US state regulation
Pennsylvania
Every state-level regulation PlainRegWatch tracks for Pennsylvania - across data privacy, AI, food chemical bans, right to repair and worker protection, with status, effective dates and official sources.
- 34/100
- Strictness score
- 2
- Regulations tracked
- 2
- Enacted into law
- 1/5
- Categories regulated
The verdict
Pennsylvania is a light-touch regulator - 2 enacted regulations across 1 of 5 tracked policy areas, scoring 34/100 for regulatory strictness, led by Employment & Worker Protection.
- 34/100
- strictness score (vs peers)
- 2
- regulations enacted
- 1/5
- policy areas regulated
- Employment & Worker Protection
- most-active policy area
Strictness is a 0–100 composite of regulatory breadth and the enacted share; see methodology for how it is derived.
Regulatory Snapshot: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania currently tracks 2 regulations in the PlainRegWatch database, of which 2 are enacted and 0 remain pending before the state legislature. The state's composite strictness score sits at 34/100, classifying Pennsylvania as a light-touch regulator compared to its peers. Regulatory activity spans 1 of 5 policy categories covered by PlainRegWatch, with Employment & Worker Protection representing the most active area (2 enacted rules).
The earliest tracked Pennsylvania enactment dates to 2009, with the most recent documented enactment in 2017 - a window of 8 years of legislative activity. Across the 50-state fleet, Pennsylvania contributes to a national total that PlainRegWatch maintains across categories such as AI Regulation, Data Privacy, Employment & Worker Protection, Food Chemical Bans and more, each with distinct compliance obligations.
Compliance teams monitoring Pennsylvania should treat the 2-enacted / 0-pending split as a leading indicator: pending bills in this state often signal the shape of future regulation in neighboring jurisdictions with similar strictness scores. For the authoritative statutory text of any Pennsylvania regulation listed below, follow the source link on its detail page, PlainRegWatch links every entry to the official state legislative record.
💼 Employment & Worker Protection
Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act
43 P.S. 333.104 Effective: 2009-07-24Pennsylvania minimum wage equals federal: $7.25/hr. Tipped: $2.83/hr. Multiple legislative attempts to increase have failed.
Philadelphia Salary History Ban
Bill No. 160840 Effective: 2019-02-01Philadelphia city-only ordinance banning salary history inquiries. Note: state preemption attempted but courts upheld ordinance.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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What this means for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's regulatory activity is concentrated in employment & worker protection - the area to watch for compliance.
- Employment & Worker Protection is Pennsylvania's most-regulated area (2 enacted rules). Compare states
- Pennsylvania regulates across 1 of 5 tracked policy areas, with 0 bills still pending.
- See how Pennsylvania ranks against other states on regulatory strictness and volume. View rankings
Figures reflect regulations currently tracked from official Pennsylvania legislative records; coverage expands as new laws are enacted.
Source: State regulatory filings (IAPP / MultiState aggregation) Pennsylvania state-rule registry · 2017 State regulatory data aggregated from official state filings; status (enacted/pending/proposed) reflects latest legislative tracker snapshot.
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