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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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2,985 laws of the 1950s

Constitution of 1874

  1. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - filling office of superintendent within 30 days of election date

    Act 101 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  2. Second Class Township Code - amend - determination of sewer charges and reimbursement

    Act 102 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  3. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - pupil teacher ratio in computing real estate tax

    Act 103 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  4. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - payments by districts for pupils attending other districts, deductions from State appropriations, extension class tuition

    Act 104 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  5. Volunteer firemen worker's compensation law - amend - forest firefighters, self-employed forest firefighters

    Act 105 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  6. First class A school district temporary personal propery tax law - amend - elimination of certain taxable items, exceptions, exclusive application in first class A counties

    Act 106 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  7. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - traveling expenses at meetings of joint boards or joint school committees

    Act 107 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  8. Corporate Net Income Tax Act - reenact and amend - rate increase, limited extension

    Act 108 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  9. State personal property tax supplement law - amend - exemption of corporations, limited partnerships and joint-stock associations organized for manufacturing, appplication of franchise tax

    Act 109 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  10. State personal property tax supplement law - amend - limited gross receipts increase

    Act 110 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  11. Cigarette Tax Act - reenact and amend - continuation of act

    Act 111 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  12. Emergency liquor tax law - reenact and amend - continuation of act

    Act 112 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  13. Malt Beverage Tax Law - amend - increase

    Act 113 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  14. Fuel Use Tax Act - amend - limited additional tax

    Act 114 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  15. Liquid Fuels Tax Act - amend - limited additional tax

    Act 115 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  16. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission membership

    Act 116 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  17. First class school district tax imposition law - reenact and amend - continuation, increase, obsolete provisions

    Act 117 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  18. Public Utility Law - amend - prison sentence upon default of fines imposed for certain violations by motor carrier or common carrier by airplane

    Act 118 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  19. Volunteer firemen worker's compensation law - amend - eligibility

    Act 119 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  20. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Deputy Adjutant General in Charge of Veteran Affairs

    Act 120 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  21. Deeds and conveyances law

    Act 121 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  22. Bucks County State highways law

    Act 122 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  23. State toll bridge acquisition and control law - amend - authorization

    Act 123 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  24. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - lease of certain projects upon their opening to public use

    Act 124 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  25. Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act - amend - attorney fees and expenses, subrogation

    Act 125 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  26. Fiscal Code - amend - notice, property transfer, Commonwealth tax claim

    Act 126 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  27. Coroner's jurors compensation law - amend - increase

    Act 127 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  28. 1937 Magistrates' Court Act - amend - applicability of salary increase, chief magistrate salary, certified transcript or report costs

    Act 128 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  29. First class city employees law - repeal of act

    Act 129 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  30. County employees law - repeal of act

    Act 130 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  31. Local Government Commission Law - amend - terms, expenditure of biennial appropriation

    Act 131 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  32. Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - notice of dissolution

    Act 132 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  33. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - acquisition of steel for manufacturing vehicle registration plates

    Act 133 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  34. Business Corporation Law - amend - transfer of trust funds by cemetery and burial corporations to corporate fiduciaries with orphans' court approval, corporate trustee duties, accounts

    Act 134 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  35. Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - transfer of trust funds by cemetery and burial corporations to corporate fiduciaries with orphans' court approval, corporate trustee duties, accounts

    Act 135 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  36. Building and Loan Code - amend - reserve increase

    Act 136 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  37. Building and Loan Code - amend - withdrawal of optional payment shares, credit of dividends, mortgage contracts, mortgage bonds, additional collateral

    Act 137 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  38. Notary Public Law - amend - stockholders acting as notaries public, validation of prior acts

    Act 138 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  39. Game Law - amend - period for retriever trials

    Act 139 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  40. Drake Well Memorial Park law - amend - acceptance of gifts and funds by Drake Well Memorial Advisory Board

    Act 140 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  41. Mental Health Act of 1951

    Act 141 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  42. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Cecil Township, Washington County, to Canonsburg Borough and Houston Borough

    Act 142 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  43. Criminal procedure law

    Act 143 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  44. Municipal police force reduction law

    Act 144 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  45. Motor License Fund law

    Act 145 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  46. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Historical Preservation Fund establishment, appropriation

    Act 146 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  47. Fiscal Code - amend - Historical Preservation Fund, disbursements, requisitions

    Act 147 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  48. First Class Township Code - amend - water meter reading list and billing data furnished by water utilities to township, reimbursement of related utility expenses

    Act 148 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  49. General County Law - amend - second class county employee retirement fund, appropriation by county commissioners

    Act 149 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  50. State deposits and depositories law - amend - rendition of State Treasury statements to Auditor General

    Act 150 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  51. Game Law - amend - possession of game and other birds and animals

    Act 151 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  52. Fiscal Code - amend - security for deposits of State moneys, designation of additional banks or trust companies as active depositories

    Act 152 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  53. Group Life Insurance Policy Law - amend - types permitted, police fraternities

    Act 153 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  54. Fish Law of 1925 - amend - fishing devices on Delaware River above Trenton Falls, fishing devices on Delaware River below Trenton Falls

    Act 154 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  55. Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - omitted assessments

    Act 155 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  56. Tax and municipal claims law

    Act 156 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  57. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - eligibility of candidates for county superintendent of schools

    Act 157 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  58. Incompetents' Estates Act of 1951

    Act 158 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  59. Register of Wills Act of 1951

    Act 159 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  60. Banking Code - amend - authorized investments, loans and discounts of savings banks

    Act 160 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  61. Banking Code - amend - powers of banks and trust companies

    Act 161 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  62. Banking Code - amend - common trust funds

    Act 162 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  63. Banking Code - amend - branch offices and subagencies, parking facilities as approved by Department of Banking

    Act 163 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  64. Third Class City Code - reenact and amend - budget, contracts, elections, zoning, courts, corporate title, volunteer police, board of health, milk inspection, parking lots, public nuisances, eminent domain, bonds, improvements, annexation, appropriations

    Act 164 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  65. Financial institution records preservation and use law - reenact and amend - national banking associations, photostatic film reproductions admissibility in evidence, final adjustment and settlement of accounts

    Act 165 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  66. Banking Code - amend - reserve fund against deposits and demand liabilities

    Act 166 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  67. Bank holiday law - amend - public calamity in State, designation by Governor, validation of certain transactions

    Act 167 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  68. Delaware River basin supplement law

    Act 168 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  69. Game Law - amend - shooting restrictions on regulated shooting grounds

    Act 169 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  70. Fraternal benefit societies law - amend - articles of amendment, fees

    Act 170 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  71. Game Law - amend - open season for hunting deer with bows and arrows, special license, fees

    Act 171 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  72. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - school district lease contracts with State Public School Building Authority

    Act 172 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  73. Game Law - amend - prohibiting shooting, hunting, trapping and discharging weapons in cemeteries and burial grounds

    Act 173 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  74. Moneys and property solicitation regulation law - amend - administrative transfer from Department of Welfare to Department of Public Instruction

    Act 174 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  75. Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - grantee address on record of conveyances

    Act 175 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  76. Lien Priority Law

    Act 176 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  77. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - first class township power to remove and impound vehicles

    Act 177 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  78. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - qualifications of certain principals

    Act 178 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  79. Constables' fees law - amend - increases

    Act 179 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  80. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - voting, maintenance, budget, employment and effect of failure to comply

    Act 180 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  81. Official court stenographer law - amend - increasing the compensation of official stenographers for copies of stenographic notes

    Act 181 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  82. Well and cistern safety law

    Act 182 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  83. Department of Property and Supplies law

    Act 183 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  84. Insurance law

    Act 184 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  85. Place of employment health and safety law - amend - providing further health and safety requirements

    Act 185 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  86. Municipal Borrowing Law - amend - insurance

    Act 186 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  87. General County Law - amend - reclassification

    Act 187 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  88. Municipal Borrowing Law - amend - clarification and correction of provisions, validity

    Act 188 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  89. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - increasing power of the Authority to borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness therefor

    Act 189 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  90. Penicillin law - amend - exceptions

    Act 190 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  91. Delaware River bridge law

    Act 191 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  92. Right of way or easement law - amend - releasing right of way over Cypress Island

    Act 192 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  93. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - public notice of residents

    Act 193 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  94. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - authorizing the operation or movement of ambulances and police vehicles with a red light displayed to the front

    Act 194 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  95. Tractor Code - amend - extensions

    Act 195 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  96. Permanent Registration Act for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns and Townships - amend - hours of registration and removing certain obsolete provisions

    Act 196 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  97. Permanent registration in cities of the third class law - amend - hours of registration

    Act 197 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  98. First class township code law - amend - increase of allowance

    Act 198 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  99. Pennsylvania Industrial School law - amend - correction of name and changing of age limit

    Act 199 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  100. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - prohibiting parking meter installation by local authorities at certain places

    Act 200 of 1951 · 1951 · 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.