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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. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain route in Dauphin County

    Act 210 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  2. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - third class county election officer or clerk compensation

    Act 211 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  3. Pennsylvania Harness Racing Law - amend - disposition of funds for agricultural research projects, committee membership, subcommittee establishment and membership, report

    Act 212 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  4. POW/MIA dependents scholarship law

    Act 213 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  5. Local Government Unit Debt Act - amend - local government unit, notice of ordinances, tax anticipation notes, sale of bonds or notes, time for appeal

    Act 214 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  6. Liquor Code - amend - official seal, decanter

    Act 215 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  7. Veterans' Education Act of 1971

    Act 216 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  8. Capital Budget Act for 1972-1973 Fiscal Year

    Act 217 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  9. Female prisoner regional treatment and rehabilitation law

    Act 218 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  10. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - membership of private schools in Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

    Act 219 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  11. Employment Agency Law - amend - representative, counselor, employment agent, licensure, unlawful practices, penalties, records, license revocation, Employment Agency Advisory Council, Secretary of Labor and Industry, inspectors

    Act 220 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  12. Military Code of 1949 - amend - Pennsylvania National Guard or Pennsylvania Guard active duty pay

    Act 221 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  13. Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act - amend - transfer of funds from Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Fund to General Fund

    Act 222 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  14. Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act - amend - occupational disease, limitations, services

    Act 223 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  15. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - State Board of Education, Council of Basic Education, Council of Higher Education, policies, master plan for higher education

    Act 224 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  16. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Washington County

    Act 225 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  17. Criminal Procedure Act of 1860 - amend - bail, Municipal Court of Philadelphia

    Act 226 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  18. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain route in Centre County

    Act 227 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  19. Vehicle Code - amend - temporary registration plates or markers

    Act 228 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  20. County Code - amend - deposits by prothonotary, interest

    Act 229 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  21. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain route in Clinton County

    Act 230 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  22. Borough State Highway Law - amend - certain route in State College

    Act 231 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  23. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain routes in Centre County

    Act 232 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  24. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Act - amend - loan guarantee provisions conforming to Federal law

    Act 233 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  25. First Class City Revenue Bond Act

    Act 234 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  26. County Code - amend - jury commissioner annual expense

    Act 235 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  27. County Code - amend - assistant county solicitor appointment in fifth and sixth class counties

    Act 236 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  28. Penal Code - amend - penalties for crimes relating to railroads

    Act 237 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  29. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in McKean County

    Act 238 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  30. Vehicle Code - amend - registration fee exemptions

    Act 239 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  31. Game Law - amend - unlawful methods of hunting, big game hunting by certain amputees

    Act 240 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  32. Game Law - amend - issuing agent records and report

    Act 241 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  33. Penal Code - amend - bomb threats

    Act 242 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  34. Game Law - amend - tagging of lawfully killed deer, turkey or bear, penalties

    Act 243 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  35. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - State Commission on Academic Facilities, State Board of Education, State Board of Auctioneer Examiners

    Act 244 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  36. Air Pollution Control Act - amend - abatement, stationary air contamination source permit system, emergency conditions, Environmental Hearing Board, Environmental Quality Board, public hearings, penalties, civil penalties, civil remedies, jurisdiction

    Act 245 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  37. Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act - amend - professional solicitor, solicitation, fees, professional fund-raising counsel, registration, renewal, penalties

    Act 246 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  38. Environmental protection contract law

    Act 247 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  39. Game Law - amend - land purchase price

    Act 248 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  40. Vehicle Code - amend - liens and encumbrances

    Act 249 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  41. Life insurance creditor claim law - amend - exemptions

    Act 250 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  42. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Fayette County

    Act 251 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  43. Public Welfare Code - amend - intermediate care medical assistance payments

    Act 252 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  44. Third Class County Assessment Board Law - amend - land under restrictive covenant

    Act 253 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  45. County covenants to preserve land use law - amend - farm land, open space land, land under restrictive covenant, convenant term

    Act 254 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  46. Second Class County Assessment Law - amend - interest on refunds

    Act 255 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  47. Second Class Township Code - amend - truck size for roadmaster use

    Act 256 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  48. Escaped convict and prisoner detention and trial cost law - amend - costs, county liability

    Act 257 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  49. First Class Township Code - amend - sale of property

    Act 258 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  50. Liquor Code - amend - licensure and fees for city-owned art museums in cities of the first class

    Act 259 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  51. Game Law - amend - notice of license revocation

    Act 260 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  52. Local Tax Enabling Act - amend - tax credit or deduction against earned income taxed by other states or their political subdivisions

    Act 261 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  53. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Berks County

    Act 262 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  54. Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - amend - control, clinics, drug dependency treatment, distribution to persons under age 18, probation without verdict, disposition, criminal records

    Act 263 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  55. Fulton County courts law - repeal of law

    Act 264 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  56. County Prison Board Law - amend - Dauphin County prison

    Act 265 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  57. Supplementary act - second class city pension fund membership option

    Act 266 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  58. Domestic mink in captivity propagation regulation law - repeal of law

    Act 267 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  59. Municipal Employes' Retirement Law - amend - administrative fee, crediting of unexpended administrative expenses

    Act 268 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  60. Municipal Police Retirement Law - amend - administrative fee, use of tax on foreign casualty insurance premiums

    Act 269 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  61. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - cystic fibrosis treatment, appropriation

    Act 270 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  62. Corporations and Unincorporated Corporations (15 Pa.C.S.) - amend - original codification with related amendments to titles 09,22,40,42,54,67

    Act 271 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  63. Pennsylvania Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 - amend - racketeering

    Act 272 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  64. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - costs for exceptional children in approved institutions, sparsity factor

    Act 273 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  65. Capital budget 1972-1973 public improvement project debt authorization law

    Act 274 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  66. Capital Budget Act for Fiscal Year 1972-1973, Public Improvement Project Itemization Supplement -- Department of Property and Supplies

    Act 275 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  67. First Class Township Code - amend - millage of annual tax for general township purposes

    Act 276 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  68. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Bucks County

    Act 277 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  69. Coal and clay mine subsidence fund law - amend - Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Board, Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund, Department of Environmental Resources, administrative expenses, surplus, audit, appropriations, appeals

    Act 278 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  70. Legislative Officers and Employes Law - amend - cost-of-living increase

    Act 279 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  71. Local Government Unit Debt Act - amend - tax anticipation notes, approval, filing fee

    Act 280 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  72. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Dauphin County

    Act 281 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  73. Housing Agency Law - amend - short title, housing purchase program, rental housing program, persons and families of low or moderate income, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency

    Act 282 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  74. Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers Act

    Act 283 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  75. Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972

    Act 284 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  76. Military Code of 1949 - amend - medals, badges and awards

    Act 285 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  77. Military Code of 1949 - amend - technicians

    Act 286 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  78. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - confidentiality of student communications

    Act 287 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  79. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - amend - eye enucleation by funeral directors

    Act 288 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  80. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - salaries and increments, annuity contracts

    Act 289 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  81. General Provisions (01 Pa.C.S.) - amend - publication of laws, adoption and publication of constitutional and statutory provisions, statutory construction

    Act 290 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  82. Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act

    Act 291 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  83. Second Class County Jury Selection Act

    Act 292 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  84. Municipal pension systems actuarial investigation law

    Act 293 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  85. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain route in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County

    Act 294 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  86. City State Highway Law - amend - routes in City of Erie, Erie County

    Act 295 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  87. Township State Highway Law - amend - certain route in Harbor Creek Township, Erie County

    Act 296 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  88. Analytical-Biochemical-Biological Laboratory Act - amend - short title, clinical laboratory, director, advisory committee, exemptions, unlawful conduct

    Act 297 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  89. Third Class City Port Authority Act

    Act 298 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  90. Magisterial Districts Act for Counties of the Second Class - amend - prohibited activity

    Act 299 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  91. Legal age for suing and being sued law

    Act 300 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  92. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - disabled absentee electors, permanently disabled ballot list file, mailing of certain ballot application

    Act 301 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  93. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - expenses for attendance at meetings

    Act 302 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  94. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - liability insurance for school directors

    Act 303 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  95. Housing Replacement Authorization Act

    Act 304 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  96. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - meditation and prayer periods

    Act 305 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  97. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - boards of trustees of State colleges and universities

    Act 306 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  98. Vehicle Code - amend - length of load carried by combination carrying motor vehicles, penalty, special permit

    Act 307 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  99. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - administrative procedures for area vocational-technical schools

    Act 308 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

  100. County Code - amend - solicitor to coroner

    Act 309 of 1972 · 1972 · Original text

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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.