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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. Penal Code - amend - Sunday sale of antiques

    Act 53 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  2. Vehicle Code - amend - penalty for violation of inspection station regulations

    Act 54 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  3. Vehicle Code - amend - approval for erection of traffic signals when Secretary of Highways fails to act

    Act 55 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  4. Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 - amend - recovery of improperly held escrow funds

    Act 56 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  5. Second class city tax sale law - amend - public sale for collection of water rents and sewage service charges, disbursement when resale amounts are less than total tax claims

    Act 57 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  6. Limited access highway law - amend - use of area under elevated portion of limited access State highway

    Act 58 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  7. County Code - amend - authorizing chief deputy coroner to act as coroner and chief deputy sheriff to act as sheriff upon vacancies in those offices

    Act 59 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  8. Second Class County Port Authority Act - amend - maximum number of board members

    Act 60 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  9. Site Development Act

    Act 61 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  10. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - tenure, professional employe, temporary professional employe

    Act 62 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  11. Mortgage loan installment charge law

    Act 63 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  12. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - project approval

    Act 64 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  13. State Public School Building Authority Act - amend - temporary bank loans

    Act 65 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  14. Vehicle Code - amend - bumpers

    Act 66 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  15. Liquid Fuels Tax Act - amend - County Liquid Fuels Tax Fund

    Act 67 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  16. Penal Code - amend - incendiary devices

    Act 68 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  17. First Class Township Code - amend - commissioner meetings

    Act 69 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  18. Vehicle Code - amend - age limit for drivers of certain motor buses

    Act 70 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  19. Second Class County Code - amend - payment to historical societies

    Act 71 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  20. General Fund transfers to and from other funds law - amend - State Horse Racing Fund

    Act 72 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  21. Professional Nursing Law - amend - age requirement eliminated

    Act 73 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  22. Second Class County Code - amend - vacancies in second class A counties

    Act 74 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  23. Vehicle Code - amend - driving across medial strip, penalty

    Act 75 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  24. Second Class Township Code - amend - ambulance, rescue, lifesaving services

    Act 76 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  25. Pennsylvania Commercial Feed Law of 1966 - amend - facility, inspection fee, cancellation of registrations, penalties

    Act 77 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  26. Automobile insurance writing, cancellation or renewal law

    Act 78 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  27. Bird Day designation law

    Act 79 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  28. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Venango County

    Act 80 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  29. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - capital stock

    Act 81 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  30. Penal Code - amend - false report of criminal offense

    Act 82 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  31. Game Law - amend - spotlighting big game, penalty

    Act 83 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  32. Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association Act

    Act 84 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  33. Nanticoke State Hospital land acquisition law - amend - description, stipulation

    Act 85 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  34. General County Assessment Law - amend - exemptions from taxation

    Act 86 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  35. Scranton State General Hospital annex sublease law

    Act 87 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  36. Penal Code - amend - missile propulsion into occupied vehicle

    Act 88 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  37. City Rent Withholding Act - amend - third class cities, escrow

    Act 89 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  38. Third Class City Code - amend - permanent disability retirement, installment payments

    Act 90 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  39. Game Law - amend - amount available for bear damage

    Act 91 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  40. Air Pollution Control Act - amend - Air Pollution Commission, declaration of policy, Department of Health, unlawful conduct, penalties, right or remedy

    Act 92 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  41. Vehicle Code - amend - local traffic signs

    Act 93 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  42. Cooperative Agricultural Association Act

    Act 94 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  43. Penal Code - amend - violation of governmental rules and regulations relating to vehicular traffic, penalties

    Act 95 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  44. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - minimum salaries, additional compensation for graduate credits, revision of budgets and temporary loans, payments to school districts

    Act 96 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  45. Interest rate regulation law - amend - loans under Veterans' Benefits Code

    Act 97 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  46. Site Development Act - amend - Commonwealth grants for land acquisition assistance in designated impoverished urban areas

    Act 98 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  47. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - minimum salaries and increments for professional and temporary professional employes

    Act 99 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  48. Motor Boat Law - amend - travel expenses of members of Advisory Board for Boating

    Act 100 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  49. Armstrong County State bridge law - amend - The Donald R. Lobaugh Bridge designation

    Act 101 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  50. Fiscal Code - amend - investment of moneys in prime commercial paper

    Act 102 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  51. Flood Control Law - amend - Flood Control Fund abolishment, appropriations, eminent domain, sources of finances, interstate flood control, certain balance transfers to General Fund

    Act 103 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  52. Vehicle Code - amend - yield signs at certain intersections

    Act 104 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  53. North Star Way highway designation law

    Act 105 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  54. Sheriff Fee Law of 1949 - amend - changing mileage fees

    Act 106 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  55. County Code - amend - appointment of assistant solicitor in fourth class counties

    Act 107 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  56. Delaware River Joint Commission supplement law - amend - construction and maintenance of terminals and terminal facilities

    Act 108 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  57. Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    Act 109 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  58. Easements - Commonwealth property in Susquehanna River, Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, for bridge and electric lines to Three Mile Island

    Act 110 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  59. Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act

    Act 111 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  60. Second Class Township Code - amend - appropriating moneys for historical properties

    Act 112 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  61. First Class Township Code - amend - appropriating moneys for historical properties

    Act 113 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  62. Pennsylvania Uniform Gifts to Minors Act - amend - effect of gifts, powers of custodians

    Act 114 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  63. Borough Code - amend - annexation of contiguous township territory owned and used by borough for recreation purposes

    Act 115 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  64. Library Code - amend - inclusion of second A class counties

    Act 116 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  65. State personal property tax supplement law - amend - gross receipts tax exemption for gas sales to municipality owned public utility

    Act 117 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  66. New Castle (Blair County) and Blairsville (Indiana County) towns incorporation supplemental law - repeal of law

    Act 118 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  67. Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - amend - investment in Tennessee Valley Authority obligations, investments subject to prudent man rule

    Act 119 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  68. Incorporated town contract regulation law - amend - further regulating contracts

    Act 120 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  69. County Code - amend - collecting county and institution district taxes in third class cities by certain counties

    Act 121 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  70. Second Class A and Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - appeals by taxing districts, board subpoena powers, intervention by political subdivisions

    Act 122 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  71. Penal Code - amend - unlawful possession of a grenade

    Act 123 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  72. Motor License Fund appropriation law - amend - payment of certain property damages

    Act 124 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  73. Urban Redevelopment Law - amend - revising findings, definitions, authority powers, redevelopment proposal and area plan requirements, securing financial assistance, transferring functions to Department of Community Affairs

    Act 125 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  74. Municipal Borrowing Law - amend - temporary investment of bond proceeds

    Act 126 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  75. Municipal police compensation law

    Act 127 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  76. Local Tax Enabling Act - amend - place for payment of certain personal property taxes owed by decedents

    Act 128 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  77. Game Law - amend - designating Secretary of the Commonwealth as agent of nonresident hunters for service of process

    Act 129 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  78. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Act - amend - regulating acquisition of materials and services

    Act 130 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  79. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - regulating acquisition of materials and services

    Act 131 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  80. Local Tax Collection Law - amend - collecting county and institution district taxes in third class cities in certain counties, bonding and compensation of collectors

    Act 132 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  81. Fish Law of 1959 - amend - regulating fishing without licenses in regulated fishing lakes

    Act 133 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  82. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Compact law - amend - regulating acquisition of materials and services

    Act 134 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  83. Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 - amend - deadlines for supplying information and filing documents

    Act 135 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  84. Delaware River interstate highway bridges construction law

    Act 136 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  85. Delaware River Basin interstate cooperation law - amend - regulating acquisition of materials and services

    Act 137 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  86. Delaware River Joint Commission supplement law - amend - regulating acquisition of materials and services

    Act 138 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  87. Vehicle Code - amend - additional spot lamps for police and emergency vehicles

    Act 139 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  88. First Class Township Code - amend - ordinance books, validation of records

    Act 140 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  89. Second Class Township Code - amend - recording, transcribing and validation of records

    Act 141 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  90. Incorporated town ordinance and resolution enforcement and validation law - amend - recording, transcribing and validation of records

    Act 142 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  91. Motor License Fund appropriation law - amend - deleting traveling expense and witness fee provisions

    Act 143 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  92. State waters purity preservation law - amend - additional enforcement powers of Department of Health

    Act 144 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  93. State Highway Law - amend - regulating abandonment of State highways in municipal parks

    Act 145 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  94. Game Law - amend - free hunting licenses for disabled veterans and active military personnel

    Act 146 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  95. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - administration of juvenile probation services and related grants

    Act 147 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  96. Local Health Administration Law - amend - boards of health membership in second class counties

    Act 148 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  97. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - powers of state schools campus police

    Act 149 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  98. Administrative unit for certain school districts organization standards law

    Act 150 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  99. Pennsylvania Meat and Poultry Hygiene Law of 1968

    Act 151 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  100. Motor Boat Law - amend - enforcement of law, cooperation of other agencies

    Act 152 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

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Constitution of 18741874–1967

Constitution of 18381838–1873

Constitution of 17901790–1837

Constitution of 17761776–1789

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.