LegislationService Web Service

LegislationService

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GetRollCalls

Returns list of roll calls taken on the bill.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium.
Expects biennium in the format 2005-06.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.

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/GetRollCalls"

<?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>
    <GetRollCalls xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <billNumber>int</billNumber>
    </GetRollCalls>
  </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>
    <GetRollCallsResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetRollCallsResult>
        <RollCall>
          <Agency>string</Agency>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <Motion>string</Motion>
          <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
          <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
          <YeaVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </YeaVotes>
          <NayVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </NayVotes>
          <AbsentVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </AbsentVotes>
          <ExcusedVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </ExcusedVotes>
          <Votes>
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
          </Votes>
        </RollCall>
        <RollCall>
          <Agency>string</Agency>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <Motion>string</Motion>
          <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
          <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
          <YeaVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </YeaVotes>
          <NayVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </NayVotes>
          <AbsentVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </AbsentVotes>
          <ExcusedVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </ExcusedVotes>
          <Votes>
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
          </Votes>
        </RollCall>
      </GetRollCallsResult>
    </GetRollCallsResponse>
  </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>
    <GetRollCalls xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <billNumber>int</billNumber>
    </GetRollCalls>
  </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>
    <GetRollCallsResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetRollCallsResult>
        <RollCall>
          <Agency>string</Agency>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <Motion>string</Motion>
          <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
          <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
          <YeaVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </YeaVotes>
          <NayVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </NayVotes>
          <AbsentVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </AbsentVotes>
          <ExcusedVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </ExcusedVotes>
          <Votes>
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
          </Votes>
        </RollCall>
        <RollCall>
          <Agency>string</Agency>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <Motion>string</Motion>
          <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
          <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
          <YeaVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </YeaVotes>
          <NayVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </NayVotes>
          <AbsentVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </AbsentVotes>
          <ExcusedVotes>
            <Count>int</Count>
            <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
          </ExcusedVotes>
          <Votes>
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
            <Vote xsi:nil="true" />
          </Votes>
        </RollCall>
      </GetRollCallsResult>
    </GetRollCallsResponse>
  </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/GetRollCalls?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"?>
<ArrayOfRollCall xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <RollCall>
    <Agency>string</Agency>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <Motion>string</Motion>
    <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
    <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
    <YeaVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </YeaVotes>
    <NayVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </NayVotes>
    <AbsentVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </AbsentVotes>
    <ExcusedVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </ExcusedVotes>
    <Votes>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
    </Votes>
  </RollCall>
  <RollCall>
    <Agency>string</Agency>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <Motion>string</Motion>
    <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
    <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
    <YeaVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </YeaVotes>
    <NayVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </NayVotes>
    <AbsentVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </AbsentVotes>
    <ExcusedVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </ExcusedVotes>
    <Votes>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
    </Votes>
  </RollCall>
</ArrayOfRollCall>

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/GetRollCalls 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"?>
<ArrayOfRollCall xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <RollCall>
    <Agency>string</Agency>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <Motion>string</Motion>
    <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
    <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
    <YeaVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </YeaVotes>
    <NayVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </NayVotes>
    <AbsentVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </AbsentVotes>
    <ExcusedVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </ExcusedVotes>
    <Votes>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
    </Votes>
  </RollCall>
  <RollCall>
    <Agency>string</Agency>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <Motion>string</Motion>
    <SequenceNumber>int</SequenceNumber>
    <VoteDate>dateTime</VoteDate>
    <YeaVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </YeaVotes>
    <NayVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </NayVotes>
    <AbsentVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </AbsentVotes>
    <ExcusedVotes>
      <Count>int</Count>
      <MembersVoting>string</MembersVoting>
    </ExcusedVotes>
    <Votes>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
      <Vote>
        <MemberId>int</MemberId>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <VOte>Yea or Nay or Absent or Excused</VOte>
      </Vote>
    </Votes>
  </RollCall>
</ArrayOfRollCall>

Parameter	Value
biennium:
billNumber: