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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. Vehicle Code - amend - transfer of certificate of title and registration to surviving spouse

    Act 324 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  2. Vehicle Code - amend - time for police filing information charging violation

    Act 325 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  3. Second Class County Assessment Law - amend - regulating valuation and assessment in each district

    Act 326 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  4. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - credit for school service

    Act 327 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  5. Third Class City Code - amend - fixing minimum salaries for paid firemen

    Act 328 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  6. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - filing statement of ownership of shares of stock and limiting rights thereunder

    Act 329 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  7. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - regulation of proxies, consents and authorizations concerning any voting security issued

    Act 330 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  8. Weather modification activities county regulation law

    Act 331 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  9. Delaware Valley Urban Area Compact law - amend - representation of New Jersey on board or commission

    Act 332 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  10. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - board supplies and employes, employe contributions, payments to beneficiaries and their dependents

    Act 333 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  11. Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - board supplies and employes, employe contributions, payments to beneficiaries and their dependents

    Act 334 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  12. Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act - amend - redefining occupational disease, payments, benefits, services, time compensation commences

    Act 335 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  13. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Compact 1965 supplement law

    Act 336 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  14. Penal Code - amend - alcoholic beverage and shoplifting violation fines payable to municipalities

    Act 337 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  15. First Class Township Code - amend - authorizing reconstruction from ordinance authorizing original construction of sidewalks

    Act 338 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  16. Second Class Township Code - amend - authorizing reconstruction, repaving and recurbing under ordinance for construction, paving and curbing of sidewalks

    Act 339 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  17. Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - occupation privilege tax credits and limitations

    Act 340 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  18. Constable Fee Law - amend - mileage fees of constables

    Act 341 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  19. Minor Judiciary Fee Bill - amend - increasing and adding certain fees in criminal cases

    Act 342 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  20. Liquor Code - amend - sale of malt or brewed beverages below cost by distributors and importing distributors

    Act 343 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  21. Land acquisition - Commonwealth property acquired in Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County, by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission containing historic Bloody Spring

    Act 344 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  22. Thaddeus Stevens Trade School compensation and regulation law - amend - providing leave of absence with pay, increasing minimum salaries and annual increments

    Act 345 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  23. Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Mine Act

    Act 346 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  24. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - extending law to public school nurses attending to parochial school children

    Act 347 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  25. Second class city firemen civil service law - amend - eliminating age limits for certain applicants

    Act 348 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  26. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - deduction of medical and hospitalization premium costs from certain annuitant's retirement allowances

    Act 349 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  27. Second Class City Employe Pension Law 1965 supplement law - amend - inclusion of retired persons

    Act 350 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  28. Second class A city police surviving spouse pension law

    Act 351 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  29. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Bristol Borough, Bucks County - amend - liberalizing restrictions

    Act 352 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  30. Vehicle Code - amend - special plates for handicapped persons

    Act 353 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  31. Military Code of 1949 - amend - authorizing the Pennsylvania Outstanding Aeronautical Achievement Award

    Act 354 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  32. Temple University--Commonwealth Act

    Act 355 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  33. Banking Code of 1965

    Act 356 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  34. First class city and county food stamp program authorization law

    Act 357 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  35. County Code - amend - authorizing adoption of food stamp program

    Act 358 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  36. Second Class County Code - amend - authorizing adoption of food stamp program

    Act 359 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  37. Liquor Code - amend - authorizing licenses for retail sale of liquor and malt and brewed beverages in stadiums

    Act 360 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  38. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - employment of independent auditors

    Act 361 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  39. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - administration of certain deposits or investments in financial institutions

    Act 362 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  40. Marriage Law - amend - federal judges in Pennsylvania may solemnize marriages

    Act 363 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  41. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County

    Act 364 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  42. Podiatry Act of 1956 - amend - redefining podiatry

    Act 365 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  43. Vehicle Code - amend - magistrates' fees for summary proceedings and hearings

    Act 366 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  44. Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law - amend - permitting expenditures for traffic signs and traffic signal systems

    Act 367 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  45. Weights and Measures Act of 1965

    Act 368 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  46. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - authorizing districts to appropriate funds for traffic control devices

    Act 369 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  47. County Institution District Law - amend - payments and local authority powers and duties relating to children

    Act 370 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  48. County Code - amend - payments and commissioner powers and duties relating to children

    Act 371 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  49. Funeral Director Law - amend - restricting use of names by certain licensees

    Act 372 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  50. Third Class City Code - amend - minimum salaries for police

    Act 373 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  51. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - increasing debt limits of first class and first class A school districts

    Act 374 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  52. State Highway Law - amend - authorizing contracts with cities for highway construction

    Act 375 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  53. Female Labor Law - amend - further regulation of employes and place of employment

    Act 376 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  54. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Mahoning Township, Montour County

    Act 377 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  55. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Mahoning Township, Montour County

    Act 378 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  56. Second Class Township Code - amend - holding school district office or employment by elected township auditors

    Act 379 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  57. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - credit for certain military service

    Act 380 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  58. Thirty-second judicial district additional judge law

    Act 381 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  59. Buildings open to public transparent glass doors regulation law

    Act 382 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  60. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - regulating payments for tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children

    Act 383 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  61. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Mahoning Township and Danville Borough, Montour County

    Act 384 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  62. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - voluntary reorganization of school districts

    Act 385 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  63. Uniform Federal Tax Lien Registration Act

    Act 386 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  64. Vehicle Code - amend - permitted height of vehicles

    Act 387 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  65. Vehicle Code - amend - measurement of length of semi-trailers with attached devices, permitted length of combinations of vehicles or tractors

    Act 388 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  66. Chiropractic Registration Act of 1951 - amend - redefining chiropractic

    Act 389 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  67. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - limiting number of pupils per school nurse, limiting school board authority for health services

    Act 390 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  68. Municipal Police Pension Law - amend - authorizing reduction or elimination of contributions by members

    Act 391 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  69. First Class Township Code - amend - special police compensation and ineligibility to join police pension funds

    Act 392 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  70. Vehicle Code - amend - removing appropriation of fees from learners' permits relating to teaching safe driving

    Act 393 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  71. Motor License Fund continuing appropriation for driver education law

    Act 394 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  72. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Act - amend - regulating making of annual reports

    Act 395 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  73. County Code - amend - powers relating to parking facilities

    Act 396 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  74. Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1945 - amend - redesignating State Board of Vocational Education as State Board of Rehabilitation

    Act 397 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  75. Vehicle Code - amend - special permits for certain combinations of vehicles exceeding length limitations

    Act 398 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  76. Agricultural college federal land grant endowment law - amend - exempting obligations of land grant institutions from state taxation

    Act 399 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  77. County Code - amend - authorizing closing of court houses and county offices on Saturdays

    Act 400 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  78. Pennsylvania Uniform Gifts to Minors Act - amend - redefining bank

    Act 401 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  79. County Code - amend - authorizing third class counties to provide for establishment of crime detection laboratories and police training schools

    Act 402 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  80. Escheat law - amend - exempting bicycles from escheat and providing for their disposition

    Act 403 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  81. Land acquisition - Commonwealth property in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for historic Mather Mill

    Act 404 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  82. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - minimum salaries of professional school employes

    Act 405 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  83. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - changing and increasing borrowing capacity of authority, time when additional funds may be borrowed

    Act 406 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  84. Thirty-second judicial district additional judge law - amend - effective date

    Act 407 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  85. Milk Control Law - amend - annual commission summaries of financial statements of dealers

    Act 408 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  86. Public Assistance Law - amend - medical assistance, repayment and liability for certain costs

    Act 409 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  87. Abandoned deep and strip mine pollution abatement program law

    Act 410 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  88. Surface mine land acquisition and reclamation law - amend - use of certain funds for administrative purposes

    Act 411 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  89. Oleomargarine, margarine and butterine sale, use and service regulation law

    Act 412 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  90. Penal Code - amend - making, possessing or transferring device designed for theft of telecommunication service or other purposes

    Act 413 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  91. State Highway Department Law - amend - changing route in Beaver County

    Act 414 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  92. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Marshall Township, Allegheny County, in exchange for property in Cranberry Township, Butler County

    Act 415 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  93. Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act - amend - withdrawal of men from mines on account of ventilation

    Act 416 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  94. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - State Highway Commission membership and powers

    Act 417 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  95. Lease - Commonwealth property in Collier Township, Allegheny County

    Act 418 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  96. Borough Code - amend - increasing daily expense allowance for delegates to meetings of State association of boroughs

    Act 419 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  97. First Class Township Code - amend - increasing daily expense allowance for delegates to meetings of State association of township officers

    Act 420 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  98. Second Class Township Code - amend - increasing daily expense allowance for delegates to meetings of State association of township officers

    Act 421 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  99. Milk Control Law - amend - licensure and regulation of milk haulers

    Act 422 of 1965 · 1965 · Original text

  100. Milk Control Law - amend - evidence, statements and testimony in official hearings before commission to be subject to examination and cross-examination

    Act 423 of 1965 · 1965 · 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.