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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.
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.
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.