Open States state bill search
Search bills in the 50 US state legislatures, DC and Puerto Rico by text, jurisdiction, session, subject, sponsor and action or update dates. Takes q, jurisdiction, session and more, all optional.
Inputs
- Q
- Full-text search, e.g. 'data privacy'Optional · q
- Jurisdiction
- State name or OCD jurisdiction id, e.g. 'California'Optional · jurisdiction
- Session
- Session identifier, e.g. '20232024'Optional · session
- Subject
- Subject tag, e.g. 'Health'Optional · subject
- Sponsor
- Sponsor name or person id, e.g. 'Wiener'Optional · sponsor
- Updated since
- Updated since (YYYY-MM-DD), e.g. '2025-01-01'Optional · updated_since
- Action since
- With an action since (YYYY-MM-DD), e.g. '2025-01-01'Optional · action_since
- Sort
- Sort, e.g. 'latest_action_desc' (updated_desc, updated_asc, first_action_desc, first_action_asc, latest_action_desc or latest_action_asc)Optional · sort
- Include
- Extra blocks per bill, e.g. ['sponsorships', 'abstracts']Optional · include
- Per page
- Bills per page (1-20), e.g. 10Optional · per_page
- Page
- Page number, e.g. 1Optional · page
Pricing
- Price
- Free, no charge per call
- Billing
- No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.
- License
- Public domain dedication (Open States)
- Attribution
- Data from Open States (Plural Policy)
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Alternatives
- Congress.gov bill actions and textsCongress.govFree
- Congress.gov bill detailCongress.govFree
- Congress.gov bill listCongress.govFree
- eCFR amendment historyeCFRFree
- eCFR regulation texteCFRFree
- eCFR regulation text searcheCFRFree
- EU court rulings interpreting an actEUR-LexFree
- EUR-Lex act by CELEX numberEUR-LexFree
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