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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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2,942 laws of the 1960s

Constitution of 1874

  1. Second Class Township Code - amend - recording or transcription of records

    Act 24 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  2. Second Class County Code - amend - county expenses for grave markers and headstones for deceased servicepersons

    Act 25 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  3. Third Class City Code - amend - overtime compensation of police officers during declared emergency

    Act 26 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  4. Third class city municipal claim and lien law

    Act 27 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  5. Second Class Township Code - amend - supervisor compensation for attending meetings

    Act 28 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  6. Second Class Township Code - amend - fire hydrant and water supply, electoral consent for certain contracts with water companies, annual tax

    Act 29 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  7. Second Class Township Code - amend - prohibiting auditor from holding other elective or appointive school district office or employment

    Act 30 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  8. County Code - amend - appropriations for recreation and historic and museum projects of boroughs and townships

    Act 31 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  9. Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - listing and valuation of property excluded or exempted from taxation

    Act 32 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  10. City State Highway Law - amend - deletion of certain route in City of Bethlehem, Lehigh County

    Act 33 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  11. Surplus Federal property contract law

    Act 34 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  12. Penal Code - amend - false information concerning bombs

    Act 35 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  13. Second Class Township Code - amend - removal of limitation on taxation to maintain parks and recreation areas and programs

    Act 36 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  14. Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Act - amend - policy, critical economic areas, loans

    Act 37 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  15. Second Class City Employe Pension Law supplement

    Act 38 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  16. Second Class Township Code - amend - acquisition of waterworks systems

    Act 39 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  17. Medical practitioner civil immunity law - reenact and amend - registered nurses

    Act 40 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  18. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Act - amend - age requirements for directors, agency powers and duties, loans, appropriation, expenses

    Act 41 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  19. Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - listing and valuation of excluded or exempted property

    Act 42 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  20. Second Class Township Code - amend - appropriations for air navigation facilities

    Act 43 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  21. Borough Code - amend - appropriations for air navigation facilities

    Act 44 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  22. First class city fence regulation law - amend - division fences

    Act 45 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  23. Military Code of 1949 - amend - Assistant Adjutant General for Army, Assistant Adjutant General for Air, rank

    Act 46 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  24. County Code - amend - appropriations to institutions of higher learning or nonprofit educational trusts

    Act 47 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  25. County Code - amend - fire marshal and assistant fire marshals in third class counties

    Act 48 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  26. County Code - amend - audit of miscellaneous accounts

    Act 49 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  27. Monongahela River state bridge construction and maintenance law

    Act 50 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  28. Malt Beverage Tax Law - amend - payment, refund, reporting by manufacturer, filing of bonds by certain importing agents, duties imposed on certain importing agent, penalties

    Act 51 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  29. Borough Code - amend - borough obligation relating to maintaining recreation places

    Act 52 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  30. Third Class City Code - reenact and amend - ordinances, records

    Act 53 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  31. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - investments in certain residential real estate, unsecured personal loans upon employee transfer, penalty

    Act 54 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  32. Second Class Township Code - amend - election of additional supervisors

    Act 55 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  33. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission members, terms

    Act 56 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  34. Pennsylvania Athletic Code - amend - physical examinations for boxers

    Act 57 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  35. Vehicle Code - amend - self-propelled golf cart registration exemption

    Act 58 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  36. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - merger of second, third and fourth class districts into first class A district as reorganized district or newly established district, limited special school tax, directors

    Act 59 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  37. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - levy and assessment of school taxes in first class or first class A school districts comprising more than one municipality

    Act 60 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  38. Political subdivision antipoverty appropriation validation law

    Act 61 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  39. Vehicle Code - amend - time for filing accident reports

    Act 62 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  40. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - setting aside nominations of candidates

    Act 63 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  41. Lackawanna County State highway survey law

    Act 64 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  42. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - additional paid sick leave granted by Executive Board

    Act 65 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  43. Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 - amend - exemption of property subject to security interest

    Act 66 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  44. First Class Township Code - amend - non-debt revenue bonds

    Act 67 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  45. Second Class Township Code - amend - non-debt revenue bonds, sinking fund payments

    Act 68 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  46. Municipal Borrowing Law - amend - refunding non-debt revenue bonds

    Act 69 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  47. Municipal Borrowing Law - amend - refunding non-debt revenue bonds

    Act 70 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  48. Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - certain non-debt revenue bonds designated as authorized investments

    Act 71 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  49. Third Class City Code - amend - non-debt revenue bonds

    Act 72 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  50. Borough Code - amend - non-debt revenue bonds

    Act 73 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  51. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Commonwealth participation in programs under Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965

    Act 74 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  52. Vehicle Code - amend - reckless driving

    Act 75 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  53. Department of Property and Supplies records law - amend - lapse of unexpended appropriations, equipment return

    Act 76 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  54. Fifth through eighth class county retirement law - amend - crediting of interest, total county annuity

    Act 77 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  55. Third class county employee retirement law - amend - crediting of interest, county annuity

    Act 78 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  56. Vehicle Code - amend - limitation of actions on limited access highways

    Act 79 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  57. Sheriff's and coroner's deeds law - amend - exception relating to certifying place of record by recorders of deeds in first class counties

    Act 80 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  58. Installment Land Contract Law

    Act 81 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  59. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - duties of Department of Mines and Mineral Industries relating to abandoned coal mines

    Act 82 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  60. Second Class Township Code - amend - special school police

    Act 83 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  61. Borough Code - amend - payments for street improvements

    Act 84 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  62. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - secret vote by court-martial board members, free copy of testimony notes transcript given to accused upon request

    Act 85 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  63. County Code - amend - limitation on taxation for expenses of operating recreation places

    Act 86 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  64. Cooperative agricultural association capital stock law - amend - dissolution

    Act 87 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  65. Appropriations to institutions not wholly managed by Commonwealth law - amend - satisfactions of liens on premises of museums

    Act 88 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  66. Juvenile Court Law of Allegheny County - amend - additional judge

    Act 89 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  67. Second Class County Code - amend - office of public defender, duties, compensation, court-appointed attorneys, board of commissioners, prior provisions relating to murder cases

    Act 90 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  68. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - free transportation of pupils attending certain nonpublic schools

    Act 91 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  69. Fiscal Code - amend - refunds by Board of Finance and Revenue, deleting provision relating to appropriation

    Act 92 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  70. Newspaper Advertising Act - amend - newspaper advertising by cities located in two counties

    Act 93 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  71. County Code - amend - appropriations to political subdivisions for recreation places

    Act 94 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  72. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - independent district, common pleas court, consolidation of municipalities, court-appointed directors

    Act 95 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  73. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - attendance at educational meetings

    Act 96 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  74. Vehicle Code - amend - operation of uninspected motorcycles, penalty

    Act 97 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  75. Pennsylvania Fertilizer Law of 1956 - amend - permanent registration, licensure of certain persons, labeling of custom fertilizer mixes, inspection fee, report, license cancellation

    Act 98 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  76. Fourth Class County Retirement Law - amend - crediting of interest, limit on county annuity, total disability retirement allowance

    Act 99 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  77. Racing and carrier pigeon law

    Act 100 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  78. Liquor Code - amend - issuance and transfer of malt and brewed beverage license

    Act 101 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  79. Second Class Township Code - amend - contracting with adjacent city for police services

    Act 102 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  80. Delaware Valley Urban Area Compact law

    Act 103 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  81. Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Law

    Act 104 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  82. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - minimum benefits to former school employes

    Act 105 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  83. Temporary supplemental public school employes' retirement benefits law - amend - increasing benefits, extending time for payment

    Act 106 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  84. State employes' temporary supplemental retirement benefits law - amend - increasing benefits, extending time for payment

    Act 107 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  85. Business Development Credit Corporation Law - amend - revised limits on loans by financial institutions

    Act 108 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  86. New Street bridge restructuring law

    Act 109 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  87. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - limit on reassessment of after-built property in second, third and fourth class school districts, tax liability of owner

    Act 110 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  88. General Assembly officer and employee law

    Act 111 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  89. Public Official Compensation Law - amend - increasing salaries of certain officials, removing provisions relating to Secretary of Public Assistance

    Act 112 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  90. Public Official Compensation Law - amend - salary of members of General Assembly

    Act 113 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  91. Public Official Compensation Law - amend - expense allowances of members of General Assembly

    Act 114 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  92. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - optional membership for employee of community college, area vocational technical school or technical institute, joint or dual coverage, out-of-State service, contributions, board duties, etc.

    Act 115 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  93. Public and private educational institution eye protective device law

    Act 116 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  94. Surface mine land acquisition and reclamation law

    Act 117 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  95. Registered vessel ticket sale regulation law

    Act 118 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  96. Municipal police force reduction law - amend - reduction in rank prohibited, exceptions

    Act 119 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  97. Lehigh River navigation law - repeal of act, partial repeal of certain other related act

    Act 120 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  98. Borough Code - amend - reassessment of after-built property, tax liability of owner

    Act 121 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  99. Notary Public Law - amend - second class county registration in clerk of courts office

    Act 122 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  100. First class county deceased veteran funeral expense assistance law - amend - expenses for grave markers and headstones

    Act 123 of 1965 · 1965 · 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.