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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. General Assembly officers and employes law - amend - per diem compensation

    Act 401 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  2. Second class city two-platoon fire force law - amend - maximum hours of service

    Act 402 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  3. Sheriff and coroner surety bonds law - amend - time of lien of recogizance

    Act 403 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  4. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - approval by Secretary of Commonwealth of form of ballot labels on voting machines not required

    Act 404 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  5. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - associate superintendent in third class districts, election by board, compensation

    Act 405 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  6. Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act - amend - insurance payments for nonoccupational illness or injury

    Act 406 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  7. Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - temporary exclusion of taxes on real property transfers in school districts of third and fourth class

    Act 407 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  8. Unemployment Compensation Law - amend - reports to Governor, disposition of obsolete files, foreign government reciprocity, determination of contribution rates, right of appeal, appeal filing fee eliminated, fraud, recoupment

    Act 408 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  9. Legal notices law of 1909 - extending provisions to all counties, exception relating to election notices

    Act 409 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  10. County Institution District Law - amend - temporary allowance for expenses

    Act 410 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  11. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - increments for professional employees with master's degree or equivalent

    Act 411 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  12. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - increments for temporary professional employees with master's degree

    Act 412 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  13. Third class city optional retirement system law - amend - limit on involuntary retirement rights, reinstatement, rates, pension rolls

    Act 413 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  14. Rural rehabilitation assets return law

    Act 414 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  15. Volunteer firemen worker's compensation law - amend - persons entitled to coverage

    Act 415 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  16. County Institution District Law - amend - court approval for erecting and altering institutions, Department of Welfare powers

    Act 416 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  17. First Class Township Code - amend - commissioner compensation

    Act 417 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  18. First Class Township Code - amend - auditor compensation

    Act 418 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  19. Second Class City Law - amend - municipal traffic court

    Act 419 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  20. First class city employee pension fund law - amend - exempting foreign nonprofit corporations

    Act 420 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  21. Foreign corporations, etc., bonus payment law - amend - excepting authorized foreign nonprofit corporations not having capital stock

    Act 421 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  22. Berks County Prison inspectors expensing law

    Act 422 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  23. First Class School District Business Tax Act - amend - receipts

    Act 423 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  24. Stream clearance and flood impoundment law - amend - powers of department relating to contracts

    Act 424 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  25. Chattel mortgage law - amend - principal obligation, mortgage execution without witness, right of replevin, construction

    Act 425 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  26. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - school auditor appointment in union districts

    Act 426 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  27. General road law - amend - multiple-lane highway extension for center or dividing strips

    Act 427 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  28. Civil Service Act - amend - substitutes during military leave, further rights of transferred employees, furlough, rights of promoted empoyee during probationary period, periodic audits of employees

    Act 428 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  29. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - transfer or removal of certificates of inspection, penalty

    Act 429 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  30. Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - inclusion of second class townships

    Act 430 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  31. Third class city optional retirement system law - amend - limitations on contributions

    Act 431 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  32. Orphans' court document law

    Act 432 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  33. Temporary emergency loan authorization law

    Act 433 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  34. Osteopathic and surgical practice law - amend - licensing without examination of persons licensed by Canadian provinces

    Act 434 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  35. Urban Redevelopment Law - amend - power of redevelopment authorities to purchase real property

    Act 435 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  36. Philadelphia State Hospital addition law

    Act 436 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  37. Civil service appeal law

    Act 437 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  38. City State Highway Law - amend - route changes, deletions, additions

    Act 438 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  39. State highway law - amend - route changes

    Act 439 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  40. State highway system road removal law - amend - additional roads removed

    Act 440 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  41. Borough State Highway Law - amend - route changes, deletions, additions

    Act 441 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  42. Township State Highway Law - amend - route changes, deletions, additions

    Act 442 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  43. State highway law of 1951

    Act 443 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  44. State highway law of 1925 - amend - route changes

    Act 444 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  45. Second class county officer salary law - amend - increase

    Act 445 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  46. Third class county officer salary law - amend - increase

    Act 446 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  47. Fourth class county officer salary law - amend - increase

    Act 447 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  48. Fifth class county officer salary law - amend - increase

    Act 448 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  49. Sixth class county officer compensation law - amend - increase

    Act 449 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  50. Eighth class county officer compensation law - amend - increase

    Act 450 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  51. Seventh class county officer compensation law - amend - increase

    Act 451 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  52. Pennsylvania Securities Act - amend - fee increases

    Act 452 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  53. State personal property tax supplement law - amend - removing certain exemptions, rate change

    Act 453 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  54. Communism and Communist Party member immunity revocation law

    Act 454 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  55. Transfer Inheritance Tax Law - amend - rate increase

    Act 455 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  56. Second class city mayor and council member compensation law

    Act 456 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  57. Third class county retirement law - amend - voluntary retirement after 25 years of service

    Act 457 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  58. Second class city streets vesting law

    Act 458 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  59. Allegheny Couny court law - amend - exclusive jurisdiction relating to appeals of mercantile tax collector decisions

    Act 459 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  60. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Allegheny Township, Blair County

    Act 460 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  61. Fiscal Code - amend - sale of escheatable property by Secretary of Revenue

    Act 461 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  62. Third class county employee retirement law - amend - certain optional transfers, minimum retirement allowance

    Act 462 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  63. Pennsylvania Loyalty Act

    Act 463 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  64. Congressional redistricting law of 1951

    Act 464 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  65. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - election of delegates at large and alternate delegates at large to national conventions

    Act 465 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  66. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - final salary, computation of annuities

    Act 466 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  67. Realty Transfer Tax Act

    Act 467 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  68. Corporate Net Income Tax Act - reenact and amend - payments due, reports, limited extension of act

    Act 468 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  69. Public highway excise tax law - amend - deductions, disposition, penalties

    Act 469 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  70. Corporation Income Tax Law - reenact and amend - payments due, reports, limited extension of act

    Act 470 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  71. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - employee minimum salaries and increments

    Act 471 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  72. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - reimbursement to school districts and vocational school districts

    Act 472 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  73. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - sabbatical leave

    Act 473 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  74. Third Class City Code - amend - election of school district employees as council members

    Act 474 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  75. Liquefied petroleum gas law

    Act 475 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  76. Administrative Agency Law - amend - filing of regulations with Department of State

    Act 476 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  77. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - out-of-State service credit

    Act 477 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  78. State personal property tax supplement law - amend - insurance company report on premiums, premium deposits or assessments received

    Act 478 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  79. Coal mine machinery regulation law

    Act 479 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  80. Unemployment Compensation Law - amend - compensation rate and amount

    Act 480 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  81. Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act - amend - compensation rate and amount, total disability, permanent injury, death, liability

    Act 481 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  82. Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act - amend - compensation, total disability, death, elimination of medical board

    Act 482 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  83. Mental Health Act of 1951 - amend - department refusal to issue annual license to operate private institution, revocation of annual license to operate private institution

    Act 483 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  84. Justices, judges and associate judges compensation law

    Act 484 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  85. Landis Valley Farm Museum acquisition law

    Act 485 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  86. County office tax regulation law - amend - fees

    Act 486 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  87. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - eligibility for office of school director

    Act 487 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  88. Borough State Highway Law - amend - new route

    Act 488 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  89. Borough State Highway Law - amend - amend - extending Route 09158 (Bucks County)

    Act 489 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  90. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - flood control, land acquisition for rehabilitation purposes in connection with State institutions, borrowing capacity

    Act 490 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  91. Public officer and employee social security contribution law

    Act 491 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  92. Minor Judiciary Fee Bill

    Act 492 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  93. Fourth and fifth class county coroner fees law

    Act 493 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  94. Judicial district designation law

    Act 494 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  95. Indeterminate sentence imposition law

    Act 495 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  96. First class city professional bondsman registration law

    Act 496 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  97. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - pledge of allegiance, instruction in fundamental American principles, rights and values

    Act 497 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  98. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - standardized driver training, assistance to school districts

    Act 498 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  99. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - learner's permit fee, appropriation for safe driving instruction in public schools

    Act 499 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

  100. Beaver County orphans' court law

    Act 500 of 1951 · 1951 · Original text

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Constitution of 17901790–1837

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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.