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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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2,762 laws of the 1970s

Constitution of 1968

  1. Farm Products Standards Law - amend - packing or selling farm products in certain receptacles

    Act 101 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  2. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - establishing intermediate unit system

    Act 102 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  3. Public School Code of 1949 amendment law (1969) - amend - changing effective date

    Act 103 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  4. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - regulation of employe annual leave

    Act 104 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  5. School director real property contract validation law

    Act 105 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  6. Library Code - amend - notice to return property

    Act 106 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  7. Second Class County Recorder of Deeds Fee Law - amend - changing and fixing fees

    Act 107 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  8. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - settlement of small estates, family exemption, investments, bonds, personal representative compensation and liability, financial institution redefined

    Act 108 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  9. Fish Law of 1959 - amend - devices that enable fish to migrate

    Act 109 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  10. Liquor Code - amend - residence requirements for license applicant officials, destruction of decanter packages

    Act 110 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  11. Hazardous Substances Transportation Act - amend - board membership, powers and duties

    Act 111 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  12. Vehicle equipment safety compact law - amend - naming Secretary of Transportation as a Vehicle Equipment Safety Commissioner

    Act 112 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  13. Incorporated town contract regulation law - amend - advertising for certain contracts or purchases

    Act 113 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  14. Second Class Township Code - amend - advertising for certain contracts or purchases

    Act 114 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  15. Borough Code - amend - advertising for certain contracts or purchases

    Act 115 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  16. First Class Township Code - amend - advertising for purchase of certain materials

    Act 116 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  17. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Dauphin County from Department of Public Welfare to Pennsylvania State Police

    Act 117 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  18. Professional Nursing Law - amend - standards and programs of study of foreign graduate nurses

    Act 118 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  19. Tax Claim Bureau defective service deed validation law

    Act 119 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  20. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of Transportation creation, powers and duties

    Act 120 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  21. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of State, State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators

    Act 121 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  22. Nursing Home Administrators License Act

    Act 122 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  23. Water Well Drillers License Act - amend - jurisdiction transfer from Department of Mines and Mineral Industries to Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey

    Act 123 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  24. Game Law - amend - protected birds, unprotected birds

    Act 124 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  25. First class city State highway law - amend - route change in City of Philadelphia

    Act 125 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  26. County and Muncipal State Highway Law - amend - certain route in City of Philadelphia

    Act 126 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  27. Capital Budget Act for 1969-1970 - amend - debt repayment

    Act 127 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  28. Wills Act of 1947 - amend - rule of interpretation for time for ascertaining class

    Act 128 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  29. Third class city firemen civil service law - amend - suspension, removal or reduction

    Act 129 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  30. Estates Act of 1947 - amend - rule of interpretation for time for ascertaining class

    Act 130 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  31. Second Class City Employe Pension Law - amend - second class A city tax collector office employee service credit, annuity and contributions

    Act 131 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  32. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - density factor

    Act 132 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  33. Municipal sewer system rentals and charges law - amend - extension to all counties

    Act 133 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  34. Township State Highway Law - amend - deleting part of route in Wayne County

    Act 134 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  35. Penal Code - amend - horse racing violations

    Act 135 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  36. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - size of minor's estate for not requiring guardian or security

    Act 136 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  37. Public Defender Act - amend - representation in proceedings under Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act

    Act 137 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  38. Second Class County Assessment Law - amend - interest on refunds, harmonizing language

    Act 138 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  39. Municipal Police Pension Law - amend - pensions for widows and children

    Act 139 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  40. Chronic renal disease care and treatment program law

    Act 140 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  41. Weights and Measures Act of 1965 - amend - method of sale of commodities, packaging, enforcement, penalties

    Act 141 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  42. Local Health Administration Law - amend - appointment of health director who is not a physician

    Act 142 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  43. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - extending cost of living increases to additional annuitants

    Act 143 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  44. Podiatry Act of 1956 - amend - regulating grant of licenses

    Act 144 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  45. Game Law - amend - changing mandatory and maximum sentences

    Act 145 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  46. Sewage Treatment Plant and Waterworks Operators' Certification Act - amend - issuance and expiration of operators' certificates

    Act 146 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  47. Olmsted Air Force Base acquisition and administration law - amend - transferring functions from Department of Military Affairs to Department of Transportation

    Act 147 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  48. Forfeitures for nonappearance for offenses before mayor or chief burgess law - amend - deposit of money for appearance

    Act 148 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  49. Vital Statistics Law of 1953 - amend - increasing local registrars compensation

    Act 149 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  50. Uniform Commercial Code - amend - preferences for tax claims in bulk transfer proceeds

    Act 150 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  51. Legislative Audit Advisory Commission law

    Act 151 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  52. Judicial jurisdiction and service of process on nonresidents law

    Act 152 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  53. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - regulating payments to widows and children

    Act 153 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  54. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - equalizing tax levies in school districts crossing municipal lines

    Act 154 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  55. Model rockets standards and regulation law

    Act 155 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  56. Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - regulating payments to widows and children

    Act 156 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  57. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - annuitant representation on retirement board

    Act 157 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  58. Podiatry Act of 1956 - amend - podiatry redefined, board powers and duties

    Act 158 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  59. Second Class County Code - amend - aid to firemen's associations

    Act 159 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  60. Professional Corporation Law

    Act 160 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  61. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - boards of trustees of certain institutions, advisory committees

    Act 161 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  62. Commonwealth Documents Law - amend - publication of home rule charters, appeal from Department of Justice actions, Joint Committee on Documents powers and duties

    Act 162 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  63. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Shenango Township, Lawrence County

    Act 163 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  64. Indemnification agreement between designers and owners or contractors voidance law

    Act 164 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  65. Government obligations interest rate limit removal law

    Act 165 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  66. Vehicle Code - amend - signals, investigations by officers

    Act 166 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  67. New Castle and Blairsville towns incorporation law 1825 supplement law - amend - abolishing right to recover riot or mob property damages from Philadelphia

    Act 167 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  68. State Highway Law - amend - numbering of State highway routes

    Act 168 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  69. Borough Code - amend - maximum rate of tax for general purposes

    Act 169 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  70. County Code - amend - appointment of fire marshals and assistants

    Act 170 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  71. Public employe insurance, medical and pension benefits authorization law - amend - dependent coverage in second class A cities

    Act 171 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  72. Second Class City Employe Pension Law 1965 supplement law - amend - reducing age requirements, increasing pension benefits

    Act 172 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  73. Urban Redevelopment Law - amend - sale of bonds, interest rate

    Act 173 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  74. Tax Act of 1963 for Education - amend - tax exemption for ranch raised fur-bearing animals

    Act 174 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  75. Sheriff Fee Law of 1949 - amend - changing fees

    Act 175 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  76. Uniform Commercial Code - amend - filing fees, giving information, retention of documents, filing officer duties

    Act 176 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  77. Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act - amend - coordination of benefits with Federal Mine Health and Safety Act

    Act 177 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  78. Pennsylvania Cigarette Tax Act

    Act 178 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  79. Second Class Township Code - amend - collection of street, sewer, curb and sidewalk assessments by installments

    Act 179 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  80. First class county murder counsel assignment law

    Act 180 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  81. Liquor Code - amend - sale of gift certificates by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores

    Act 181 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  82. Liquor Code - amend - time of board meeting to determine liquor that may be sold

    Act 182 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  83. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - permanent college certificate

    Act 183 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  84. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - work contracts, competitive bid, maintenance personnel

    Act 184 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  85. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - reimbursement forfeiture and exemption

    Act 185 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  86. Local Health Administration Law - amend - penalties for violations

    Act 186 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  87. County Code - amend - valuation and assessment of dwellings

    Act 187 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  88. Borough Code - amend - valuation and assessment of dwellings

    Act 188 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  89. First Class Township Code - amend - valuation and assessment of dwellings

    Act 189 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  90. Second Class Township Code - amend - valuation and assessment of dwellings

    Act 190 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  91. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - valuation and assessment of dwellings

    Act 191 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  92. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - enumeration of children by school district

    Act 192 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  93. Commonwealth Court Act - amend - offices and facilities for Commonwealth Court judges

    Act 193 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  94. Fiscal Code - amend - State depositories

    Act 194 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  95. Public Employe Relations Act

    Act 195 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  96. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - separate accounts, annuity contract

    Act 196 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  97. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Newton Township, Lackawanna County

    Act 197 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  98. Vehicle Code - amend - fertilizer trailer, registration fee, special lighting requirements, penalty, combination vehicles, safety chain

    Act 198 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  99. Banking Code of 1965 - amend - omnibus amendments

    Act 199 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

  100. Borough State Highway Law - amend - deleting two routes in Beavertown Borough, Snyder County

    Act 200 of 1970 · 1970 · Original text

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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.