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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.
2,942 laws of the 1960s
Constitution of 1874
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - authorizing Water and Power Resources Board to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of certain minerals in or beneath certain streams or bodies of water
Act 599 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Juror and witness compensation and mileage law - amend - clarifying mileage reimbursement to jurors
Act 600 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Real Estate Brokers License Act of 1929 - amend - educational and training requirements for licensure, place of hearing, nature and weight to be given to report of representative holding hearings in disciplinary proceedings, taking of testimony
Act 601 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Second Class County Assessment Law - amend - regulating assessment of property or subjects of taxation previously omitted
Act 602 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Realty Transfer Tax Act - amend - minimum compensation for recorders of deeds acting as agents for sale of stamps
Act 603 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - merger or consolidation of certain domestic insurance corporations
Act 604 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Second Class County Port Authority Act - amend - authorizing authority to provide group and party services
Act 605 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Statutory agent for service of process on nonresidents and foreign entities selling malt or brewed beverage law
Act 606 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public officer and employee social security contribution law - amend - removing the limitation on retirement benefits
Act 607 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - sale of regrooved tires without notice
Act 608 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - junior operator's license
Act 609 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - replacing of reflectors on vehicles
Act 610 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public Assistance Law - amend - making eligible for assistance certain persons in public medical institutions, regulating obligations for and payments of certain funds
Act 611 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - lights and signals to be used for certain vehicles
Act 612 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Vehicle Code - amend - increasing the portion of the fee received from learners’ permits appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction for carrying out a standardized program of teaching safe driving of motor vehicles
Act 613 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Commonwealth conservation and historic land acquisition with federal aid law
Act 614 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
County and Municipal State Highway Law
Act 615 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - authorizing taxation of land owned by schools district for certain purposes
Act 616 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
First class city arrest, detention and bail procedure law
Act 617 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - defining contributory service, regulating contributions on account of past service
Act 618 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - credit for school service for certain contributors making additional contributions
Act 619 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Land acquisition - acquisition of Commonwealth property in Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Act 620 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Commodities sale law - amend - requiring additional markings on certain packages
Act 621 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Industrial development business corporation conversion to nonprofit corporation law
Act 622 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - regulating indexing of petitions for specific performance of agreements to purchase or sell real estate
Act 623 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Local Health Administration Law - amend - number of signatures required on petition to dissolve or withdraw from certain departments of health, time for circulating petitions in certain cases, form of question to be submitted to electors
Act 624 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
County Code - amend - authorizing other than separate confinement in county penal institutions, requiring approval of plans by Department of Justice in certain cases
Act 625 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - payment of contributions to School Employes’ Retirement Fund on account of school employes on leave of absence for professional study
Act 626 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - director representation in union or merged districts
Act 627 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Aaronsburg water pipe incorporation law supplement law - amend - permitting additional persons to vote for, providing who shall be taxed, increasing one tax; providing for flat rates and tap on charges
Act 628 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - providing for transfer of credits for employes of Department of Health who are contributors to Public School Employes’ Retirement System
Act 629 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - excluding charts, educational films, film strips, prepared transparencies and slides, pre-recorded magnetic tapes and disc recordings from second class school supplies, increasing purchasing agent’s authority
Act 630 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - qualifying membership of county board of school directors
Act 631 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Constable Fee Law - amend - increasing certain fees
Act 632 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act - amend - requiring employers to furnish employes with instructions on their rights in the event of disability or death caused by occupational disease, requiring Secretary of Labor and Industry to prepare instructions
Act 633 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Municipal special school police workmen's compensation law
Act 634 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - cemetery and burial company articles of incorporation and funds
Act 635 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
First Class City Permanent Registration Act - amend - registration of physically disabled persons
Act 636 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Permanent Registration Act for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns and Townships - amend - registration of physically disabled persons
Act 637 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
County Code - amend - abolishing county institution districts in fourth, fifth and sixth class counties, prescribing certain duties of county commissioners with regard to persons in foster homes and children and youth and regulating payments for care
Act 638 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Liquor Code - amend - removing prohibition of sales by public service licensees on Sunday
Act 639 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - requirements for counties reclassified from fifth class to third class
Act 640 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Pure Food Law - amend - providing for use of sulphur dioxide in certain food items, changing labeling requirements relating to artificial sweetening agents
Act 641 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Liquor Code - amend - authorizing licensed establishments to sell until 2 a.m. on Sunday
Act 642 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
State youth development centers acquisition and operation law - amend - abolishing and creating boards of trustees in Department of Public Welfare, receiving into custody of certain minors
Act 643 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - abolishing and creating boards of trustees in Department of Public Welfare
Act 644 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Legislative Budget And Finance Committee law - amend - appointment of personnel
Act 645 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Pennsylvania Harness Racing Law - amend - status and composition of commission, permitting corporations to have perpetual duration, renewal of licenses, elections to determine if a racing plant is to be located within the county once every four years
Act 646 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
General Assembly officer and employee law - amend - appointment of Senate postmaster and stenographers
Act 647 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Mental Health Act of 1951 - amend - voluntary admission of minors to institutions, emergency commitments
Act 648 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
State Highway Law - amend - authorizing system for qualification of competent and responsible bidders on highway projects
Act 649 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Code of 1949 - amend - social studies curriculum
Act 650 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Safety deposit box opening during criminal investigation law
Act 651 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Property Sale Regulation Law - amend - certification and disclosure of fire, building, safety and housing ordinance violations
Act 652 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - retirement credit for sabbatical leaves of absence
Act 653 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
County Code - amend - granting powers to make appropriations and contracts and accept gifts for improvement of transportation operations and facilities
Act 654 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of Internal Affairs powers and duties as to minutes of Canal Commissioners
Act 655 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Anthracite coal mining regulation law
Act 656 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Act of 1961
Act 657 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Credit Union Act
Act 658 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Department of Highways' Career System Act
Act 659 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Inheritance and Estate Tax Act of 1961 - amend - continuing appropriation for refund of taxes not rightfully or equitably due
Act 660 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Agricultural college land grant appropriation law
Act 661 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
State Personal Property Tax Act - amend - exclusion of certain corporations doing business with professional school employes
Act 662 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Liquor Code - amend - regulating issuance of new licenses for airport restaurants
Act 663 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Korean Conflict Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - inclusion of career servicemen, placing limitations on amount of compensation
Act 664 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Common pleas courts indices preparation and maintenance law - amend - granting of contracts for new indices
Act 665 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Real Estate Brokers License Act of 1929 - amend - changing licensure provisions for limited real estate brokers and salesmen, requiring registration of cemetery lot salesmen, prescribing responsibilities of certain brokers
Act 666 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - increasing membership of State Real Estate Commission
Act 667 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
First class county clerk of courts fee law - amend - law subject to limitations in reciprocal enforcement of support law
Act 668 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Building and Loan Code - amend - authorizing payment of bonus dividends to any classes of stock
Act 669 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Comic books, magazines and other publications distribution regulation law - amend - defining obscene
Act 670 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Fish Law of 1959 - amend - extending law to frogs, tadpoles and turtles
Act 671 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Drug regulation law - amend - changing penalties for violations
Act 672 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Drug regulation law - amend - giving trials precedence over other criminal trials, regulating postponements
Act 673 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Second Class Township Code - amend - meetings for which supervisors may be paid, attendance of supervisors or employes at road meetings and conventions, duties of township secretaries, time for completion of audits, parties who may protest zoning changes
Act 674 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Judicial proceedings judgment index law - amend - requiring an ejectment and miscellaneous index for certain entries
Act 675 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Liquor Code - amend - excepting certain restaurants from prohibition of granting licenses to places of amusement
Act 676 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
General County Assessment Law - amend - assessment, valuation and taxation of mobilehomes and house trailers
Act 677 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - assessment, valuation and taxation of mobilehomes and house trailers
Act 678 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - limiting taxation of mobilehomes and house trailers, abolishing use and occupancy tax on mobilehomes and house trailers
Act 679 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Real Estate Tax Sale Law - amend - sale of mobilehomes and house trailers taxed as real estate
Act 680 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - prohibiting removal of mobilehomes and house trailers to evade certain taxes
Act 681 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Local Delinquent Tax Return Law - amend - sale as real estate of certain mobilehomes and house trailers subject to tax lien
Act 682 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act - amend - contents of installment sales contracts, effect of certain tax sales of real estate
Act 683 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Housing Agency Law - amend - financing of cooperatively-owned housing, terms of housing loans for elderly persons, reserve requirements for outstanding agency bonds, time for submitting agency’s report to Legislature
Act 684 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
General State Authority Act of 1949 - amend - prohibiting undertaking certain projects, increasing powers and borrowing capacity of Authority
Act 685 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - disposal of surplus materials salvaged from State highways and bridges
Act 686 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Local additional tax enabling and collection law - amend - limitation on flat rate occupation and occupational privilege taxes, effective date of taxes levied for the first time
Act 687 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Building and Loan Code - amend - rights, powers, duties and liabilities of associations and shareholders
Act 688 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - purchase and resale of books by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Act 689 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - disposition of minor's estate without appointment of guardian or entry of security
Act 690 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
State and local health departments nursing services law
Act 691 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
State Employes Group Life Insurance Law
Act 692 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act
Act 693 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Caleb Pusey House historic repair and restoration law
Act 694 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - providing a death benefit after ten years of service or accumulation of withdrawal credits in certain cases
Act 695 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Penal Code - amend - prohibiting certain business activities on Sunday
Act 696 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Agricultural landowner civil immunity for hunter or angler injury law
Act 697 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Derry Township, Mifflin County
Act 698 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text
By decade
Constitution of 18741874–1967
Constitution of 17761776–1789
- 1780s 567
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.