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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. State Highway Law - amend - permits for opening surface, duties of secretary, duties of municipal authorities

    Act 301 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  2. Corporation merger or consolidation law - amend - domestic or foreign corporation, written notice, issuance of certificates of merger or consolidation

    Act 302 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  3. Uniform Interparty Agreement Act - amend - conveyance of interest, validation

    Act 303 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  4. Municipalities moneys accumulation law

    Act 304 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  5. Fiscal Code - amend - exemption relating to transfer of decedents' estates corporate stock to nonresidents, Department of Revenue listing

    Act 305 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  6. Optometry practice law - amend - practice of optometry, "optometrist" defined

    Act 306 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  7. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - discontinuance of district superintendent office in third class district, notice

    Act 307 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  8. Fish Law of 1925 - amend - chubs reclassification as bait fish

    Act 308 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  9. Second class city two-platoon fire force law - amend - hours of duty

    Act 309 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  10. Church or religious corporation name change law

    Act 310 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  11. Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - Department of States powers, proxy, vacancies, voting, foreign nonprofit corporation

    Act 311 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  12. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - admission of beginners

    Act 312 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  13. Second Class County Assessment Law - amend - Board of Property Assessment, Appeals and Review

    Act 313 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  14. Oleomargarine and butterine regulation law - amend - manufacture and sale

    Act 314 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  15. Local Health Administration Law

    Act 315 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  16. Dead animal bone boiling and depository law - amend - county health department approval, jurisdiction

    Act 316 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  17. Infant blindness prevention law - amend - county health department jurisdiction, Secretary of Health duties

    Act 317 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  18. Barbers' License Law - amend - county department of health, joint-county department of health

    Act 318 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  19. General County Law - amend - deleting provisions relating to cooperation with Department of Health and appointees

    Act 319 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  20. Milk and milk product sellers regulation law - amend - county departments of health

    Act 320 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  21. Boards of health gypsy eviction law - amend - county departments of health, joint county departments of health

    Act 321 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  22. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Secretary of Health qualifications, Advisory Health Board reconstituted

    Act 322 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  23. Lodging houses regulation law - amend - county departments of health, joint county departments of health

    Act 323 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  24. Game Law - amend - special permits for certain disabled veterans with service connected disabilities

    Act 324 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  25. Bedford County tax collection law repealer law

    Act 325 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  26. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - restrictions of right to use highways

    Act 326 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  27. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - commercial motor vehicle requirement relating to throwing of road surface substances from rear wheels beyond certain limits

    Act 327 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  28. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - registration fee exemption for Philippine Pacific War Veterans, Navy Club of the United States and United States Army Ambulance Corps

    Act 328 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  29. Libraries law - amend - ballot question on discontinuance of county library upon establishment of free public library

    Act 329 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  30. Interstate compact for mutual military aid in emergency

    Act 330 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  31. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - antique motor vehicle definition, operation, limitation

    Act 331 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  32. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of Forests and Waters grants of access to public utility companies

    Act 332 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  33. Seventh judicial district additional common pleas judge law

    Act 333 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  34. Anthracite Strip Mining Law - amend - backfilling adjacent to highways

    Act 334 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  35. Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - approval of joint plans of merger or consolidation to clarify effect of prior amendments

    Act 335 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  36. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - trailer, tractor, reflective materials, size of vehicles and loads, weight of vehicles and loads, penalties for refusal to unload excess weight on highways or bridges, uniform law for transportation of dangerous articles

    Act 336 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  37. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Law - amend - jurisdiction, compensation, power to release, convicted violators, technical violators

    Act 337 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  38. Estate Tax Apportionment Act of 1951

    Act 338 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  39. Lost liens satisfaction law

    Act 339 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  40. Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - common stock

    Act 340 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  41. Pure Food Law - amend - sulphur dioxide

    Act 341 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  42. Route 55-Spur C bridge authorization law

    Act 342 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  43. Fourth Class County Retirement Law - amend - optional minimum allowances

    Act 343 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  44. Spousal equity law - amend - joinder required for conveyance

    Act 344 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  45. Corporation Income Tax Law

    Act 345 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  46. Statutory Construction Act - amend - effective date and time of laws

    Act 346 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  47. Mental Health Act of 1951 - amend - qualified physician, rights of patients in institutions

    Act 347 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  48. Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeastern Extension Act

    Act 348 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  49. Cold Storage Warehouse Food Law - amend - cold storage warehouse definition, license fee reduction

    Act 349 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  50. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - appeals to Allegheny County Court

    Act 350 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  51. Boards of visitation law of 1913 - repeal of obsolete law

    Act 351 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  52. Mortgaged real estate sale law - amend - promissory note

    Act 352 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  53. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - editorial corrections

    Act 353 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  54. Support Law - amend - liability of property for expenses incurred for support, maintenance, assistance and burial

    Act 354 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  55. Boards of visitation law of 1903 - repeal of obsolete law

    Act 355 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  56. State training school grounds and buildings acquisition by gift law

    Act 356 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  57. Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act

    Act 357 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  58. Conveyance/exchange - Commonwealth property in Penn Township, Snyder County, to better administer Selinsgrove State Colony for Epileptics

    Act 358 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  59. Probation authorization and sentencing law - amend - fixed term not exceeding maximum term or indefinite term not exceeding maximum term

    Act 359 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  60. Public Eating and Drinking Place Law - amend - licensure by county health department or joint-county health department

    Act 360 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  61. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - second class school district fiscal year

    Act 361 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  62. Anthracite Standards Law - amend - records, statements, penalties, fines, injunctions

    Act 362 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  63. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - compensation and mileage for attending conventions for election of county superintendents

    Act 363 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  64. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - county payment of expenses of school directors annual convention

    Act 364 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  65. Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law - amend - county fire and police, disability benefits for heart diseases and tuberculosis incurred in active service

    Act 365 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  66. Business Corporation Law - amend - Department of State power to make document copies, service of process on Secretary of the Commonwealth, adjournment of annual or special meeting, dissenting shareholders, advertisement, rescission of election to dissolve

    Act 366 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  67. Unprotected bird capture or destruction law

    Act 367 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  68. Penal Code - alternate procedure in desertion and nonsupport cases

    Act 368 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  69. Name change petition law - amend - time of hearing

    Act 369 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  70. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - delivery of unserviceable property to Superintendent of Public Instruction for assignment to school districts

    Act 370 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  71. Communicable disease reporting law - amend - approval of regulations, duties of joint-county health departments

    Act 371 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  72. Revival of judgments law

    Act 372 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  73. First class city grading and paving law - extending abatement period for property owners

    Act 373 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  74. Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 - amend - sewer construction charges, enforcement

    Act 374 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  75. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - leasing of wholly or partially completed projects

    Act 375 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  76. State Highway Law - amend - conveyance of public service company estate of substitute rights of way

    Act 376 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  77. Borough Code - amend - sale of borough property

    Act 377 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  78. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - county payment of expenses of teacher meetings

    Act 378 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  79. Third Class City Code - amend - contracts, recreation places, highways, convention expenses

    Act 379 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  80. Penal Code - amend - courthouse picketing

    Act 380 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  81. Trademarks Registration Act

    Act 381 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  82. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - employee public liability insurance

    Act 382 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  83. Second Class City Law - amend - patrolman maximum hours of service, patrolman compensation for extra services in emergencies

    Act 383 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  84. Pittsburgh-Allegheny juvenile commitment law - amend - Pennsylvania Training School at Morganza

    Act 384 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  85. Pennsylvania Training School for Girls commitment law

    Act 385 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  86. Public Utility Law - amend - surety bonds or public liability insurance coverage for motor carriers not qualified as self-insurers

    Act 386 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  87. Penal Code - amend - falsification in matters within jurisdiction of State agencies

    Act 387 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  88. Commercial homes for aged boarders regulation law

    Act 388 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  89. Analytical-Biochemical-Biological Laboratory Act

    Act 389 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  90. Penal Code - amend - bastard child support order

    Act 390 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  91. State employes' retirement code of 1923 - amend - disability retirement allowance

    Act 391 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  92. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - county board of school directors contracts and appropriations, audit, bond, secretary and treasurer compensation, school district assessment for services, payment, withholding

    Act 392 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  93. Liquid fuels retail price and tax posting law - amend - signs stating brand, quality and price, prohibition on signs not in conformance, penalty increase

    Act 393 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  94. Acquisition - tracts in Clarion County for use of Clarion State Teachers College

    Act 394 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  95. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - editorial changes

    Act 395 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  96. Passenger for hire fraud prevention law - amend - penalties, magistrate defined

    Act 396 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  97. Bedford County tax collection law - repeal of act

    Act 397 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  98. Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - redevelopment authorities

    Act 398 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  99. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - annual registration fee, maximum gross weight for certain semitrailers

    Act 399 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  100. Administrative Agency Law - amend - Department of State permanent record of regulations, appeals to Superior Court, notice to Department of Justice, affected agencies

    Act 400 of 1951 · 1951 · 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.