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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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2,985 laws of the 1950s

Constitution of 1874

  1. Public School Employes' Retirement Association membership restoration and service credit supplement law

    Act 538 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  2. School Employes' Retirement System service credit supplement law

    Act 539 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  3. Public School Employes' Retirement Association-State Employes' Retirement Association membership restoration and credit transfer supplement law

    Act 540 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  4. Trespass action appeal limitation law

    Act 541 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  5. State employes' retirement system supplement law of 1947 - amend - credit for service with United States Bureau of Unemployment Security in Department of Labor and Industry

    Act 542 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  6. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - election of options, presumptive election of options

    Act 543 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  7. Optometry practice law - amend - advertising of products used for ophthalmic purposes, penalties

    Act 544 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  8. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - additions and improvements to universities receiving State aid, furnishings, equipment, subleases

    Act 545 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  9. Chiropractic Registration Act of 1951 - amend - licensing of graduates of unincorporated schools or colleges

    Act 546 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  10. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - cotton fabrics

    Act 547 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  11. Third Class City Code - amend - municipal forests, watersheds

    Act 548 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  12. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - warning devices on commercial motor vehicles

    Act 549 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  13. Uniform Commercial Code - amend - Secretary of the Commonwealth's indexing of finance statements

    Act 550 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  14. Commonwealth Mental Health Research Foundation Act

    Act 551 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  15. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - aids and services to blind persons and persons with impaired vision

    Act 552 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  16. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - State Council for the Blind, funding, rehabilitation services, employment opportunities for severely handicapped individuals

    Act 553 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  17. Public Assistance Law - pension allowance, income allowance, encumbrances, combined income and pension, appropriation

    Act 554 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  18. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - driver education expenses and reimbursement

    Act 555 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  19. State employes' retirement code of 1923 - amend - employees of Commonwealth-acquired institutions used as hospitals or sanatoriums in care and treatment of indigent persons

    Act 556 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  20. Corporate, religious and charitable corporations and estates law - amend - foreign corporate fiduciary investment in Commonwealth real estate

    Act 557 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  21. Sanitorium acquisition by gift law

    Act 558 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  22. Military Code of 1949 - amend - Military Advisory Commission membership

    Act 559 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  23. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - joint district school director voting rights at conventions and meetings, county services sytem option

    Act 560 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  24. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - scholarships value

    Act 561 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  25. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - Department of Public Instruction approval of certain leases and sinking fund charges

    Act 562 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  26. Public health protection law of 1915 - repeal of act

    Act 563 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  27. Cold Springs Military Reservation transfer law

    Act 564 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  28. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - county boards of school directors

    Act 565 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  29. Town manager law

    Act 566 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  30. Local Health Administration Law - amend - retirement rights in single-county and joint-county departments

    Act 567 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  31. State employes' retirement code of 1923 - amend - rights of county health department employees

    Act 568 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  32. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - reimbursement eligibility in hardship cases

    Act 569 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  33. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - payments to certain beneficiaries

    Act 570 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  34. Corporation Income Tax Law - amend - gross receipts, payments, reporting, penalty

    Act 571 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  35. Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 - amend - governing body

    Act 572 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  36. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - promulgation of Department of Health rules and regulations

    Act 573 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  37. Pennsylvania Athletic Code - amend - technical changes, safety regulations, Medical Advisory Board, bonds, license suspension or revocation, financial interest of matchmaker,

    Act 574 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  38. Autopsy authorization law

    Act 575 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  39. State personal property tax supplement law - amend - tentative report, annual report, payment, computation

    Act 576 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  40. Selective Sales and Use Tax Act - amend - taxes on retail sales and use of tangible personal property, computation, definitions, alternate imposition, credit, prepayment, official credit memorandum, interest, penalties, records

    Act 577 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  41. County Institution District Law - amend - burial costs

    Act 578 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  42. Game Law - amend - field trials, fox hunting, purchase price of State game lands

    Act 579 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  43. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - enforcement in cities of the first, second and second class A

    Act 580 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  44. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County,

    Act 581 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  45. Foreign Casualty Insurance Premium Tax Allocation Law - amend - definition of policeman, return of unused moneys

    Act 582 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  46. Liquor Code - amend - investigation of unlicensed premises, penalties

    Act 583 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  47. Second Class County Code - amend - county planning commission receipt and expenditure of gifts, grants and appropriations

    Act 584 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  48. First Class City Permanent Registration Law - amend - municipal election preregistration, deleting limitations on commission power to establish offices for receipt of registration applications

    Act 585 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  49. Child welfare service vehicle transfer law

    Act 586 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  50. Municipal liens law - amend - extension

    Act 587 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  51. First Class School District Business Tax Act - amend - taxable receipts, applicability

    Act 588 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  52. Trade Mark Law of 1935 - amend - unfair competition

    Act 589 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  53. Transfer Inheritance Tax Law - amend - exempt transfers, exempt organizations

    Act 590 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  54. Forest Reserves Municipal Financial Relief Law - amend - payments to counties, appropriation

    Act 591 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  55. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - borrowing power, indebtedness, allocation

    Act 592 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  56. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - speed, penalties, enforcement, notice, proceedings, reporting by magistrate

    Act 593 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  57. Liquid Fuels Tax Law - amend - fuels for powering aircraft and aircraft engines, distributor licensing, collection, disposition, refund

    Act 594 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  58. Fuel Use Tax Act - amend - permanent excise tax on fuels used in aircraft or aircraft engines, dealer-user, allocation by Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission

    Act 595 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  59. Department of Military Affairs civil air patrol expenditure law

    Act 596 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  60. Commercial feeds regulation law

    Act 597 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  61. Pennsylvania Fertilizer Law of 1956

    Act 598 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  62. Forestry conservation and youth rehabilitation law

    Act 599 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  63. Municipal Police Pension Law

    Act 600 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  64. Drug regulation law - amend - drug defined, violations, penalties, court sentencing powers

    Act 601 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  65. Group Life Insurance Policy Law - amend - permitting firemen's fraternity policies

    Act 602 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  66. Real Estate Tax Sale Law - amend - private sales by Tax Claim Bureau

    Act 603 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  67. Banking Code - amend - leasehold interest, deceptive names, sale of mortgages by banks, trust companies and savings banks, investments, holdings in bank premises, loans, liquidation

    Act 604 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  68. City State Highway Law - amend - new routes

    Act 605 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  69. Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - obligations of municipal authorities

    Act 606 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  70. Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - keeping of investments

    Act 607 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  71. Tractor Code - amend - special permit for operation of certain combines, fees

    Act 608 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  72. Public sale - acreage in French Creek Township, Venango County

    Act 609 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  73. Water Well Drillers License Act

    Act 610 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  74. Regional Planning Law

    Act 611 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  75. Water rights law - amend - time for water rights acquisition

    Act 612 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  76. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - appeal to Superior Court in suspension cases

    Act 613 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  77. Debt claim assignment or transfer law - amend - unlawful action against Commonwealth residents in courts of other states

    Act 614 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  78. First class city register of wills and prothonotary transaction law

    Act 615 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  79. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - pension payment to family of deceased employee

    Act 616 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  80. Trademarks Registration Act - reenact and amend - service marks

    Act 617 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  81. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Hanover Township, Beaver County

    Act 618 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  82. Banking Code - amend - mortgage fund

    Act 619 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  83. First class city council public official compensation law - amend - minimum salaries of prothonotaries and deputies

    Act 620 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  84. Second class A city officer compensation law - amend - increasing salaries of elected and appointed officers

    Act 621 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  85. First class city State highway law - amend - route change and addition

    Act 622 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  86. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Middletown Township, Delaware County

    Act 623 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  87. Borough State Highway Law - amend - route change, deletion and addition

    Act 624 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  88. Township State Highway Law - amend - route change, deletion and addition

    Act 625 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  89. Mental Health Act of 1951 - amend - commitment of persons who become insane after sentence or penalty of death

    Act 626 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  90. Second Class Township Code - amend - real property reconveyance or disposal

    Act 627 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  91. Ohio River toll bridge law

    Act 628 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  92. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - transportation to private and parochial schools or Sunday school, use of commercial registration plates limited, penalty

    Act 629 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  93. Public Utility Law - amend - transportation to private or parochial schools or Sunday school, contract

    Act 630 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  94. First class city employee pension fund law - amend - credited school district service

    Act 631 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  95. Game Law - amend - use of Game Fund fees to produce game land cover and food for deer

    Act 632 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  96. State Highway Law - amend - public utilities owned by municipality authorities

    Act 633 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  97. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - borrowing power, indebtedness

    Act 634 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  98. Industrial Development Assistance Law

    Act 635 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  99. Acquisition by purchase - tract or tracts adjacent to Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, appropriation

    Act 636 of 1955 · 1955 · Original text

  100. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of Mines and Mineral Industries, appropriation

    Act 637 of 1955 · 1955 · 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.