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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. 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

  2. Juror and witness compensation and mileage law - amend - clarifying mileage reimbursement to jurors

    Act 600 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  3. 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

  4. Second Class County Assessment Law - amend - regulating assessment of property or subjects of taxation previously omitted

    Act 602 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  5. 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

  6. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - merger or consolidation of certain domestic insurance corporations

    Act 604 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  7. Second Class County Port Authority Act - amend - authorizing authority to provide group and party services

    Act 605 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  8. Statutory agent for service of process on nonresidents and foreign entities selling malt or brewed beverage law

    Act 606 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  9. Public officer and employee social security contribution law - amend - removing the limitation on retirement benefits

    Act 607 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  10. Penal Code - amend - sale of regrooved tires without notice

    Act 608 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  11. Vehicle Code - amend - junior operator's license

    Act 609 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  12. Vehicle Code - amend - replacing of reflectors on vehicles

    Act 610 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  13. 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

  14. Vehicle Code - amend - lights and signals to be used for certain vehicles

    Act 612 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  15. 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

  16. Commonwealth conservation and historic land acquisition with federal aid law

    Act 614 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  17. County and Municipal State Highway Law

    Act 615 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  18. 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

  19. First class city arrest, detention and bail procedure law

    Act 617 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Land acquisition - acquisition of Commonwealth property in Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

    Act 620 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  23. Commodities sale law - amend - requiring additional markings on certain packages

    Act 621 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  24. Industrial development business corporation conversion to nonprofit corporation law

    Act 622 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - director representation in union or merged districts

    Act 627 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - qualifying membership of county board of school directors

    Act 631 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  34. Constable Fee Law - amend - increasing certain fees

    Act 632 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  35. 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

  36. Municipal special school police workmen's compensation law

    Act 634 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  37. Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - cemetery and burial company articles of incorporation and funds

    Act 635 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  38. First Class City Permanent Registration Act - amend - registration of physically disabled persons

    Act 636 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Liquor Code - amend - removing prohibition of sales by public service licensees on Sunday

    Act 639 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  42. Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - requirements for counties reclassified from fifth class to third class

    Act 640 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  43. 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

  44. Liquor Code - amend - authorizing licensed establishments to sell until 2 a.m. on Sunday

    Act 642 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  45. 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

  46. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - abolishing and creating boards of trustees in Department of Public Welfare

    Act 644 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  47. Legislative Budget And Finance Committee law - amend - appointment of personnel

    Act 645 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  48. 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

  49. General Assembly officer and employee law - amend - appointment of Senate postmaster and stenographers

    Act 647 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  50. Mental Health Act of 1951 - amend - voluntary admission of minors to institutions, emergency commitments

    Act 648 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  51. State Highway Law - amend - authorizing system for qualification of competent and responsible bidders on highway projects

    Act 649 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  52. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - social studies curriculum

    Act 650 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  53. Safety deposit box opening during criminal investigation law

    Act 651 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  54. Property Sale Regulation Law - amend - certification and disclosure of fire, building, safety and housing ordinance violations

    Act 652 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  55. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - retirement credit for sabbatical leaves of absence

    Act 653 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. Anthracite coal mining regulation law

    Act 656 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  59. Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Act of 1961

    Act 657 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  60. Credit Union Act

    Act 658 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  61. Department of Highways' Career System Act

    Act 659 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  62. 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

  63. Agricultural college land grant appropriation law

    Act 661 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  64. State Personal Property Tax Act - amend - exclusion of certain corporations doing business with professional school employes

    Act 662 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  65. Liquor Code - amend - regulating issuance of new licenses for airport restaurants

    Act 663 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  66. Korean Conflict Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - inclusion of career servicemen, placing limitations on amount of compensation

    Act 664 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  67. Common pleas courts indices preparation and maintenance law - amend - granting of contracts for new indices

    Act 665 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  68. 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

  69. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - increasing membership of State Real Estate Commission

    Act 667 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  70. 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

  71. Building and Loan Code - amend - authorizing payment of bonus dividends to any classes of stock

    Act 669 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  72. Comic books, magazines and other publications distribution regulation law - amend - defining obscene

    Act 670 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  73. Fish Law of 1959 - amend - extending law to frogs, tadpoles and turtles

    Act 671 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  74. Drug regulation law - amend - changing penalties for violations

    Act 672 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  75. Drug regulation law - amend - giving trials precedence over other criminal trials, regulating postponements

    Act 673 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  76. 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

  77. Judicial proceedings judgment index law - amend - requiring an ejectment and miscellaneous index for certain entries

    Act 675 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  78. Liquor Code - amend - excepting certain restaurants from prohibition of granting licenses to places of amusement

    Act 676 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  79. General County Assessment Law - amend - assessment, valuation and taxation of mobilehomes and house trailers

    Act 677 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  80. Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - assessment, valuation and taxation of mobilehomes and house trailers

    Act 678 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  81. 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

  82. Real Estate Tax Sale Law - amend - sale of mobilehomes and house trailers taxed as real estate

    Act 680 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  83. Penal Code - amend - prohibiting removal of mobilehomes and house trailers to evade certain taxes

    Act 681 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  84. 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

  85. 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

  86. 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

  87. 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

  88. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - disposal of surplus materials salvaged from State highways and bridges

    Act 686 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  89. 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

  90. Building and Loan Code - amend - rights, powers, duties and liabilities of associations and shareholders

    Act 688 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  91. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - purchase and resale of books by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

    Act 689 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  92. 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

  93. State and local health departments nursing services law

    Act 691 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  94. State Employes Group Life Insurance Law

    Act 692 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  95. Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act

    Act 693 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  96. Caleb Pusey House historic repair and restoration law

    Act 694 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  97. 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

  98. Penal Code - amend - prohibiting certain business activities on Sunday

    Act 696 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  99. Agricultural landowner civil immunity for hunter or angler injury law

    Act 697 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

  100. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Derry Township, Mifflin County

    Act 698 of 1961 · 1961 · 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.