LegislationService


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GetLegislationByRequestNumber

Returns legislation information based on the original request number of the draft submitted.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium or requestNumber or if no information 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:
requestNumber:

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 /legislationservice.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/GetLegislationByRequestNumber"

<?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>
    <GetLegislationByRequestNumber xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <requestNumber>string</requestNumber>
    </GetLegislationByRequestNumber>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationByRequestNumberResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetLegislationByRequestNumberResult>
        <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
        <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
        <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
        <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
        <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
        <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
        <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
        <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
        <Request>string</Request>
        <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
        <CurrentStatus>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
          <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
          <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
          <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
          <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
          <Veto>boolean</Veto>
          <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
          <Status>string</Status>
        </CurrentStatus>
        <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
        <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
        <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
        <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
        <Companions>
          <Companion>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </Companion>
          <Companion>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </Companion>
        </Companions>
      </GetLegislationByRequestNumberResult>
    </GetLegislationByRequestNumberResponse>
  </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 /legislationservice.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>
    <GetLegislationByRequestNumber xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <requestNumber>string</requestNumber>
    </GetLegislationByRequestNumber>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationByRequestNumberResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetLegislationByRequestNumberResult>
        <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
        <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
        <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
        <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
        <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
        <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
        <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
        <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
        <Request>string</Request>
        <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
        <CurrentStatus>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
          <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
          <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
          <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
          <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
          <Veto>boolean</Veto>
          <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
          <Status>string</Status>
        </CurrentStatus>
        <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
        <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
        <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
        <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
        <Companions>
          <Companion>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </Companion>
          <Companion>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </Companion>
        </Companions>
      </GetLegislationByRequestNumberResult>
    </GetLegislationByRequestNumberResponse>
  </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 /legislationservice.asmx/GetLegislationByRequestNumber?biennium=string&requestNumber=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"?>
<Legislation xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
  <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
  <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
  <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
  <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
  <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
  <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
  <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
  <Request>string</Request>
  <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
  <CurrentStatus>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
    <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
    <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
    <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
    <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
    <Veto>boolean</Veto>
    <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
    <Status>string</Status>
  </CurrentStatus>
  <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
  <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
  <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
  <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
  <Companions>
    <Companion>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </Companion>
    <Companion>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </Companion>
  </Companions>
</Legislation>

HTTP POST

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

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

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

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Legislation xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
  <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
  <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
  <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
  <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
  <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
  <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
  <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
  <Request>string</Request>
  <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
  <CurrentStatus>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
    <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
    <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
    <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
    <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
    <Veto>boolean</Veto>
    <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
    <Status>string</Status>
  </CurrentStatus>
  <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
  <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
  <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
  <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
  <Companions>
    <Companion>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </Companion>
    <Companion>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </Companion>
  </Companions>
</Legislation>