The Pennsylvania Register
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
Borough Code - amend - parking lots
Act 308 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Cameron County constable law - amend - term of constable, term of collector
Act 309 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Borough Code - amend - public liability insurance
Act 310 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Third class county officer salary law - amend - increase
Act 311 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Fourth class county officer salary law - amend - increase
Act 312 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Fifth class county officer salary law - amend - increase
Act 313 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
County office tax regulation law - amend - increase in seventh and eighth class counties
Act 314 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Third class county coroner fees law - amend - increase
Act 315 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Fourth and fifth class county coroner fees law - amend - increase
Act 316 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Sixth class county coroner fee law - amend - increase
Act 317 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Seventh and eighth class county coroner fees law
Act 318 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Transportation corporations law - amend - classification, classes equal in number
Act 319 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - valuation of persons and property, first assessments
Act 320 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Borough Code - amend - investments
Act 321 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Pennsylvania Turnpike additional projects construction law
Act 322 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Certified mail authorization law
Act 323 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Interstate compact on detainers
Act 324 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
County Code - amend - appropriations to veterans organizations
Act 325 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
County Court of Philadelphia law - amend - indictments for arson and burglary
Act 326 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
National Guard and Reserve member protection from discrimination law
Act 327 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Sixth class county officer compensation law - amend - increase
Act 328 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Seventh class county officer compensation law - amend - increase
Act 329 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Eighth class county officer compensation law - amend - increase
Act 330 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
World War II Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - application filing deadline, appropriation
Act 331 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Moneys and property solicitation regulation law - amend - exempting organizations comprising mothers of certain armed services members
Act 332 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - repeal of section 1035 relating to carrying of other vehicles
Act 333 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - light at end of load, visibility
Act 334 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Third and fourth class county records destruction law
Act 335 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Private personal care home or hospital regulation law - amend - provisional license
Act 336 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Brandywine River Valley Compact law
Act 337 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
First class school district temporary mercantile license tax law - amend - time for filing return
Act 338 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Pennsylvania Election Code - amend or reenact - electoral residence of veterans residing in home for disabled and indigent soldiers and sailors, reenacting provisions relating to repeat voting
Act 339 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Law - amend - interstate rendition, jurisdiction, fees, district attorney duties, responding states, proceedings not to be stayed, intercounty application, foreign support orders, uniform interpretation
Act 340 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - payments on account of migratory children
Act 341 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - payments on account of partially sighted children
Act 342 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 - amend - venereal disease, tuberculosis, communicable disease, court-ordered examinations
Act 343 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 - amend - treatment, isolation or court-ordered commitment of persons with venereal disease, tuberculosis or other communicable disease
Act 344 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 - amend - veneral disease examinations
Act 345 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - repeal of section 802 relating to use of textbooks for a period of not less than five years
Act 346 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Natural and manufactured gas companies law - transfer of corporate franchise or municipal consent, filing with Secretary of Commonwealth, transferred shares, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approval
Act 347 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - tuition charges for pupils of other districts
Act 348 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
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 - list of name and address of registered electors by street, house number or arranged alphabetically
Act 349 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
National forest reserves distribution law - amend - alternative distribution with approval of electors, petition
Act 350 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - nomination papers, filing fees
Act 351 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Game Law - amend - charges before magistrate, alderman or justice of the peace
Act 352 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Banking Code - amend - articles of incorporation, articles of merger, honorary director, director emeritus, honorary trustee, advisory board, powers, limited powers, contributions, fractional interests
Act 353 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Frog law - frog limit, turtle limit, tadpole limit, requisite fishing license
Act 354 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Municipal Borrowing Law - amend - school district debt limit, constitutional amendment
Act 355 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - aviation safety training
Act 356 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Aeronautical Code - amend - landing area, commercial airport, personal airport, aviation safety training
Act 357 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Pennsylvania State Board of Motion Picture Control
Act 358 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Third Class City Code - amend - bond in awarding contracts, cashier's check accompanying bids
Act 359 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - previous employment credit, reinstated members, beneficiary with employment of less than five years
Act 360 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Hotel Occupancy Tax Act - amend - rate increase
Act 361 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Public Assistance Law - amend - eligibility
Act 362 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Third Class City Code - amend - alternative procedure for incorporation, charter commission
Act 363 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
State officer and agency funds investment regulation law - amend - investment powers
Act 364 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Second class A city police and firemen pension law - amend - additional appropriations to fire and police pension funds
Act 365 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Police and fire pension fund law - reenact and amend - increase
Act 366 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
County Code - amend - allowance for seventh and eighth class county surveyors
Act 367 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Borough Code - amend - bond for contracts
Act 368 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
County Code - amend - bond for contracts
Act 369 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Third Class City Code - amend - sale of real estate
Act 370 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Employee benefit trust administration law
Act 371 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - notification of address change, penalty
Act 372 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - kindergarten, teaching days
Act 373 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Borough and township correctional law - amend - daily compensation increase
Act 374 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - official inspections
Act 375 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Milk dispensing law - amend - eliminating license and fee requirements
Act 376 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - issuance of permits for excessive size and weight within each county
Act 377 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - house trailer use and occupancy rate increase
Act 378 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Borough Code - amend - personal interest in contracts
Act 379 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Pennsylvania Securities Act - amend - registration expiration, fees
Act 380 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Domestic mink in captivity propagation regulation law
Act 381 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Fictitious Name Act - amend - "business" defined, location change, signing of amended certificate
Act 382 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Optional Third Class City Charter Law - amend - charter commission
Act 383 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Third Class City Code - amend - annexation of certain property
Act 384 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Conveyance - easement in Commonwealth property in Skippack Township, Montgomery County
Act 385 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
War veterans conventions records publication and distribution law - amend - Italian American World War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated
Act 386 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
County veterans burial record compilation and preservation law - amend - filings by Italian American World War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated
Act 387 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - illegal sale of veterans' flowers
Act 388 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - obscene exhibitions
Act 389 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Municipal Employes' Retirement Law - amend - determination of eligibility, accounts, municipal liability, contributions, service requirements
Act 390 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Municipal claim and tax lien reinstatement and enforcement law
Act 391 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Coal stripping regulation law - amend - penalties
Act 392 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Coal stripping regulation law - amend - Department of Mines and Mineral Industries
Act 393 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Business Corporation Law - amend - corporate name, name change, merger, restatement of articles, voluntary dissolution
Act 394 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Incompetents' Estates Act of 1955 - amend - evidence of mental condition
Act 395 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - expiration of registered names, proof of advertisement, foreign nonprofit corporation certificate of authority
Act 396 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Foreign corporations law - amend - withdrawal from business, surrender of certificate of authority
Act 397 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
School district lands and buildings public auction title validation law
Act 398 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Bituminous Coal Open Pit Mining Conservation Act - amend - penalties
Act 399 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Second Class A City Employe Pension Law
Act 400 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Building and Loan Code - amend - exercise of powers, time for approval or disapproval, sale and purchase of participation interest
Act 401 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
State College Faculty Compensation Law - amend - leaves of absence
Act 402 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Governing body public meeting law - reenact and amend - notice, penalties
Act 403 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Interstate compact on parole - amend - definition of "State"
Act 404 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Municipal joint agreement law - reenact and amend - municipality authorities
Act 405 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Light fuel oil delivery regulation law - amend - printed delivery ticket
Act 406 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - reimbursable rentals, grading costs, sewage treatment plant costs
Act 407 of 1959 · 1959 · 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.