PA. is Only State that does not post its State laws on a Website

[JPZenger]

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/8210732.html

The above article describes how the PA. State House has proposed the radical idea of actually posting all State laws on the State website. Currently, only laws passed in the last few years are available, and there is no free compilation. PA. is the only one of the 50 states that does not post all of its State laws on a website.

Most States have posted their laws on the web for many years, in forms that are easily searchable. PA. State regulations are posted but not the laws.

I always thought it was kind of strange for a State to say you must comply with State laws, but we are going to make it hard for you to find out what the law says.

[mainegreen]

1. 'easily searchable'. That's a term with wiggle room.

I tried to look up a law here recently passed on janus and bloody hell, if I didn't find two versions of the same law with no indication of which was implemented. And good luck reading half the laws.
Nothing like a law that says something like 'change the third instance of 'of' to 'of not'' which references another law which says something similar which references another law and so on and so one.
It's enough to drive one batty.

[T Wolf]

2. It also makes it nearly impossible to find out how state legislators have

voted on bills.

Must protect the secret ballot, I guess.

[PhishWithLemon99]

3. they post...

roll call votes online at www.legis.state.pa.us. It's pretty straightforward.

Rep. Lisa Bennington's bill to put laws online passed (i think unanimously) yesterday...on to the Senate.