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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. Millersville State Teachers College expansion law - amend - deletion of certain tracts from acquisition provisions

    Act 8 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  2. Second Class Township Code - amend - junk dealers, junk yards, scrap yards

    Act 9 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  3. Unemployment Compensation Law - amend - advancement and disbursement of moneys under Title XII of the Social Security Act

    Act 10 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  4. Parking Authority Law - amend - amount for no-bid purchase or contract

    Act 11 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  5. Third Class City Code - amend - annexation of boroughs with population of ten thousand or more

    Act 12 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  6. County Code - amend - commissioners' contracts or purchases without advertising

    Act 13 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  7. Selective Sales and Use Tax Act - amend - revenue for public education, rendition of services, rates, exclusions, applicability of certain taxes, licensing of certain persons, returns, collection, penalties

    Act 14 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  8. Hotel Occupancy Tax Act - amend - rate, hotel operator liability for collection, commission

    Act 15 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  9. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - certification by out-of-State physicians that teacher's certificate applicants are not physically or mentally disabled

    Act 16 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  10. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - vaccination requirement for kindergarten admission

    Act 17 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  11. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - submission to electors of merger or union question at primary election

    Act 18 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  12. Second Class City Employe Pension Law - amend - option period

    Act 19 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  13. County Code - amend - mileage allowance for county officers attending annual association meeting

    Act 20 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  14. Borough Code - amend - mileage allowance for delegates to State Association of Boroughs annual meeting

    Act 21 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  15. Second Class County Code - amend - commissioners' contracts or purchases without advertising

    Act 22 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  16. County Code - amend - occupation tax rate limit

    Act 23 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  17. Correctional diagnostic and classification centers law - amend - direct commitment of defective delinquents

    Act 24 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  18. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - enrollment of certain children aged 15 and 16 in modified public school program, private trade school or private business school

    Act 25 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  19. Fire and Panic Act - amend - exemption for certain projectionists

    Act 26 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  20. Domestic Animal Disease Suppression Law - amend - sale or use of virulent live virus for hog cholera

    Act 27 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  21. Governor inauguration location law

    Act 28 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  22. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - term of appointees to election board vacancy, selection and term of new board members

    Act 29 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  23. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act - amend - short title

    Act 30 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  24. Local Delinquent Tax Return Law - amend - notice by certified mail

    Act 31 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  25. Vehicle Code

    Act 32 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  26. First class city court records destruction law

    Act 33 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  27. Second class city museum contribution law

    Act 34 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  28. Second Class County Code - amend - contributions to museums of fine art or natural history

    Act 35 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  29. Pennsylvania Seed Act of 1947 - amend - nursery crop seeds, packaging, labeling, department powers

    Act 36 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  30. Liquid Fuels Tax Act - amend - redistribution to county political subdivisions

    Act 37 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  31. Pennsylvania Cigarette Tax Act of 1957 - amend - imposition and appropriation of additional excise tax for Korean Conflict Veterans' Compensation Sinking Fund

    Act 38 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  32. Korean Conflict Veterans' Compensation Bond Act

    Act 39 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  33. Second class city mayor and council member compensation law - amend - payment of council member salaries in semimonthly installments

    Act 40 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  34. Borough Code - amend - bonds for protection of labor and materialmen

    Act 41 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  35. Third Class City Code - amend - bonds for protection of labor and materialmen

    Act 42 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  36. County Code - amend - temporary investments

    Act 43 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  37. Second Class City Law - amend - contracts

    Act 44 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  38. Borough Code - amend - community sewage collection or disposal systems

    Act 45 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  39. Borough Code - amend - protesting proposed zoning changes

    Act 46 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  40. Borough Code - amend - appropriations to American Gold Star Mothers

    Act 47 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  41. Third Class City Code - amend - appropriations to American Gold Star Mothers

    Act 48 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  42. Second class city firemen civil service law - amend - physical examination for original appointment

    Act 49 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  43. Relocated county boundary line deed and lien recording law

    Act 50 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  44. Property Sale Regulation Law - reenact and amend - second class cities

    Act 51 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  45. Corporate debt law - amend - deleting requirement for certification of indebtedness increase

    Act 52 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  46. Third Class City Code - amend - temporary investment of city funds

    Act 53 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  47. Third Class City Code - amend - mayor and council salaries in newly created cities

    Act 54 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  48. Fiscal Code - amend - Rehabilitation Center Fund, Federal Rehabilitation Fund, Vocational Rehabilitation Fund

    Act 55 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  49. Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1945 - amend - vocational rehabilitation services, eligibility, board duties

    Act 56 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  50. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - eligibility for pension upon permanent and total disability

    Act 57 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  51. Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - payment of pension upon disability

    Act 58 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  52. Dental Law - amend - application of medicaments by dental hygienist

    Act 59 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  53. Business Corporation Law - amend - merger or consolidation of parent and wholly-owned subsidiary corporations, shareholder approval

    Act 60 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  54. Fiscal Code - amend - audits, costs of audits, Department of Auditor General, General Fund, Fire Insurance Tax Fund excepted

    Act 61 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  55. Realty Transfer Tax Act - reenact and amend - extending act, exclusion of documents relating to transfer in trade of certain residential property

    Act 62 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  56. Corporation Income Tax Law - amend - rate increase

    Act 63 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  57. Corporate Net Income Tax Act - amend - rate increase

    Act 64 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  58. Liquid Fuels Tax Act - amend - additional tax extension

    Act 65 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  59. Fuel Use Tax Act - amend - additional tax extension

    Act 66 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  60. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - temporary investment of school district funds

    Act 67 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  61. Official court stenographer law - amend - liability for payment of costs to furnish copies of notes of testimony requested by defendants

    Act 68 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  62. Second Class Township Code - amend - special school police

    Act 69 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  63. Court order modification law

    Act 70 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  64. Minor Judiciary Fee Bill - amend - fees in civil cases

    Act 71 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  65. County Code - amend - appropriations to American Gold Star Mothers

    Act 72 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  66. Second Class County Code - amend - appropriations to American Gold Star Mothers

    Act 73 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  67. Second Class City Law - amend - security of bonds and other obligations, deposits with Federal Reserve Bank

    Act 74 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  68. Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - filing fees

    Act 75 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  69. Borough Code - amend - sale of personal property valued at less than 200 dollars

    Act 76 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  70. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959

    Act 77 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  71. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959

    Act 78 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  72. Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - continuing assessments to defray Committee on Valuation of Securities of National Association of Insurance Commissioners expenses

    Act 79 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  73. Insurance Unfair Practices Act - amend - false advertising on television

    Act 80 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  74. Penal Code - amend - unlawful advertising of insurance business through television broadcasting, penalties

    Act 81 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  75. Second Class City Employe Pension Law - amend - option to join

    Act 82 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  76. Banking Code - amend - lending and investment, obligations under Federal Farm Loan Act, Federal Farm Credit Act of 1933 and Federal Home Loan Bank Act

    Act 83 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  77. Saving banks investment law - amend - obligations issued under authority of Federal Farm Loan Act, Federal Farm Credit Act of 1933 or Federal Home Loan Bank Act

    Act 84 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  78. General and short form mortgage regulation law

    Act 85 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  79. Lease and sublease recording law

    Act 86 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  80. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - payment to widow or surviving children of member who dies in performance of duties

    Act 87 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  81. Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - payment to widow or surviving children of member who dies in performance of duties

    Act 88 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  82. Second Class City Law - amend - contracts let without advertising

    Act 89 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  83. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - statement relating to loss or damage from nuclear reaction, nuclear radiation or radioactive contamination

    Act 90 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  84. Selective Sales and Use Tax Act - amend - computation of tax on intrastate telephone and telegraph service

    Act 91 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  85. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - investments under Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Federal Farm Loan Act or Farm Credit Act of 1933

    Act 92 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  86. Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - banks for cooperatives

    Act 93 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  87. Fiscal Code - amend - Liquor License Fund and Special Disaster Relief Fund interest and earnings

    Act 94 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  88. Second Class Township Code - amend - sewage collection or disposal systems

    Act 95 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  89. Fifth through eighth class county retirement law - amend - embezzlement or fraudulent conversion by retirement fund member

    Act 96 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  90. Fourth Class County Retirement Law - amend - embezzlement or fraudulent conversion by retirement fund member

    Act 97 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  91. Selective Sales and Use Tax Act - amend - exemption for certain foods and beverages

    Act 98 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  92. Local Delinquent Tax Return Law - amend - quarterly payment and distribution of collected taxes by county treasurer

    Act 99 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  93. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - employment of certified public accountant by joint board or joint school committee

    Act 100 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  94. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - tax purposes, taxing power of fourth class school districts

    Act 101 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  95. Game Law - amend - special dog training areas

    Act 102 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  96. Reference and Arbitration Law - amend - arbitration before County Court of Allegheny County

    Act 103 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  97. Second Class City Law - amend - maximum penalties which may be enforced

    Act 104 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  98. Capital stock excise tax law - amend - due date

    Act 105 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  99. Corporations law of 1874 - amend - vacancies

    Act 106 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  100. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - election of directors where existing union or merged district and one or more other districts or parts of districts form a union or merged district

    Act 107 of 1959 · 1959 · 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.