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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. County Code - amend - date of reassessment of after-built property

    Act 204 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  2. Home Improvement Finance Act - amend - goods includes carpeting, exclusion of certain loans

    Act 205 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  3. Borough Code - amend - salary of mayor

    Act 206 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  4. Divorce Law - amend - judgment for arrearages for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses

    Act 207 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  5. First Class Township Code - amend - expenses of township officers attending conferences, institutes and schools

    Act 208 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  6. Judge disabled or infirm replacement judgment appointment law

    Act 209 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  7. First Class Township Code - amend - changes in zoning

    Act 210 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  8. Second Class Township Code - amend - changes in zoning

    Act 211 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  9. Second Class Township Code - amend - time for payment of cost or value of improvements upon annexation

    Act 212 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  10. Second Class Township Code - amend - appointment of township solicitor

    Act 213 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  11. Temporary emergency loan authorization law - amend - annual interest rate

    Act 214 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  12. Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute law - amend - deleting certain provisions, institution rights and duties

    Act 215 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  13. Public Welfare Code - amend - editorial changes, deleting certain exceptions to law, limiting duties of department

    Act 216 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  14. Eminent Domain Code - amend - damages in flood control projects

    Act 217 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  15. Housing Authorities Law - amend - filing applications and reports with Department of Community Affairs

    Act 218 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  16. Second class A city firemen compensation law - amend - minimum salaries and increments

    Act 219 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  17. Third class city optional retirement system law - amend - pensions for widowers of employes, additional payments to certain contributors

    Act 220 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  18. Municipal sewer system charges collection law - amend - extension to second class A cities, defining area of contracting municipality authority

    Act 221 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  19. Optional Third Class City Charter Law - amend - time of holding council organizational meeting

    Act 222 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  20. County Code - amend - adding references to second class A counties, establishment of prothonotary's fees

    Act 223 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  21. Second Class County Code - amend - adding references to second class A counties

    Act 224 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  22. Liquor Code - amend - transfer of restaurant or club licenses between municipalities

    Act 225 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  23. Norman Wood Bridge - official designation (Lancaster and York Counties)

    Act 226 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  24. Vessel and boat maximum capacity regulation law

    Act 227 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  25. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - editorial changes, increasing authority borrowing capacity and allocating proceeds

    Act 228 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  26. Second Class County Code - amend - expenses of county officers attending association meetings

    Act 229 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  27. Borough Code - amend - bond of tax collector

    Act 230 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  28. State employes' temporary supplemental retirement benefits law - amend - time extension

    Act 231 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  29. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - time limitation on conveyance of property to historical societies

    Act 232 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  30. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - payments for area vocational-technical schools and technical institutes

    Act 233 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  31. Vehicle Code - amend - increasing maximum speed limit for certain vehicles

    Act 234 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  32. Fish Law of 1959 - amend - limiting size of holes for fishing under ice

    Act 235 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  33. First Class Township Code - amend - authorizing appropriations for rescue and life saving services

    Act 236 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  34. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - granting teachers in certain State-owned schools same status as public school teachers

    Act 237 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  35. Spring-Ford Veterans' Memorial Bridge - official designation (Chester and Montgomery Counties)

    Act 238 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  36. Vehicle Code - amend - fee for certain police records, furnishing of investigation records by Pennsylvania State Police

    Act 239 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  37. County Code - amend - compensation of auditors in certain counties

    Act 240 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  38. Land acquisition - acquisition of Chillisquaque School House in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

    Act 241 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  39. Housing Authorities Law - amend - regulating dissolution and validating prior dissolutions of redevelopment authorities

    Act 242 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  40. Urban Redevelopment Law - amend - regulating dissolution and validating prior dissolutions of redevelopment authorities

    Act 243 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  41. First class city school district tax authorization law - amend - authorizing imposition of tax on certain income

    Act 244 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  42. First class school district personal property tax - amend - limitation on imposition of tax

    Act 245 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  43. First Class School District Business Tax Act - amend - city council may authorize Board of Public Education to impose tax, rate and amount of tax, regulating returns

    Act 246 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  44. Liquor Code - amend - issuance of special permits for retail sales and licenses for retail sales on certain premises or locations

    Act 247 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  45. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Indiana Borough, Indiana County - repeal of law

    Act 248 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  46. Dental Law - amend - certification of death by dentists

    Act 249 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  47. Vital Statistics Law of 1953 - amend - certification of death by dentists

    Act 250 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  48. Pest Control Compact law

    Act 251 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  49. Pennsylvania Loyalty Act - amend - exclusion of teachers who have declarations of intent to secure United States citizenship

    Act 252 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  50. Local Tax Enabling Act - amend - collection of delinquent taxes from employers

    Act 253 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  51. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Somerset Township, Somerset County - amend - mortgage and reversionary rights

    Act 254 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  52. Township State Highway Law - amend - deleting route in Northampton County

    Act 255 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  53. Racing and carrier pigeon law - amend - loft construction to comply with roofing regulations

    Act 256 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  54. Tourist Promotion Law - amend - amounts payable to tourist promotion agencies

    Act 258 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  55. Volunteer firemen workers' compensation law - amend - inclusion of volunteer ambulance corps members

    Act 259 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  56. Third Class City Code - amend - ambulances and ambulance services

    Act 260 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  57. Local Tax Collection Law - amend - additional collections of tax by suit

    Act 261 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  58. Real property tax personal liability time limitation law - amend - extending time for commencing action in certain cases

    Act 262 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  59. Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - regulating assessment of real property in cities

    Act 263 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  60. Third Class City Code - amend - appointment and compensation of special school police

    Act 264 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  61. Housing and Redevelopment Assistance Law - amend - defining municipality, authorizing grants to eliminate blight and for redeveloping entire sections or neighborhoods

    Act 265 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  62. Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act - amend - excepting certain mobile belt conveyor equipment from ventilation requirements under certain circumstances

    Act 266 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  63. Liquid Fuels Tax Act - amend - permitting expenditures for traffic signs and traffic signals

    Act 267 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  64. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - requiring display of signs on road building equipment rented by Department of Highways

    Act 268 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  65. Borough State Highway Law - amend - deleting route in Millersburg Borough, Dauphin County

    Act 269 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  66. Professional Engineers Registration Law - amend - redefining practice of engineering, licenses, examinations, unethical conduct

    Act 270 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  67. Township State Highway Law - amend - deleting route in Mercer County

    Act 271 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  68. Pennsylvania Code of Military Justice

    Act 272 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  69. Nonprofit Medical, Osteopathic and Dental Service Corporation Act - amend - inclusion of podiatry services, service corporation powers and duties

    Act 273 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  70. Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - adding podiatry to nonprofit medical, dental, osteopathic and optometric service corporations, service corporation powers and duties

    Act 274 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  71. Township State Highway Law - amend - deleting route in Washington County

    Act 275 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  72. Township State Highway Law - amend - deleting route in Palmer Township, Northampton County

    Act 276 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  73. Indiantown Gap Military Reservation name change to Edward Martin Military Reservation law

    Act 277 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  74. Real Estate Brokers License Act of 1929 - amend - license issuance and revocation for persons convicted of certain offenses

    Act 278 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  75. Stock corporation shares regulation law - amend - sinking funds for preferred or special shares issued in series

    Act 279 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  76. Third Class City Code - amend - authorizing appropriations for urban common carrier mass transportation purposes

    Act 280 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  77. First Class Township Code - amend - authorizing appropriations for urban common carrier mass transportation purposes

    Act 281 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  78. Second Class Township Code - amend - authorizing appropriations for urban common carrier mass transportation purposes

    Act 282 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  79. Borough Code - amend - authorizing appropriations for urban common carrier mass transportation purposes

    Act 283 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  80. Pennsylvania Human Relations Act - amend - inclusion of employers of four or more employes, exclusion of employes residing in employer's personal residence, enforcement, penalties

    Act 284 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  81. Twenty-third judicial district additional judge law

    Act 285 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  82. Thirty-second judicial district additional judges law

    Act 286 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  83. Township State Highway Law - amend - changing route in Chester County

    Act 287 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  84. Third class city acquired transportation system employe protection law

    Act 288 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  85. Capitol restaurants establishment law - amend - appropriation and use of funds

    Act 289 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  86. Land acquisition - Bindnagles Evangelical Lutheran Church in North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

    Act 290 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  87. Pennsylvania Human Relations Act - amend - commercial housing discrimination in selling or leasing or financing, enforcement, penalties

    Act 291 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  88. Neighborhood Assistance Act

    Act 292 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  89. First Class A School District Earned Income Tax Act - amend - increasing authorized rate of tax levy

    Act 293 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  90. Post Conviction Hearing Act - amend - eliminating service of copy of petition upon Attorney General

    Act 294 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  91. Penal Code - amend - fraudulent appropriation of leased or rented personal property

    Act 295 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  92. Penal Code - amend - railroad employes and other persons activities during strikes, transportation employes actions causing death or injuries

    Act 296 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  93. State officer and agency funds investment regulation law - amend - increasing investment powers

    Act 297 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  94. Pennsylvania Harness Racing Law - amend - disposition of moneys, appropriation

    Act 298 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  95. Second Class County Code - amend - authorizing ordinance establishing civil service for employes in programs receiving Federal or State aid

    Act 299 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  96. County records committee law - amend - cooperation of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with committee, county records definition and disposition, inclusion of second class A counties

    Act 300 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  97. Second Class County Code - amend - retirement allowances of county employes and their survivors

    Act 301 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  98. Liquor Code - amend - authorizing sales during certain hours on a Sunday which falls on December 31

    Act 302 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  99. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Sharon, Mercer County

    Act 303 of 1967 · 1967 · Original text

  100. Borough Code - amend - contents of incorporation petition

    Act 304 of 1967 · 1967 · 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.