SessionLawService


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GetSessionLawByBill

Returns session law information for a bill. Note: This will not return information on Initiatives to the Legislature.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium or when no session law found.
Expects biennium to be in the format: 2005-06.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.
Parameter Value
biennium:
billNumber:

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /SessionLawService.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/GetSessionLawByBill"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetSessionLawByBill xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <billNumber>int</billNumber>
    </GetSessionLawByBill>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetSessionLawByBillResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetSessionLawByBillResult>
        <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber>
        <Year>int</Year>
        <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession>
        <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber>
        <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate>
        <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillTitle>string</BillTitle>
        <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
        <Veto>boolean</Veto>
        <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId>
      </GetSessionLawByBillResult>
    </GetSessionLawByBillResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /SessionLawService.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetSessionLawByBill xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <billNumber>int</billNumber>
    </GetSessionLawByBill>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetSessionLawByBillResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetSessionLawByBillResult>
        <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber>
        <Year>int</Year>
        <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession>
        <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber>
        <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate>
        <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillTitle>string</BillTitle>
        <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
        <Veto>boolean</Veto>
        <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId>
      </GetSessionLawByBillResult>
    </GetSessionLawByBillResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /SessionLawService.asmx/GetSessionLawByBill?biennium=string&billNumber=string HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SessionLaw xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber>
  <Year>int</Year>
  <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession>
  <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber>
  <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate>
  <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates>
  <BillId>string</BillId>
  <Biennium>string</Biennium>
  <BillTitle>string</BillTitle>
  <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
  <Veto>boolean</Veto>
  <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId>
</SessionLaw>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /SessionLawService.asmx/GetSessionLawByBill HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

biennium=string&billNumber=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SessionLaw xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber>
  <Year>int</Year>
  <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession>
  <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber>
  <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate>
  <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates>
  <BillId>string</BillId>
  <Biennium>string</Biennium>
  <BillTitle>string</BillTitle>
  <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
  <Veto>boolean</Veto>
  <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId>
</SessionLaw>