Clarion

    Act 447 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  29. Making an appropriation to the State Normal School of the Fourth District, located at East Stroudsburg

    Act 448 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  30. Making an appropriation to the Northwestern State Normal School, located at Edinboro

    Act 449 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  31. To provide for the erection of a monument, commemorating the services of the officers and soldiers of the Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania, United States Volunteers, who died while serving in the Philippines in the war with Spain

    Act 450 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  32. Making an appropriation for the erection of a monument or memorial structure on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, in memory of the volunteer soldiers, sailors and marines from Pennsylvania, who participated in the late Civil War

    Act 451 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  33. Making an appropriation to Grove City College, Mercer County

    Act 452 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  34. To provide for the erection of a monument to commemorate the services of Pennsylvania troops in the battle of Shiloh

    Act 453 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  35. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, at Elwyn, Delaware county

    Act 454 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  36. Making an appropriation to Uniontown Hospital Association of Fayette County

    Act 456 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  37. Making an appropriation to the Allentown Hospital Association, of Allentown

    Act 457 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  38. Making an appropriation to the Mary M. Packer Hospital, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania

    Act 458 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  39. Making an appropriation to the House of Refuge, situated in the Eastern District of the Commonwealth

    Act 459 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  40. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Epileptic Hospital and Colony Farm

    Act 460 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  41. Making an appropriation to the Clearfield Hospital

    Act 461 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  42. Making an appropriation to the Hamot Hospital Association of the city of Erie

    Act 462 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  43. Making an appropriation to the Gynecean Hospital in the city of Philadelphia

    Act 463 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  44. Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Lying-in Charity Hospital

    Act 465 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

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

    Act 466 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  46. Making an appropriation to the Adrian Hospital Association of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

    Act 467 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  47. Making an appropriation to the Bradford Hospital

    Act 468 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  48. Making an appropriation to the Lancaster General Hospital

    Act 469 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  49. Making an appropriation to the Washington Hospital

    Act 470 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  50. Making an appropriation to the York Hospital and Dispensary, in the city of York

    Act 471 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  51. Making an appropriation to the Lock Haven Hospital

    Act 472 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  52. Making an appropriation to the Home for Friendless Children for the City and County of Lancaster, at Lancaster

    Act 473 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  53. Making an appropriation to the Altoona Hospital

    Act 474 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  54. Making an appropriation to the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Women of Pittsburg

    Act 476 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  55. Making an appropriation to the Columbia Hospital, located at Columbia, Pennsylvania

    Act 477 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  56. Making an appropriation to the Northern Home for Friendless Children, of Philadelphia

    Act 478 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  57. Making an appropriation to the Howard Hospital and Infirmary for Incurables

    Act 479 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  58. Making an appropriation to the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Home, Department of Pennsylvania, at Hawkins Station, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania

    Act 480 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  59. Making an appropriation to the Good Samaritan Hospital of Lebanon

    Act 481 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  60. To provide for the acceptance by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a conveyance of the real estate, buildings and personal property of the Lackawanna Hospital, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to be used as a State Hospital for the Northern Anthracite Coal

    Act 482 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  61. Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Home for Incurables

    Act 483 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  62. Making an appropriation to the Roselia Foundling Asylum and Maternity Hospital, in the city of Pittsburg

    Act 484 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  63. Making an appropriation to the Frederick Douglas Memorial Hospital and Training School

    Act 486 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  64. Making an appropriation to the Franklin City Hospital

    Act 487 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  65. Making an appropriation to the Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and Dispensary of Pittsburg

    Act 488 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  66. Making an appropriation to the Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny City

    Act 489 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  67. Making an appropriation to the German Hospital of Philadelphia

    Act 490 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  68. Making an appropriation to the Saint Francis Hospital of Pittsburg

    Act 491 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  69. Making an appropriation to the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburg

    Act 492 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  70. Making an appropriation to the South Side Hospital of the city of Pittsburg

    Act 493 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  71. Making an appropriation to the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Act 495 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  72. Making an appropriation to Saint Timothy's Memorial Hospital and House of Mercy, Roxborough, Philadelphia

    Act 496 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  73. Making an appropriation to the National Farm School at Doylestown

    Act 497 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  74. Making an appropriation to the Meadville City Hospital

    Act 498 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  75. Making an appropriation to the Kittanning General Hospital

    Act 499 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  76. Making an appropriation to the Mercy Hospital of Wilkes-Barre

    Act 500 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  77. Making an appropriation to the Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives

    Act 501 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  78. Making an appropriation to the Westmoreland Hospital Association of Greensburg

    Act 502 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  79. Act to accept the grant of public lands by the United States for the endowment of agricultural colleges - amend - making appropriations for carrying into effect

    Act 503 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  80. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, of Philadelphia

    Act 504 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  81. Making an appropriation to the Carbondale Hospital Association, of the City of Carbondale

    Act 505 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  82. Making an appropriation to the Pottsville Hospital

    Act 506 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  83. Making an appropriation to the West Side Hospital Association of Scranton

    Act 507 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  84. Making an appropriation to the medical and surgical department of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital at Pittsburg

    Act 508 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  85. Making an appropriation to the Hospital Department of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia

    Act 509 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  86. Making an appropriation to the Hospital Department of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, of Philadelphia

    Act 510 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  87. Making an appropriation to the Curtis Home for Destitute Women and Girls, in the city of Pittsburg, State of Pennsylvania

    Act 511 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  88. Making an appropriation for the Pennsylvania Oral School for the Deaf

    Act 512 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  89. Making an appropriation to the Butler County General Hospital, located at Butler

    Act 513 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  90. Making an appropriation to the Chester Hospital, at Chester

    Act 514 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  91. Making an appropriation to the Charity Hospital of Norristown

    Act 516 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  92. Making an appropriation to the Woman's Homeopathic Hospital Association of Philadelphia

    Act 517 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  93. Making an appropriation to the Samaritan Hospital of Philadelphia

    Act 519 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  94. Making an appropriation to the Children's Homeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia

    Act 520 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  95. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the Western University of Pennsylvania, for the use of the Reineman Maternity Hospital of Pittsburg

    Act 521 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  96. Making an appropriation to the Phoenixville Hospital, of Phoenixville

    Act 522 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  97. Making an appropriation to the Titusville Hospital

    Act 523 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  98. Making an appropriation to the Robert Packer Hospital

    Act 524 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  99. Making an appropriation to the Williamsport Hospital

    Act 525 of 1901 · 1901 · Original text

  100. Making an appropriation to the Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital of Reading

    Act 526 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.