The Pennsylvania Register
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.
1,833 laws of the 1990s
Constitution of 1968
Beacon Lodge Camp - services to the blind
An Act making an appropriation to the Beacon Lodge Camp.
Appropriation Act 12A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 753 · Official record
Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, MCP Hahnemann University - instruction student aid, minority education and recruitment and cardiovascular and heart failure/transplant studies
An Act making appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University.
Appropriation Act 13A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 502 · Official record
Arsenal Family and Children's Center - operation
An Act making an appropriation to the Arsenal Family and Children
Appropriation Act 14A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 763 · Official record
Thomas Jefferson University - instruction, maintenance, student aid, College of Allied Health Sciences, Children's Heart Hospital and Tay-Sachs disease program
An Act making appropriations to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.
Appropriation Act 15A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 738 · Official record
Berean Training and Industrial School - operation and maintenance
An Act making appropriations to the Trustees of the Berean Training and Industrial School at Philadelphia.
Appropriation Act 16A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 741 · Official record
Carnegie Museums - operation of planetarium and institute, maintenance and purchases
An Act making appropriations to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
Appropriation Act 17A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 755 · Official record
Everhart Museum - operation, maintenance and purchases
An Act making an appropriation to the Everhart Museum in Scranton.
Appropriation Act 18A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 756 · Official record
African-American Museum - operation, maintenance and purchases
An Act making an appropriation to the African-American Museum in Philadelphia for operating expenses.
Appropriation Act 19A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 757 · Official record
Academy of Natural Sciences - maintenance
An Act making an appropriation to the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Appropriation Act 20A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 758 · Official record
University of Pennsylvania Museum - maintenance and purchases
An Act making an appropriation to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the general maintenance and operation of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Appropriation Act 21A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 759 · Official record
Franklin Institute Science Museum - maintenance
An Act making an appropriation to the Franklin Institute Science Museum.
Appropriation Act 22A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 760 · Official record
Mercer Museum - operation, maintenance and purchases
An Act making an appropriation to the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Appropriation Act 23A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 761 · Official record
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts - operation, maintenance and purchases
An Act making an appropriation to the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Appropriation Act 24A of 1999 · May 13, 1999 · SB 762 · Official record
Lincoln University - operation, instruction, accounting methods and fiscal information disclosure, etc.
A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related institution in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Lincoln University," making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.
Appropriation Act 25A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 981 · Official record
University of Pittsburgh - operation and instruction, etc.
A Supplement to the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related university in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the chancellor to make an annual report of the operations of the University of Pittsburgh," making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.
Appropriation Act 26A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 982 · Official record
Pennsylvania State University - operation, instruction and research, etc.
A Supplement to the act of April 1, 1863 (P.L.213, No.227), entitled "An act to accept the grant of Public Lands, by the United States, to the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural Colleges," making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; and providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations, for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.
Appropriation Act 27A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 983 · Official record
Temple University - operation and instruction, etc.
A Supplement to the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related university in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in tuition; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual report of the operations of Temple University," making appropriations for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of such appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.
Appropriation Act 28A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 984 · Official record
Drexel University - instruction and student aid
An Act making an appropriation to the Trustees of Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Appropriation Act 29A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 985 · Official record
Pennsylvania College of Optometry - instruction and computer laboratory, etc.
An Act making appropriations to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia.
Appropriation Act 30A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 992 · Official record
Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, MCP Hahnemann University - instruction, operation, minority education and recruitment programs and pediatric services, etc.
An Act making appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University and for continuation of pediatric services.
Appropriation Act 31A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 994 · Official record
Central Penn Oncology Group - operation
An Act making an appropriation to the Central Penn Oncology Group.
Appropriation Act 32A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 997 · Official record
University of Pennsylvania - cardiovascular studies
An Act making an appropriation to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for cardiovascular studies.
Appropriation Act 33A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 998 · Official record
Burn Foundation - treatment
An Act making an appropriation to the Burn Foundation, Philadelphia.
Appropriation Act 34A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 999 · Official record
Fox Chase Institute for Cancer Research - operation and maintenance
An Act making an appropriation to the Fox Chase Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, for the operation and maintenance of the cancer research program.
Appropriation Act 35A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1000 · Official record
Lancaster Cleft Palate - treatment
An Act making an appropriation to the Lancaster Cleft Palate.
Appropriation Act 36A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1001 · Official record
Pittsburgh Cleft Palate - treatment
An Act making an appropriation to the Pittsburgh Cleft Palate.
Appropriation Act 37A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1002 · Official record
Children's Institute, The - treatment and rehabilitation of children and young adults with disabling diseases
An Act making an appropriation to The Children
Appropriation Act 38A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1003 · Official record
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The - comprehensive patient care for children, maintenance and operation
An Act making an appropriation to The Children
Appropriation Act 39A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1004 · Official record
St. Francis Hospital - cardiovascular studies
An Act making an appropriation to St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh.
Appropriation Act 40A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1005 · Official record
Wistar Institute - operation, maintenance and AIDS research
An Act making appropriations to the Wistar Institute-Research, Philadelphia.
Appropriation Act 41A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1006 · Official record
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission - operation
An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund and from Federal augmentation funds to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Appropriation Act 42A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · HB 1022 · Official record
University of Pennsylvania - operation of clinics, instruction, veterinary activities and cardiovascular studies
An Act making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
Appropriation Act 43A of 1999 · June 18, 1999 · SB 740 · Official record
American Battle Monuments Commission - National World War II Memorial construction
An Act making an appropriation to the American Battle Monuments Commission as a grant for use in the construction of the National World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia.
Appropriation Act 44A of 1999 · November 11, 1999 · SB 1050 · Official record
By decade
Constitution of 18741874–1967
Constitution of 17761776–1789
- 1780s 567
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.