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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.
2,985 laws of the 1950s
Constitution of 1874
Department of Banking Code - amend - scope of supervision and powers over institutions
Act 259 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Banking Code - amend - exercise of powers, articles of merger or consolidation
Act 260 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - alternative penalties for illegally passing school buses
Act 261 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - approval or disapproval of creation or change of third or fourth class districts
Act 262 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
First Class Township Code - amend - appropriations for community nursing services
Act 263 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - certain limitations of prosecutions
Act 264 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - extension period for withdrawal or reinstatement of project approval
Act 265 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Mahoning Township, Montour County
Act 266 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
County Code - amend - appropriations to industrial development agencies
Act 267 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Liquor Code - amend - election to operate under daylight saving time
Act 268 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Brake fluid regulation law
Act 269 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Group Life Insurance Policy Law - amend - maximum amount for which creditor may insure debtor
Act 270 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Roadside rests law
Act 271 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - court determination and orders relating to visitation rights of parents
Act 272 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Greene Township, Franklin County
Act 273 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - first class A controller's salary
Act 274 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
County Code - amend - duties of district attorney
Act 275 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Non-alcoholic drink manufacture and sale regulation law
Act 276 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - exemptions from fees for certain veterans
Act 277 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Dog Law of 1921 - amend - limitations on operating kennels in boroughs
Act 278 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 - amend - eliminating financial assitance to typhoid fever carriers and persons subject to isolation and quarantine
Act 279 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - size of vehicles and loads, magistrate report, enforcement, notice
Act 281 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - shoplifting
Act 282 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Property Sale Regulation Law - amend - certification of district classification, certification of zoning classification, agreements of sale
Act 283 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Commonwealth Property Recovery Act
Act 284 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - learner's permits
Act 285 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - collateral in lieu of bond
Act 286 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - authorizing certain members to designate persons to act in their stead
Act 287 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - election of school directors in independent school districts
Act 288 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second class A cities controller report law
Act 289 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public sale and conveyance - Commonwealth property in Mahoning Township and Danville Borough, Montour County
Act 290 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
State employes' retirement code of 1923 - amend - retirement compensation options for judges
Act 291 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Delaware River dam and reservoir construction law
Act 292 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - contracts or leases of valuable minerals, agreements for removing oil and gas beneath Commonwealth-owned waters of Lake Erie
Act 293 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - intercounty jointures, teacher meetings, county boards, district superintendent
Act 294 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second Class Township Code - amend - abandoned cemeteries and burial grounds, trust fund
Act 295 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Borough of Danville, Montour County
Act 296 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Selective Sales and Use Tax Act - amend - exclusion for materials and supplies used in municipal authority contracts
Act 297 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - records and expenses of in-service education programs
Act 298 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
State employes' retirement code of 1923 - amend - joint coverage, single coverage, disability annuitants, benefits, withdrawal, options
Act 299 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - fraudulent telephone calls
Act 300 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second Class County Code - amend - eligibility for county retirement fund
Act 301 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Stock corporation shares regulation law - amend - merged railroad corporations, notice of changes in capital stock
Act 302 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
First class school district additional real property tax levy law
Act 303 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
County Code - amend - county fair associations, surplus food
Act 304 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public officer and employee social security contribution law - amend - substituting certain tax payments for fixed percentages, referenda and certification, retirement benefits
Act 305 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second Class County Code - amend - surplus foods
Act 306 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Political subdivision fiduciary law
Act 307 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Twenty-eighth Division Shrine dedication and maintenance supplement law
Act 308 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Veterans Preference Act of 1957
Act 309 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
First class county deceased veteran funeral expense assistance law - amend - total expenses
Act 310 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
County Code - amend - total expenses for funerals of deceased servicepersons
Act 311 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second Class County Code - amend - total expenses for funerals of deceased servicepersons
Act 312 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - buying, selling, exchanging, trading or otherwise dealing in motor vehicles and trailers on Sunday
Act 313 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Soldiers and sailors home law of 1885 - amend - veterans of armed conflicts
Act 314 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
World War II Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - application filing extension
Act 315 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - qualified electors who are bedridden or hospitalized veterans
Act 316 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Korean Conflict Veterans' Compensation Act
Act 317 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
First class county deceased veteran funeral expense assistance law - amend - Korean Conflict veterans grave marker emblem
Act 318 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
County Code - amend - Korean Conflict veterans grave marker emblem
Act 319 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second Class County Code - amend - Korean Conflict veterans grave marker emblem
Act 320 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Thaddeus Stevens Trade School compensation and regulation law
Act 321 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
General County Assessment Law - amend - collection pending appeal, protest, refund
Act 322 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Selective Sales and Use Tax Act - amend - returns and refunds
Act 323 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Milk Control Law - amend - composite sample testing within five days of sample taking
Act 324 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Hotel Occupancy Tax Act - amend - assessments, reassessments and resettlements
Act 325 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Selective Sales and Use Tax Act - amend - licenses
Act 326 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Pennsylvania Cigarette Tax Act of 1957
Act 327 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law - amend - conditional appropriation continuance
Act 328 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Real Estate Brokers License Act of 1929 - amend - examination, licensing, suspension, revocation, fees, penalties
Act 329 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Fish Law of 1925 - amend - license fee increase, allocation, issuing agent fee increase
Act 330 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Water supplier suspending service for nonpayment law - amend - township-created municipal authorities
Act 331 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Intestate Act of 1947 - amend - taking in same degree of consanguinity
Act 332 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Financial institution records preservation and use law - amend - preservation of records
Act 333 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Harrisburg State Hospital leases
Act 334 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Arnot Village, Tioga County
Act 335 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Borough of Austin, Potter County
Act 336 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Fifth through eighth class county retirement law - amend - reinstatement on return to county employment
Act 337 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
State Highway Law - amend - cattle crossings
Act 338 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Authorities reporting law
Act 339 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Third Class City Code - amend - codification of ordinances
Act 340 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
First class city procedure in condemnation law
Act 341 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public sale and conveyance - Commonwealth property in Borough of Danville, Montour County
Act 342 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - minimum reimbursements to union and merged districts and jointures
Act 343 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 - amend - board member appointment and terms of office
Act 344 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association, obligations of The Pennsylvania State University
Act 345 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Liquor Code - amend - definition of "population"
Act 346 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Conveyance - consenting to acquisition of land or water by United States for migratory-bird reservations
Act 347 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center additional land conveyance law - amend - purposes for use
Act 348 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second Class Township Code - amend - annual appropriation for nursing services
Act 349 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Borough State Highway Law - amend - changing, adding and deleting routes
Act 350 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Township State Highway Law - amend - changing, deleting and adding routes
Act 351 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
General Assembly officers and employes law - amend - compensation
Act 352 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Second Class County Code - amend - ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations preserving county property, penalties
Act 353 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Fourth and fifth class county coroner fees law - amend - fees and mileage in fifth class counties
Act 354 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Act of June 4, 1915 (P.L.828, No.372) - repeal of act
Act 355 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
City State Highway Law - amend - routes changed, deleted and added
Act 356 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Highway, bridge and approach construction - Schuylkill River in Chester and Montgomery Counties
Act 357 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Municipal Police Pension Law - amend - minimum period of total service, permanent injuries, member payments
Act 358 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
Air rifle regulation law
Act 359 of 1957 · 1957 · Original text
By decade
Constitution of 18741874–1967
Constitution of 17761776–1789
- 1780s 567
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.