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Free API for US state legislative data including bills, votes, legislators, and committees.

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GEThttps://v3.openstates.org/bills

Search state bills

Parameters

qsearch query (stringoptional

pagepage (integeroptional

apikeyAPI key (stringrequired

sessionlegislative session (stringoptional

per_pageresults (integeroptional

jurisdictionstate code e.g. carequired— ny, tx (string

Returns

results[] with id, identifier, title, session, classification, from_organization, latest_action_date, latest_action_description, subject[]

GEThttps://v3.openstates.org/bills/{jurisdiction}/{session}/{identifier}

Get bill details

Parameters

apikeyAPI key (stringrequired

sessionsession (stringrequired

identifierbill number (stringrequired

jurisdictionstate (stringrequired

Returns

id, identifier, title, abstracts[], actions[] with description, date, classification, sponsorships[], votes[]

GEThttps://v3.openstates.org/people

Search legislators

Parameters

namename search (stringoptional

apikeyAPI key (stringrequired

chamberupper|lower (stringoptional

jurisdictionstate (stringrequired

Returns

results[] with id, name, party, current_role.title, current_role.district, image, email, links[]