The Laws of Pennsylvania contain laws enacted as amendments to the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the official statutory codification established by the General Assembly under the act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230) . These laws have been incorporated into a separate official publication since 1975.
View the Consolidated Statutes
The Laws of Pennsylvania, also referred to as the Pamphlet Laws, have been recognized as official law since December 1, 1801. Acts are numbered by the Department of State and published by the Legislative Reference Bureau as separate official documents known as slip laws before publication in bound editions as the Laws of Pennsylvania.
NOTE: Amendatory acts prior to 1990 are not available.
View the Unconsolidated Statutes
The Pennsylvania Constitution is the foundation of our state government. Our first Constitution was adopted in 1776 and was a framework for the
U.S. Constitution, which did not take effect until 1789.
The complete text of the current state constitution is available in
HTML
,
PDF
, and
Microsoft Word
formats. The
history
of all legislation affecting the Constitution is also available.
