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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. Banking Code - amend - shares of business development credit corporation

    Act 608 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  2. Building and Loan Code - amend - shares of regional business development credit corporation

    Act 609 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  3. Public Assistance Law - repealing provisions relating to assistance for children removed from their homes by courts in certain cases and reappropriating unexpended funds

    Act 610 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  4. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - transfer of State Hospital at Hamburg to Department of Public Welfare, Board of Trustees of Hamburg State School and Hospital

    Act 611 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  5. News and press privilege law - radio or television stations

    Act 612 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  6. Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - limitation on assessment

    Act 613 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  7. Criminal Procedure Act of 1860 - amend - commitment in second class counties

    Act 614 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  8. Fiscal Code - amend - penalty for failure to file reports on time

    Act 615 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  9. Self-Assessed Tax Lien Act

    Act 616 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  10. Tax sale redemption repealer law - partial repeal extended to first class counties

    Act 617 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  11. Second class city delinquent tax sale law - amend - city and taxing authority agreement to appoint manager and apply rents and income

    Act 618 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  12. Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act - amend - compensation, subrogation, reports, independent physician examination, judgment

    Act 619 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  13. Korean Conflict Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - legal residency, appropriation

    Act 620 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  14. Housing Agency Law

    Act 621 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  15. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - Pennsylvania Housing Agency bonds and notes

    Act 622 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  16. Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - Pennsylvania Housing Agency bonds and notes

    Act 623 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  17. Building and Loan Code - amend - Pennsylvania Housing Agency bonds and notes

    Act 624 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  18. Banking Code - amend - Pennsylvania Housing Agency bonds and notes

    Act 625 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  19. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - tuition of nonresident pupils

    Act 626 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  20. Highway markings law

    Act 627 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  21. Penal Code - amend - malicious use of telephones

    Act 628 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  22. Fish Law of 1925 - amend - use of Fish Fund moneys for engineering survey of Susquehanna River

    Act 629 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  23. Navigation Commission for the Delaware River law - amend - removal of unused wharf, pier, bulkhead, piling or harbor structure

    Act 630 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  24. Savings and loan association shares law - amend - mutual life and mutual fire insurance companies

    Act 631 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  25. State penal and welfare institution injured employe benefits law

    Act 632 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  26. City Classification Law - amend - classification, maximum population

    Act 633 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  27. Thaddeus Stevens Trade School compensation and regulation law - amend - teacher and supervisor compensation

    Act 634 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  28. Second Class County Code - amend - creation of capital reserve fund for anticipated capital expenditures

    Act 635 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  29. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - appeal to State Council of Education

    Act 636 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  30. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - expensing for delegates to State convention or association meeting

    Act 637 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  31. Municipal claims recovery and collection law - amend - recovery of sewer and water charges and cost of removal of nuisances

    Act 638 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  32. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - merger plan, revised merger plan

    Act 639 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  33. Third class county prothonotary fee law

    Act 640 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  34. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - validation of certain union school districts

    Act 641 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  35. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Historical Preservation Fund

    Act 642 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  36. Eighth class county officer compensation law amendment law of 1959 - amend - effective date

    Act 643 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  37. Third Class City Code - amend - payment to posts of the Italian American World War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated

    Act 644 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  38. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in East Allen Township, Northampton County

    Act 645 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  39. Joint State Government Commission establishment law - amend - regular session, expenditures

    Act 646 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  40. Local Government Commission Law - amend - terms of members, expenditures

    Act 647 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  41. Mental Health Act of 1951 - amend - admission requirements, payment liability of any person not a patient, payment liability of a parent

    Act 648 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  42. Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - taxing power of independent school district board of school directors

    Act 649 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  43. Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act - amend - occupational disease

    Act 650 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  44. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - levy and collection of tax and per capita tax by independent school district board of school directors

    Act 651 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  45. Intestate Act of 1947 - amend - grandchildren of decedent's deceased uncles and aunts

    Act 652 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  46. Vehicle Code - amend - school bus lighting equipment

    Act 653 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  47. Chiropractic Registration Act of 1951 - amend - eligibility of students in final semester of chiropractic college for standard examination

    Act 654 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  48. Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law - amend - Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board enforcement officers and investigators, Pennsylvania Board of Parole enforcement officers, investigators and parole agents

    Act 655 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  49. Dental Law - amend - biennial registration, dentist registration fee, dental hygienist registration fee

    Act 656 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  50. Architect registration law - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 657 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  51. Chiropody Act of 1956 - amend - biennial registration, fee

    Act 658 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  52. Osteopathic and surgical practice law - amend - biennial registration

    Act 659 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  53. Optometry practice law - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 660 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  54. Pharmacy practice law - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 661 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  55. Real Estate Brokers License Act of 1929 - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 662 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  56. Veterinary practice law - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 663 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  57. Medical Practice Act - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 664 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  58. Chiropractic Registration Act of 1951 - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 665 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  59. Domestic mink in captivity propagation regulation law - amend - fence height around premises used for raising mink

    Act 666 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  60. State Council of Civil Defense Act of 1951 - amend - council membership of Secretary of Health, peacetime radiation danger or disaster

    Act 667 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  61. Sixth class county officer compensation law - amend - auditors

    Act 668 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  62. Infant boarding house law - amend - eliminating license fee

    Act 669 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  63. Public trust titling and disposition law

    Act 670 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  64. Penal Code - amend - sale of starter pistols to minors

    Act 671 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  65. Municipal improvements validation law

    Act 672 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  66. Fish Law of 1959

    Act 673 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  67. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - reimbursements to union and merged districts and jointures

    Act 674 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  68. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - removal of boards of school directors, distressed school district, special board of control

    Act 675 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  69. Local Health Administration Law - amend - first class counties, municipalities in first class counties, single-county and joint county departments of health, dissolution or withdrawal from county department of health

    Act 676 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  70. Public Assistance Law - amend - pension allowance, income allowance, ceiling for pension receivable, appropriation

    Act 677 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  71. Third class county employee retirement law - amend - per diem employes

    Act 678 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  72. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - technical changes, clarification

    Act 679 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  73. State Highway Law - amend - proposal guaranty for execution of contract

    Act 680 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  74. Pechin House acquisition law

    Act 681 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  75. Pennsylvania Cigarette Tax Act of 1957 - amend - stamps, unstamped packs, form and content of dealer and cigarette stamp, agency license applications, hearings under Administrative Agency Law, penalties, forfeiture

    Act 682 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  76. Game Law - amend - penalties relating to deer, right of convicted persons to hunt or trap upon good cause shown

    Act 683 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  77. Penal Code - amend - Sunday employment, wholesome recreation

    Act 684 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  78. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Wharton Township, Fayette County

    Act 685 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  79. Anthracite mine safety law - amend - inspection period, report, record of visit, stop order, distribution of map copies, extensions

    Act 686 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  80. Uniform Commercial Code - amend - correcting certain inadvertent errors rendering act not uniform with code of other states

    Act 687 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  81. Professional Engineers Registration Law - amend - registration of certain persons without examination, biennial registration

    Act 688 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  82. Professional Nursing Law - amend - biennial registration, fees

    Act 689 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  83. Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act - amend - payment of time balance in amount varying with expected varying income

    Act 690 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  84. Consumer Discount Company Act - amend - rejected license application, appeal

    Act 691 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  85. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - cash or bond deposit upon recanvassing petition

    Act 692 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  86. Unemployment Compensation Law - amend - eligibility, disqualification, compensation, experience rating, contribution, appeals

    Act 693 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  87. Equal Pay Law

    Act 694 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  88. Child born of void or voidable marriage legitimacy law

    Act 695 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  89. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - annual leave, sick leave

    Act 696 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  90. Anthracite Mine Drainage Commission establishment law

    Act 697 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  91. County superintendent of schools office expenses law - amend - budget submission

    Act 698 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  92. Vehicle Code - amend - chassis weights, penalty, editorial corrections

    Act 699 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  93. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - Bible reading in public schools

    Act 700 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  94. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - credit for previous service in summer schools, contributions, disability allowance, school employees who are General Assembly members

    Act 701 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  95. Liquor Code - amend - limit on retail licenses

    Act 702 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  96. Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - first county assessment in eighth class county with use of permanent records system

    Act 703 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  97. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - payments to widow and children of member killed on duty

    Act 704 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  98. Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - payments to widow and children of members killed on duty

    Act 705 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  99. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - permissible ratio of loan to value of security for real estate and leasehold loans

    Act 706 of 1959 · 1959 · Original text

  100. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - classes or schools for institutionalized children in second class counties

    Act 707 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.