Jenkins collects Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated as well as the official Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau in print. See below for more details.
Jenkins also retains prior versions of Purdon's in print. See the Historical Statutes page of this guide for more information.
Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes West/Thomson Reuters
Annotated version of the statutes. Contains both the consolidated (Pa.C.S.A.) and unconsolidated (P.S.) statutes.
Legislative source information can usually be found below the text of the statute section. When available, additional legislative source information, like "Prior Laws" and "Uniform Laws", can be found in the "Historical and Statutory Notes" section located between the text of the statute section and the "Notes of Decisions".
Historical statutes also available. The library has Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes going back to the 1930s and even older statutes may be available in the Rare Book Room. Please contact Research Services at 215.574.1505 or research@jenkinslaw.org for more information.
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Pennsylvania General Assembly
The official, unannotated version of the consolidated statutes. Contains the consolidated statutes (Pa.C.S.) only. Does not contain the unconsolidated statutes.
The unconsolidated statutes are printed as pamphlet laws (P.L.) in the Laws of the General Assembly. For additional ways to find pamphlet laws, see the Pennsylvania Session Laws research guide.