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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. Fourth Class County Retirement Law - amend - authorizing increase of county share of employe monthly allowances

    Act 153 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  2. Legislative Code of Ethics

    Act 154 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  3. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - regulating acquisition of materials and services

    Act 155 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  4. Second class city park police officer law - amend - position name change, jurisdiction

    Act 156 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  5. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - increasing annual interest payable on bonds

    Act 157 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  6. University of Pittsburgh--Commonwealth Act - amend - amount of rentals on approved dormitories

    Act 158 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  7. Penal Code - amend - interference with law enforcement and fire fighting, endangering others during riotous or tumultuous conditions

    Act 159 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  8. National Guard and Reserve member protection from discrimination law - amend - protection of National Guard members, extending law to private employers

    Act 160 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  9. Bicentennial Commission of Pennsylvania Act

    Act 161 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  10. Vehicle Code - amend - regulating motorcycles and operators, vehicle noise prevention

    Act 162 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  11. Housing Authorities Law - amend - appointment and removal of authority members

    Act 163 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  12. Second Class A and Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - board to defend assessment and valuation on appeal

    Act 164 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  13. Third class city optional retirement system law - amend - removing limitations on appropriations to board, validating prior actions of council

    Act 165 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  14. Second class A city police and firemen pension law - amend - credit for military service

    Act 166 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  15. Second Class A City Employe Pension Law - amend - credit for military service

    Act 167 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  16. City State Highway Law - amend - changing route in city of Pittsburgh

    Act 168 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  17. City State Highway Law - amend - changing route in city of Pittsburgh

    Act 169 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  18. Motor Vehicle Salesmen's License Act - amend - board membership, license issuance

    Act 170 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  19. State industrial Home for Women law - amend - regulation of court sentences to institution

    Act 171 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  20. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - supervision and control of correctional institutions and facilities by Department of Justice

    Act 172 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  21. Prisoner Pre-release Plan Law

    Act 173 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  22. Penal Code - amend - prison breach

    Act 174 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  23. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - form of official election ballot

    Act 175 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  24. Public Official Compensation Law - amend - deleting Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs

    Act 176 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  25. Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act - amend - permit requirements, appointment of second class township supervisors as inspectors, appeals

    Act 177 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  26. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - purchasing group insurance for retired employes, travel and accident insurance contracts for board members

    Act 178 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  27. Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Act of 1961 - reenact and amend - short title change, inclusion of agricultural commodities, personnel expense allowances, revising referendum provisions

    Act 179 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  28. State weather service law - repeal of law

    Act 180 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  29. Susquehanna River Basin Compact Law

    Act 181 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  30. Fourth Class County Retirement Law - amend - transfer of contributions, adjusting annuity on retirement

    Act 182 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  31. Vietnam Conflict Veterans' Compensation Act

    Act 183 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  32. Commonwealth real estate documents custody law - amend - transferring functions of Secretary of Internal Affairs to Secretary of Community Affairs

    Act 184 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  33. Secretary of Internal Affairs election and compensation law - repeal of law

    Act 185 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  34. Secretary of Internal Affairs election and compensation law of 1874 supplement law - repeal of law

    Act 186 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  35. Secretary of Internal Affairs election and compensation law - repeal of law

    Act 187 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  36. Bureau of Statistics and Information Act - amend - transferring functions of Department of Internal Affairs to Department of Community Affairs

    Act 188 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  37. Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 - amend - transferring functions of Department of Internal Affairs to Department of Community Affairs

    Act 189 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  38. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - deleting Secretary of Internal Affairs and adding Secretary of Community Affairs as member of authority

    Act 190 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  39. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - deleting Secretary of Internal Affairs and adding Secretary of Community Affairs as member of authority

    Act 191 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  40. State Council of Civil Defense Act of 1951 - amend - deleting Secretary of Internal Affairs and adding Secretary of Community Affairs as member of council

    Act 192 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  41. Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Act - amend - deleting Secretary of Internal Affairs and adding Secretary of Community Affairs as member of board

    Act 193 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  42. Public Official Compensation Law - amend - deleting Secretary of Internal Affairs and adding Secretary of Community Affairs

    Act 194 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  43. Warrantee tract maps of counties law - amend - transferring functions of Secretary of Internal Affairs to Secretary of Community Affairs

    Act 195 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  44. Pennsylvania Public Lands Act - amend - transferring functions of Department of Internal Affairs to Department of Community Affairs

    Act 196 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  45. Department of Community Affairs fee law - amend - changing references to Department of Internal Affairs to Department of Community Affairs

    Act 197 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  46. Interest rate regulation law - amend - restricting limitations on amount of interest for certain loans and use of money

    Act 198 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  47. Liquor Code - amend - removing residence requirements for malt or brewed beverage manufacture officials and shareholders

    Act 199 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  48. Easement - Commonwealth payments for Indiana Borough sewage treatment plant and sewer extension to Indiana University

    Act 200 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  49. Liquor Code - amend - surrender of club licenses for benefit of licensees

    Act 201 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  50. Second Class County Code - amend - second class A county water resource facilities and parks and recreation areas

    Act 202 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  51. Second Class County Code - amend - appropriations to industrial development agencies and tourist promotion agencies, agreements with federal government for health and welfare programs

    Act 203 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  52. Third Class City Code - amend - firemen's pension fund

    Act 204 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  53. Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - inspection and examination of domestic insurance companies, associations and exchanges

    Act 205 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  54. Pennsylvania Industrial School at Huntingdon law - repeal of law

    Act 206 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  55. Interstate compact for supervision of parolees and probationers amendment law

    Act 207 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  56. Beauty Culture Law - amend - apprentices, students, schools, examinations, curriculums, regulations, penalties

    Act 208 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  57. Solid Fuel Weight Regulation Law - amend - transferring functions from Department of Internal Affairs to Department of Mines and Mineral Industries

    Act 209 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  58. Bituminous coal mining weights and measures law - amend - jurisdiction of Department of Mines and Mineral Industries

    Act 210 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  59. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - compensation of election officials

    Act 211 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  60. Penal Code - amend - increasing penalties for cruelty to minors, creating offense of aggravated cruelty to minors

    Act 212 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  61. Pennsylvania Human Relations Act - amend - observance of sabbath or other holy days by public employes

    Act 213 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  62. Community Development Research and Training Act

    Act 214 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  63. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - liability insurance coverage for State employes

    Act 215 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  64. Business Corporation Law - amend - definitions, scope and applicability, power of eminent domain and to enter public property, revising or adding or repealing various law provisions

    Act 216 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  65. Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act of 1968

    Act 217 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  66. Capital Budget Act for the 1968-1969 Fiscal Year

    Act 218 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  67. State Highway and Bridge Authority Act - amend - capital budget highway projects

    Act 219 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  68. General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - capital budget projects itemization, authority procedures and eminent domain powers, leasing projects, allocation of funds

    Act 220 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  69. Capital budget public improvements projects debt authorization law

    Act 221 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  70. Capital budget highway projects debt authorization law

    Act 222 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  71. Capital budget transportation assistance projects debt authorization law

    Act 223 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  72. Capital budget other projects debt authorization law

    Act 224 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  73. Capital budget community college projects debt authorization law

    Act 225 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  74. Public works procurement equalizing trade practices law

    Act 226 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  75. Penal Code - amend - minimum penalties when carrying deadly weapon during commission of crime of violence

    Act 227 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  76. Penal Code - amend - restricting carrying firearms in public places

    Act 228 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  77. State Employes Group Life Insurance Law - amend - State contributions, amount of insurance, eligibility for coverage

    Act 229 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  78. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - definitions, membership, credited service, contributions, benefits, accounts, employe and board duties, National Guard membership

    Act 230 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  79. Neighborhood Assistance Act - amend - defining business firm, duties of Secretary of Community Affairs, amount of tax credit

    Act 231 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  80. Manpower Employment Assistance and Training Act

    Act 232 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  81. Pennsylvania Fair Plan Act

    Act 233 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  82. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - investments

    Act 234 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  83. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - establishment of Pennsylvania Crime Commission

    Act 235 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  84. Judicial and correctional system officials annual reports law - amend - prothonotary and clerk of courts reports to Department of Justice

    Act 236 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  85. Vehicle Code - amend - chemical tests to determine intoxication

    Act 237 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  86. Vehicle Code - amend - issuing registrations and registration plates

    Act 238 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  87. Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - issuing certificates of authority, defining doing business, injunctions, service of process upon nonresident entities

    Act 239 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  88. Commonwealth Documents Law

    Act 240 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  89. Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act

    Act 241 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  90. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - purchase of property, sale of unused or unnecessary land and buildings, time of State payments

    Act 242 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  91. Liquor Code - amend - retirement age of enforcement officers

    Act 243 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  92. Parking Authority Law - amend - lease or sale by second class cities of building space for non-parking purposes

    Act 244 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  93. Penal Code - amend - storage of firearms by dealers

    Act 245 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  94. Land acquisition - Commonwealth acquisition of property in Punxsutawney Borough, Jefferson County

    Act 246 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  95. Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code

    Act 247 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  96. First Class Township Code - amend - compensation of township commissioners

    Act 248 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  97. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Bensalem Township, Bucks County

    Act 249 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  98. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - payment of expenses of judges serving outside their district

    Act 250 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  99. Thirty-ninth judicial district additional common pleas judge law

    Act 251 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

  100. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - medical, major medical and hospitalization coverage plan for annuitants

    Act 252 of 1968 · 1968 · Original text

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Constitution of 17901790–1837

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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.