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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. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - board of school directors authority to regulate vehicles on school property, penalties

    Act 110 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  2. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in City of Philadelphia

    Act 111 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  3. Project 70 land - land transfer in Bucks County

    Act 112 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  4. City of Philadelphia incorporation law 1854 supplement law - amend - repealing section relating to municipal debt consolidation

    Act 113 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  5. City of Philadelphia incorporation law 1866 supplement law - amend - repealing section relating to bonds issued to defray municipal expenses

    Act 114 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  6. Project 70 land - transfer in Centre County to Department of Transportation

    Act 115 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  7. First Class City Government Law - amend - indebtedness

    Act 116 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  8. Commonwealth real property inventory law

    Act 117 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  9. Municipal Police Pension Law - amend - primary benefits under Social Security laws, member contribution

    Act 118 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  10. Auctioneers' License Act - reenact and amend - Board of Auctioneer Examiners, Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs, license, special license, fees, fines, list of licensees, judicial review, unlawful acts

    Act 119 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  11. Milk Sanitation Law - amend - reciprocal sanitation, inspection and labeling agreements

    Act 120 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  12. General County Assessment Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 121 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  13. Penal Code - amend - age requirements

    Act 122 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  14. Second and second A class county juror selection law - amend - age requirements

    Act 123 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  15. Fiduciaries Act of 1949 - amend - age requirements

    Act 124 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  16. Third class city firemen civil service law - amend - age requirements

    Act 125 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  17. First Class Township Code - amend - age requirements

    Act 126 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  18. Public Weighmaster's Act - amend - age requirements

    Act 127 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  19. Second class city firemen civil service law - amend - age requirements

    Act 128 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  20. Poultry Technician Licensure Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 129 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  21. Private Driver Education or Training School Act - amend - age requirements

    Act 130 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  22. Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - age requirements, appeal to Commonwealth Court

    Act 131 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  23. Borough Code - amend - age requirements

    Act 132 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  24. Notary Public Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 133 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  25. Political subdivision preparation of tax assessment list of inhabitants law - amend - age requirements

    Act 134 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  26. Third Class City Code - amend - age requirements

    Act 135 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  27. Local Tax Collection Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 136 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  28. Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 137 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  29. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - age requirements

    Act 138 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  30. Guardians of minors life insurance policy investment law - amend - age requirements

    Act 139 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  31. Wills Act of 1947 - amend - age requirements

    Act 140 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  32. Settling title to real estate law - amend - age requirements

    Act 141 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  33. Female employment law - amend - age requirements

    Act 142 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  34. Second class city police civil service law - amend - age requirements

    Act 143 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  35. Municipal police civil service law - amend - age requirements

    Act 144 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  36. Deputy sheriffs selection and compensation law - amend - age requirements

    Act 145 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  37. Employment Agency Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 146 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  38. Steam boiler engineer license law - amend - age requirements

    Act 147 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  39. Second Class County Code - amend - age requirements

    Act 148 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  40. County Code - amend - age requirements

    Act 149 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  41. Port of Philadelphia board of wardens law - amend - age requirements

    Act 150 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  42. Legal age for making contracts law

    Act 151 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  43. Marriage Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 152 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  44. Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Act - amend - critical economic area, agricultural enterprise, board membership, industrial development project, pollution control, loans, certification as to certain pollution standards, abatement, compliance

    Act 153 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  45. Vehicle Code - amend - emission control inspection standards, removal of emission control device, malfunctioning emission control device, penalty

    Act 154 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  46. Third Class County Jury Selection Law - amend - electronic or electromechanical selection

    Act 155 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  47. Elevator Regulation Law - amend - temporary construction elevator, inspection

    Act 156 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  48. Second class county prothonotary fee law - amend - fee amounts, monthly remittance for exclusive use of public law libraries

    Act 157 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  49. Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - amend - effective dates

    Act 158 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  50. Reference and Arbitration Law - amend - amount which may be arbitrated in second class A counties

    Act 159 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  51. Charitable Instruments Act of 1971 - amend - charitable organization redefined

    Act 160 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  52. Penal Code - amend - possession of burglary tools

    Act 161 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  53. Vehicle Code - amend - revocation of operating privilege, driving without lights to avoid identification or arrest, penalty

    Act 162 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  54. State Highway Department Law - amend - certain route in Butler and Lawrence Counties

    Act 163 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  55. Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - amend - original codification

    Act 164 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  56. Fiscal Code - amend - replacement checks

    Act 165 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  57. Capital budget 1971-1972 public improvement project debt authorization law

    Act 166 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  58. Capital Budget Act for Fiscal Year 1971-1972, Public Improvement Project Itemization Supplement--The General State Authority

    Act 167 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  59. Pennsylvania Harness Racing Law - amend - age limitations for attendance, betting or employment

    Act 168 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  60. Higher Education Scholarship Law - amend - age, domicile, voter registration

    Act 169 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  61. Game Law - amend - resident hunter's license fees, issuance of antlerless deer licenses and tags

    Act 170 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  62. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - cross-filing by school director candidate, nominations, ballot

    Act 171 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  63. Vehicle Code - amend - Abandoned Vehicle Fund, Motor License Fund

    Act 172 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  64. State Highway Law - amend - penalty for cutting, trimming, damaging or removing trees, shrubs or vines along highways, Department of Transportation authority

    Act 173 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  65. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Snyder County

    Act 174 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  66. Vehicle Code - amend - blue and red lights for police in first class cities, penalty

    Act 175 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  67. Lincoln University-Commonwealth Act

    Act 176 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  68. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - justice of the peace classification, contribution, superannuation or withdrawal, disability supplement, death benefits, retirement board duties, retroactivity, accounts

    Act 177 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  69. Dental Law - amend - licensing of dental hygienists

    Act 178 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  70. Philip J. Fahy Memorial Bridge - official designation

    Act 179 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  71. Intergovernmental Cooperation Law

    Act 180 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  72. Drug and alcohol abuse educational assistance law

    Act 181 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  73. Department of State fees law

    Act 182 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  74. First Class City Permanent Registration Act - amend - residency, citizenship, days provided for registration

    Act 183 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  75. 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 - residency, citizenship, days provided for registration

    Act 184 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  76. Local Government Unit Debt Act

    Act 185 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  77. Form of government and classification retention law

    Act 186 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  78. Strikebreaker Employment Act

    Act 187 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  79. Game Law - amend - age

    Act 188 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  80. Service of process on nonresidents owning or using real property in Pennsylvania law - amend - municipal ordinance violations

    Act 189 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  81. Justice Michael A. Musmanno Boulevard - official designation

    Act 190 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  82. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Westmoreland County

    Act 191 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  83. Wage Payment and Collection Law - amend - union dues, penalties, liquidated damages

    Act 192 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  84. Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act - amend - allotments

    Act 193 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  85. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - auxiliary services, nonpublic school children

    Act 194 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  86. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - instructional equipment, materials and textbooks to nonpublic school children

    Act 195 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  87. Dental Law - amend - dental hygienist

    Act 196 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  88. General County Assessment Law - amend - exemptions

    Act 197 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  89. Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law - amend - exemptions

    Act 198 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  90. Child Labor Law - amend - school vacation period, night work, power lawn mowing equipment

    Act 199 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  91. Penal Code - amend - district justice-ordered restitution, contempt

    Act 200 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  92. Game Law - amend - motor vehicle registration or identification number as prima facie evidence of operator

    Act 201 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  93. Divorce Law - amend - insanity or serious mental disorder, allowance for support

    Act 202 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  94. Pennsylvania Fertilizer Law of 1956 - amend - penalty for deficiencies

    Act 203 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  95. Parent Reimbursement Act for Nonpublic Education - amend - Parent Reimbursement Fund

    Act 204 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  96. Government obligations interest rate limit removal law - amend - time

    Act 205 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  97. Local Government Unit Debt Act - amend - lease rental debt, first class school district tax anticipation notes

    Act 206 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  98. Spirituous and Vinous Liquor Tax Law - amend - affixed tax stamps

    Act 207 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  99. Game Law - amend - age requirements

    Act 208 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  100. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - Department of Transportation duties relating to township roads

    Act 209 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

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Constitution of 19681968–today

Constitution of 18741874–1967

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.