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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. Railroad corporations law

    Act 201 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  2. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - editorial correction

    Act 202 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  3. Department of Property and Supplies law

    Act 203 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  4. Real Estate Tax Sale Law - amend - giving municipal claims equal priority with taxes in the distribution of certain moneys recovered

    Act 204 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  5. Allegheny County court law - amend - jurisdiction

    Act 205 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  6. Second Class County Assessment Law - amend - jurisdiction

    Act 206 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  7. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - exclusive jurisdiction

    Act 207 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  8. First class school district temporary mercantile license tax law - amend - exclusive jurisdiction

    Act 208 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  9. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act - amend - exclusive jurisdiction

    Act 209 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  10. Dental Law - amend - practice of dentistry

    Act 210 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  11. Department of Property and Supplies law

    Act 211 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  12. General assembly law - amend - increasing allowance

    Act 212 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  13. Third Class City Code - amend - hours of service, vacations and sick leaves of firemen

    Act 213 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  14. Delaware River basin supplement amendments law

    Act 214 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  15. General County Law - amend - authorization

    Act 215 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  16. Political subdivision preparation of tax assessment list of inhabitants law

    Act 216 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  17. Borough Code - amend - regulating the affairs of boroughs; and revising, amending and changing the law

    Act 217 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  18. County criminal proceedings costs law - amend - fixing the time for making costs payable

    Act 218 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  19. Felony prosecution costs law - amend - fixing the time for making costs payable

    Act 219 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  20. Penal Code - amend - prohibiting any mortgagee or pledgee from requiring that property securing a loan be insured

    Act 220 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  21. Real estate validation law

    Act 221 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  22. Secretary of Property and Supplies law

    Act 222 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  23. Secretary of Property and Supplies law

    Act 223 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  24. Corporations law - amend - clarification and enlargement

    Act 224 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  25. Solid Fuel Weight Regulation Law - amend - requiring separation of fuels and weighmaster's certificates

    Act 225 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  26. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - military leaves for employes of school districts

    Act 226 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  27. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - extending service allowance of certain employes

    Act 227 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  28. Courts law - amend - conferring, granting powers, providing for the disposition of fees etc

    Act 228 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  29. Penal Code - amend - increasing the penalty provisions and providing for fines and imprisonment

    Act 229 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  30. Game Law - amend - dog training period

    Act 230 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  31. State employees group life Insurance law

    Act 231 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  32. Fiscal Code - amend - corporations, companies, etc. to give notice of change in post office address

    Act 232 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  33. Fiscal Code - amend - changing the date on which initial bonus reports shall be filed and such bonus paid by foreign corporations

    Act 233 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  34. Board of Claims Act - amend - per diem increase, maintenance and travel expenses, hearings

    Act 234 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  35. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - salaries

    Act 235 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  36. First class county assessment law - amend - determination by the board of revision of taxes of appeals from personal property assessments subsequent to the time prescribed for such appeals

    Act 236 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  37. City trust law

    Act 237 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  38. Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 - amend - acquisition of certain capital stock

    Act 238 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  39. Volunteer firemen worker's compensation law - amend - tuberculosis

    Act 239 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  40. Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - preparation of assessment rolls and lists

    Act 240 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  41. Second Class City Employe Pension Law - amend - pension increase and establishment of minimum and maximum

    Act 241 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  42. Mental health law - amend - extension for transfer of institutions from political subdivisions to Commonwealth

    Act 242 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  43. Second Class Township Code - amend - lands as recreation places and maintenance thereof

    Act 243 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  44. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - changing of the requirements for stop signs

    Act 244 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  45. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - regulations, provisions and repeal of existing law

    Act 245 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  46. Foreign Casualty Insurance Premium Tax Allocation Law - amend - redefining Pension Annuity Contract, rights under pension, deductions and return of funds if not used

    Act 246 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  47. Private academic schools regulation law - amend - exemptions

    Act 247 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  48. Uniform Contribution Among Tort-feasors Act

    Act 248 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  49. Game Law - amend - resident and nonresident licenses and tags for antlerless deer, abrogating open season on antlerless deer

    Act 249 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  50. United States savings bonds law

    Act 250 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  51. Barbers' License Law - amend - fees and limitations of payment

    Act 251 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  52. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - State Board of Barber Examiners as Department of Public Instruction administrative board

    Act 252 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  53. Fish Law of 1925 - amend - penalties for violations of closed seasons

    Act 253 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  54. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - technical personnel, appointment

    Act 254 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  55. State Public School Building Authority Act - amend - lease of buildings prior to completion, bonds

    Act 255 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  56. Physician and surgeon licensure grant law

    Act 256 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  57. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - expenses at annual conventions and special meetings

    Act 257 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  58. Blind pedestrians law

    Act 258 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  59. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - temporary professional employees

    Act 259 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  60. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - annual conventions and meetings

    Act 260 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  61. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - compensation for attending meetings called by county superintendent

    Act 261 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  62. First class city fire prevention code law

    Act 262 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  63. Orphans' Court Act of 1951

    Act 263 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  64. Chiropractic Registration Act of 1951

    Act 264 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  65. Second class city police civil service law

    Act 265 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  66. Public assistance law of 1939 - amend - duties of county boards, employable persons

    Act 266 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  67. Pharmacy and drug law - amend - pharmacy permit fee

    Act 267 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  68. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - reimbursement for nonresident children

    Act 268 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  69. Drug regulation law - amend - penalties relating to illegal drugs

    Act 269 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  70. Burial grounds gifts in trust law

    Act 270 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  71. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - spousal transfer of registration, card, plate

    Act 271 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  72. Chiropody regulation law

    Act 272 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  73. Department of Revenue and Auditor General lists and index repealer law

    Act 273 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  74. Delaware River Joint Commission supplement law of 1951

    Act 274 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  75. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Bureau of Higher Education

    Act 275 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  76. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - supervisors

    Act 276 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  77. Emporium borough authorities law - repeal of act

    Act 277 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  78. Fraternal benefit society-mutual life insurance company conversion law

    Act 278 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  79. Second Class County Jury Selection Law - amend - manner of drawing names

    Act 279 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  80. Prothonotary fee law of 1915 - amend - fees

    Act 280 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  81. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - medical and dental examinations preceding first grade enrollment

    Act 281 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  82. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission membership and turnpike extension law

    Act 282 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  83. Supreme and Superior Court reporter and employee compensation law

    Act 283 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  84. First class district free milk law

    Act 284 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  85. City Classification Law - amend - decreasing population, regression

    Act 285 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  86. State employes' retirement code supplement law of 1951

    Act 286 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  87. Penal Code - amend - special permits for discharge of flobert rifles and other firearms for particular purpose

    Act 287 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  88. Transfer Inheritance Tax Law repeal law

    Act 288 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  89. General County Law - amend - vacating county roads

    Act 289 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  90. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - Cheyney Training School for Teachers name change to Cheyney State Teachers' College

    Act 290 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  91. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Cheyney Training School for Teachers name change to Cheyney State Teachers' College

    Act 291 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  92. Third Class City Code - amend - pension benefits for city-paid volunteer firefighters

    Act 292 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  93. Borough Code - amend - burial ground maintenance appropriations increase

    Act 293 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  94. Optometry practice law - amend - testimony of optometrist acceptable as qualified evidence

    Act 294 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  95. Police and fire pension fund law

    Act 295 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  96. First Class Township Code - amend - shade tree commission, cutting and removal of trees afflicted with Dutch elm disease

    Act 296 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  97. General County Law - amend - inside work assignments for county police force members in certain cases

    Act 297 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  98. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - foreign fiduciaries, advertisement of grant of letters, distribution of real estate or personal property by personal representative

    Act 298 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  99. Third Class City Code - amend - assessor classification of buildings on land and land exclusive of buildings by ordinance

    Act 299 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  100. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - exemptions from fees, combination of organizations

    Act 300 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

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Constitution of 18741874–1967

Constitution of 18381838–1873

Constitution of 17901790–1837

Constitution of 17761776–1789

Province of Pennsylvania1682–1775

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.