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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. Board and Commission Compensation Law - amend - deleting salaries of Workmen's Compensation Referees and certain members of Workmen's Compensation Board

    Act 10 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  2. Workmen's Compensation Board law - amend - deleting certain provisions relating to Workmen's Compensation Act

    Act 11 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  3. Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act - amend - enforcement of time standards or performance standards, procedure, hearing, investigation, notice of compensation payable, appeals, assessments on insurers

    Act 12 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  4. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Workmen's Compensation Referee, occupational disease compensation, decisions, appeals

    Act 13 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  5. Civil Service Act - amend - newly classified positions in Department of Labor and Industry

    Act 14 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  6. Penal Code - amend - false information concerning bombs

    Act 15 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  7. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Delaware County

    Act 16 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  8. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - substrata evaluation prior to construction or reconstruction projects in areas subject to mine subsidence

    Act 17 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  9. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Northampton County

    Act 18 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  10. Game Law - amend - pole traps

    Act 19 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  11. Uniform Interstate Air Pollution Agreements Act

    Act 20 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  12. Fish Law of 1959 - amend - water pollution

    Act 21 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  13. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Blair County

    Act 22 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  14. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of Environmental Resources lease of lands

    Act 23 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  15. State Fire Marshal Law - amend - Pennsylvania State Police, citizen assistants

    Act 24 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  16. Game Law - amend - loaded firearm in vehicle, snowmobile or other conveyance

    Act 25 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  17. Mortgage satisfaction recordation and fee law - amend - certain satisfaction piece requirement in second class A county

    Act 26 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  18. Penal Code - amend - firearm, possession of deadly weapon

    Act 27 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  19. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - purchase of supplies by board of school directors, purchase of supplies by purchasing agent, exempt items

    Act 28 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  20. Commonwealth Court Act - amend - Supreme Court approval of court personnel compensation

    Act 29 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  21. Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horse Racing Law - amend - public officer interest or employment

    Act 30 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  22. Pennsylvania Harness Racing Law - amend - public officer interest or employment

    Act 31 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  23. Second Class City Employe Pension Law - amend - certain pension increase

    Act 32 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  24. Public Utility Law - amend - estimate of Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission expenditures, gross intrastate operating revenues, assessment of public utilities, notice, appropriation of assessments and fees, requisitions

    Act 33 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  25. Second Class City Policemen Relief Law - amend - election of pension benefits, additional benefits

    Act 34 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  26. Public Utility Law - amend - civil penalty for violations relating to transportation of natural gas, flammable gas or toxic or corrosive gases

    Act 35 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  27. Second Class City Firemen Relief Law - amend - additional benefits

    Act 36 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  28. Turtle importation and sale regulation law

    Act 37 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  29. Banking Code of 1965 - amend - aquisition of shares, proposal, Department of Banking approval, Commonwealth Court review, Department of Banking regulatory authority, criminal liability, civil liability

    Act 38 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  30. Environmental Improvement Compact

    Act 39 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  31. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - candidate residence information on official ballot

    Act 40 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  32. Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horse Racing Law - amend - certain ownership interest

    Act 41 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  33. Pennsylvania Harness Racing Law - amend - certain ownership interest

    Act 42 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  34. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - Department of Labor and Industry approved escape windows required in certain buildings

    Act 43 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  35. Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association Act - amend - payment to estate of certain participants

    Act 44 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  36. Project 70 land - land transfer in Fayette County

    Act 45 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  37. Liquor Code - amend - performing arts facilities license, concessionaire contract, sale of food, sale of liquor or malt or brewed beverages

    Act 46 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  38. State reimbursement by county for prisoners in State penitentiaries law - amend - schedules of payments by counties and Commonwealth

    Act 47 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  39. Capital Budget Act for Fiscal Year 1970-1971 - amend - certain projects of Department of Property and Supplies

    Act 48 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  40. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Dauphin County from Department of Public Welfare to Department of Agriculture

    Act 49 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  41. Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act - amend - first class school district, second class county, authority created by school district

    Act 50 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  42. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Allegheny County

    Act 51 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  43. Professional Psychologists Practice Act

    Act 52 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  44. Group Life Insurance Policy Law - amend - removing certain limits

    Act 53 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  45. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Lycoming County

    Act 54 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  46. Community College Act of 1963 - amend - operating costs, capital costs, inclusion in Pennsylvania State Employes' Retirement System

    Act 55 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  47. Conveyance - consenting to acquisition of land or water by United States for migratory-bird reservations - amend - inclusion of Delaware County

    Act 56 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  48. Liquor Code - amend - limited wineries

    Act 57 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  49. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - repealing provisions relating to smallpox vaccination

    Act 58 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  50. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Montour County

    Act 59 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  51. Public utility service resale rate limitation law

    Act 60 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  52. Workers' Compensation Act - amend - injury, wage, compensation, agricultural labor, employer liability, appeals to Commonwealth Court, damages, certain permit renewal fee, compensation schedule, licensed practitioner, Subsequent Injury Fund, appropriation

    Act 61 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  53. Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law

    Act 62 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  54. Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act

    Act 63 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  55. Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act

    Act 64 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  56. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - powers and duties of Department of Transportation

    Act 65 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  57. Tax Reform Code of 1971 - amend - commercial propagation of game birds, net gains or income from disposition of property

    Act 66 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  58. Liquid Fuels Tax Act - amend - distributor's report

    Act 67 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  59. Fuel Use Tax Act - amend - dealer-user report

    Act 68 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  60. Uniform Standards Code for Mobile Homes

    Act 69 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  61. Industrialized Housing Act

    Act 70 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  62. Liquor Code - amend - special occasion permits

    Act 71 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  63. First Class Township Code - amend - probationary period for police force members and fire apparatus operators

    Act 72 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  64. Handicapped accessibility of buildings constructed with Commonwealth funds law - amend - rest rooms

    Act 73 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  65. State Highway Law - amend - benefits under Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968

    Act 74 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  66. Neighborhood Assistance Act - amend - certain tax credits

    Act 75 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  67. Second Class Township Code - amend - penalty for destroying, removing, injuring or defacing signs

    Act 76 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  68. First Class Township Code - amend - penalty for destroying, removing, injuring or defacing signs

    Act 77 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  69. Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 - amend - State funds received by counties, employer Social Security tax obligation

    Act 78 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  70. Public Utility Law - amend - commission power to appropriate property, certain condemned property exempted

    Act 79 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  71. Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horse Racing Law - amend - attendance by minors

    Act 80 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  72. County Code - amend - powers relating to general hospitals

    Act 81 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  73. Hazardous Substances Transportation Act - amend - definitions, Hazardous Substances Transportation Board membership and duties, reenacting penalties

    Act 82 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  74. Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act - amend - deleting provision relating to total disability

    Act 83 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  75. Vehicle Code - amend - penalties for driving during suspension or revocation of license

    Act 84 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  76. Vehicle Code - amend - motor vehicle safety responsibility penalties

    Act 85 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  77. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - investment in preferred and common stock

    Act 86 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  78. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - investment in preferred and common stock

    Act 87 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  79. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - life insurance company classes of investment, general investment provisions

    Act 88 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  80. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - acquisition of buildings, Department of Education approval, reimbursement

    Act 89 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  81. County Code - amend - days and hours of court house and offices

    Act 90 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  82. Justice of the peace jurisdiction and constable sale fee law - amend - actions of trespass and inclusion of district justices

    Act 91 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  83. Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 - amend - general purposes

    Act 92 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  84. Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code - amend - planning agency, comprehensive plan, official map, ordinances, zoning district, curative amendment, hearings, unified appeals, notice of intervention, judicial relief

    Act 93 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  85. Vehicle Code - amend - mobile home and house trailer brake equipment

    Act 94 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  86. Liquor Code - amend - catering license

    Act 95 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  87. Land acquisition - tracts in Berks County for use by Kutztown State College

    Act 96 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  88. Personal injury or property damage settlement or release of liability regulation law

    Act 97 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  89. State highway system road removal law - amend - certain route in Indiana County

    Act 98 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  90. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain route in Fayette County

    Act 99 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  91. State Highway Department Law - amend - certain routes in Blair County

    Act 100 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  92. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain route in Crawford County

    Act 101 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  93. Pennsylvania Human Relations Act - amend - unlawful discriminatory practices

    Act 102 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  94. General Fund transfers to and from other funds law - amend - transfers involving State Lottery Fund

    Act 103 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  95. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - Commonwealth payments, Commonwealth grants, State funds received by school districts, employer Social Security tax obligation, deduction

    Act 104 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  96. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of Health clinics in unused tuberculosis treatment facilities in first class cities

    Act 105 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  97. Interest rate regulation law - amend - loan contract, amortized cost, repayment

    Act 106 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  98. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Centre County

    Act 107 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  99. Liquor Code - amend - Sunday sales by city-owned stadium licensees or certain stadium or arena permitees, number of retail licenses

    Act 108 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  100. Second Class Township Code - amend - appointment of accountant or firm

    Act 109 of 1972 · 1972 · 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.