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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. Fourth Class County Retirement Law - amend - certain authorized transfer within retirement system, adjustments

    Act 173 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  2. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - extending boundary for school director meetings

    Act 174 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  3. Building and Loan Code - amend - place of business, articles of amendment, merger or consolidation, proposed branch

    Act 175 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  4. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - vacancies

    Act 176 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  5. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - schools and classes for pupils with handicaps, payments to county boards

    Act 177 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  6. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - school district classification

    Act 178 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  7. Urban Redevelopment Law - amend - sale of real property by redevelopment authorities

    Act 179 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  8. Uniform Commercial Code - amend - exclusion relating to assignment or transfer of interest or claim in or under insurance policy

    Act 180 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  9. Penal Code - amend - larceny of veterans' grave markers, purchase of veteran's grave marker for junk

    Act 181 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  10. Bituminous mines health and safety law - amend - approved lighting for use by shot-firers

    Act 182 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  11. Penal Code - amend - firearm registration fees

    Act 183 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  12. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - building plans, school director oath of office, leave of absence, admissions, enumeration, education of blind children, child employment, half-day sessions upon crowding, driver education, high school certificate,

    Act 184 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  13. Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 - amend - school district-created authority board member compensation

    Act 185 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  14. Aeronautics law

    Act 186 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  15. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Tullytown Borough and Bristol Township, Bucks County

    Act 187 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  16. Public school employes' retirement system supplement law - amend - reemployment after military service

    Act 188 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  17. Federal documents admissibility law - amend - copies of regulatory commission filings

    Act 189 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  18. State personal property tax supplement law - amend - certain limited increase

    Act 190 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  19. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - 60 mph speed zones

    Act 191 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  20. Tractor Code - amend - size of vehicles and loads, limitation of actions

    Act 192 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  21. Rust fungus eradication law

    Act 193 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  22. Fifth class county officer salary law - amend - jury commissioner salary

    Act 194 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  23. Fish Law of 1925 - amend - fish eradication or control

    Act 195 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  24. Fiscal Code - amend - sale of escheated securities

    Act 196 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  25. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Advisory Council on Affairs for the Handicapped

    Act 197 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  26. Decedents' estates agreement or compromise law

    Act 198 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  27. Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 - amend - exemption of property on premises under lease or conditional sale contract, rights of lender

    Act 199 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  28. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - grant of privileges by Department of Forests and Waters

    Act 200 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  29. Game Law - amend - grant of privileges by Pennsylvania Game Commission

    Act 201 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  30. Minor Judiciary Fee Bill - amend - liability of private prosecutors, delivery of transcript to office of county commissioners in certain cases

    Act 202 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  31. Discharged criminal case costs law - amend - private prosecutors, transcript delivery

    Act 203 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  32. Fish Law of 1925 - reenact and amend - resident fishing license fee increase

    Act 204 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  33. Scribner log rule adoption law

    Act 205 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  34. Unemployment compensation amendments of 1949 - amend - credit allowances for employer successors and assigns

    Act 206 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  35. Unemployment compensation amendments of 1951 - amend - credit allowances for employer successors and assigns

    Act 207 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  36. Fiscal Code - amend - bonus reporting and payment, excise tax reporting and payment

    Act 208 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  37. Fiduciary partial distribution law

    Act 209 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  38. Charter Day observance law

    Act 210 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  39. Armed services affidavits and acknowledgments law

    Act 211 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  40. Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law - amend - second class cities

    Act 212 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  41. Municipal sewer system rentals and charges law - amend - authorities organized by cities of the second class

    Act 213 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  42. Elective office notice of appointment law

    Act 214 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  43. Game Law - amend - additional complimentary hunting licenses

    Act 215 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  44. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - contribution payments, repayments upon withdrawal

    Act 216 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  45. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - return board, county solicitor duties

    Act 217 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  46. Unemployment Compensation Law - amend - forwarding benefit checks to Department of Public Assistance

    Act 218 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  47. Incompetents' Estates Act of 1951 - amend - orphans' court jurisdiction

    Act 219 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  48. Orphans' Court Act of 1951 - amend - concurrent jurisdiction over incompetents' estates

    Act 220 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  49. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - additional disqualification of persons petitioning for appointment as personal representative

    Act 221 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  50. Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeastern Extension Act - amend - central connection extensions

    Act 222 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  51. Third Class City Code - amend - notice of assessments

    Act 223 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  52. Congressional redistricting law of 1951 - amend - 28th and 29th districts

    Act 224 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  53. Veterans Administration Hospital acquisition consent law

    Act 225 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  54. General County Assessment Law - amend - limited postponement of exclusion relating to mill, mine or manufacturing equipment

    Act 226 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  55. Fifth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - limited postponement of exclusion relating to mill, mine or manufacturing equipment

    Act 227 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  56. Game Law - amend - mandatory revocation of hunting and trapping rights

    Act 228 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  57. Pennsylvania Turnpike Northwestern Extension Act

    Act 229 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  58. Second Class County Code

    Act 230 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  59. CPA Law - amend - board powers, certificate revocation or suspension, certification requirements, unlawful acts

    Act 231 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  60. Legislative redistricting law of 1953

    Act 232 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  61. Chester County orphans' court law

    Act 233 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  62. Acquisition - tract in Millersville for use of Millersville State Teachers' College, appropriation

    Act 234 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  63. Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact Act

    Act 235 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  64. Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - assessments, appeals

    Act 236 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  65. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - reimbursement for instruction of kindergarten pupils

    Act 237 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  66. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - refunds of escheated estates, appropriation

    Act 238 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  67. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - annuity payments

    Act 239 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  68. Chiropractic Registration Act of 1951 - amend - licensure of nonresident practitioners

    Act 240 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  69. Registered nurse and licensed attendant regulation law - amend - age, citizenship

    Act 241 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  70. Third class county coroner expensing law

    Act 242 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  71. Tractor Code - amend - tractors of the first class

    Act 243 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  72. Port of Philadelphia board of wardens law - amend - hearings

    Act 244 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  73. General County Assessment Law - amend - classification of real estate

    Act 245 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  74. Second class county jury commissioner salary law

    Act 246 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  75. Escheat law - amend - real or personal property, jurisdiction, petition, joinder

    Act 247 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  76. Aeronautics commission civil air patrol education expensing law

    Act 248 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  77. State employes' retirement code of 1923 - amend - final salary, retirement as of time of death, retirement while in State service

    Act 249 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  78. Anthracite Mine Draining Study Commission law

    Act 250 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  79. Consumers Sales Tax Act - amend - retail sale of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, registration of sellers, returns, exemptions

    Act 251 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  80. Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - annuity payments

    Act 252 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  81. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - sabbatical leave, retirement contributions during sabbatical leave

    Act 253 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  82. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - State Police Force maximum aggregate number

    Act 254 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  83. Water Supply Commission permit law - amend - suspending provisions relating to steam power dams under Federal jurisdiction

    Act 255 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  84. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - powers of Department of Forests and Waters

    Act 256 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  85. School district tax resolution validation law

    Act 257 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  86. Foreign corporation real estate title validation and quieting law of 1953

    Act 258 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  87. Supreme Court appeals practice and procedure law

    Act 259 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  88. County Prison Board Law - amend or reenact and amend - fifth class counties

    Act 260 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  89. Cooperative agricultural association incorporation law - amend - filing of audit summaries, articles of association, violations, penalty

    Act 261 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  90. Cooperative agricultural association capital stock law - amend - filing audit summaries, articles of association, certification to Governor by Secretary of Agriculture, penalty

    Act 262 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  91. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Board of Property duties and jurisdiction

    Act 263 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  92. Superior Court appeals practice and procedure law

    Act 264 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  93. Borough of Hollidaysburg right-of-way and easement law

    Act 265 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  94. State Council of Civil Defense Act of 1951 - amend - immunity

    Act 266 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  95. Liquefied petroleum gas law - amend - registration, fees, penalties

    Act 267 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  96. Sewer system eminent domain rights law

    Act 268 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  97. Vehicle code of 1929 - amend - application for certificate of title, school bus driver examinations

    Act 269 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  98. Public Auditorium Authorities Law

    Act 270 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  99. Intra-State Tunnel Revenue Bond Act

    Act 271 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

  100. Liquor Code - amend - local option petitions

    Act 272 of 1953 · 1953 · Original text

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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.