CommitteeActionService Web Service

CommitteeActionService

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GetCommitteeReferralsByCommittee

Returns summary legislation information on all bills that have been referred to the committee by committee.
Exception thrown for invalid agency or committee name or biennium.
Expects biennium to be in the format: 2005-06
Agency should be House or Senate.
CommitteeName is the Name Property returned in GetActiveHouseCommittees/GetActiveSenateCommittees.

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 /committeeactionservice.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/GetCommitteeReferralsByCommittee"

<?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>
    <GetCommitteeReferralsByCommittee xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <agency>string</agency>
      <committeeName>string</committeeName>
    </GetCommitteeReferralsByCommittee>
  </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>
    <GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResult>
        <CommitteeReferral>
          <LegislationInfo>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
            <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
            <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
            <ShortLegislationType xsi:nil="true" />
            <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
            <Active>boolean</Active>
            <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
          </LegislationInfo>
          <Committee>
            <Phone>string</Phone>
          </Committee>
          <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
        </CommitteeReferral>
        <CommitteeReferral>
          <LegislationInfo>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
            <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
            <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
            <ShortLegislationType xsi:nil="true" />
            <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
            <Active>boolean</Active>
            <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
          </LegislationInfo>
          <Committee>
            <Phone>string</Phone>
          </Committee>
          <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
        </CommitteeReferral>
      </GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResult>
    </GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResponse>
  </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 /committeeactionservice.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>
    <GetCommitteeReferralsByCommittee xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <agency>string</agency>
      <committeeName>string</committeeName>
    </GetCommitteeReferralsByCommittee>
  </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>
    <GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResult>
        <CommitteeReferral>
          <LegislationInfo>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
            <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
            <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
            <ShortLegislationType xsi:nil="true" />
            <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
            <Active>boolean</Active>
            <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
          </LegislationInfo>
          <Committee>
            <Phone>string</Phone>
          </Committee>
          <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
        </CommitteeReferral>
        <CommitteeReferral>
          <LegislationInfo>
            <Biennium>string</Biennium>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
            <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
            <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
            <ShortLegislationType xsi:nil="true" />
            <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
            <Active>boolean</Active>
            <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
          </LegislationInfo>
          <Committee>
            <Phone>string</Phone>
          </Committee>
          <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
        </CommitteeReferral>
      </GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResult>
    </GetCommitteeReferralsByCommitteeResponse>
  </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 /committeeactionservice.asmx/GetCommitteeReferralsByCommittee?biennium=string&agency=string&committeeName=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"?>
<ArrayOfCommitteeReferral xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <CommitteeReferral>
    <LegislationInfo>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
      <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
      <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
      <ShortLegislationType>
        <ShortLegislationType>string</ShortLegislationType>
        <LongLegislationType>string</LongLegislationType>
      </ShortLegislationType>
      <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
      <Active>boolean</Active>
      <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
    </LegislationInfo>
    <Committee>
      <Phone>string</Phone>
    </Committee>
    <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
  </CommitteeReferral>
  <CommitteeReferral>
    <LegislationInfo>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
      <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
      <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
      <ShortLegislationType>
        <ShortLegislationType>string</ShortLegislationType>
        <LongLegislationType>string</LongLegislationType>
      </ShortLegislationType>
      <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
      <Active>boolean</Active>
      <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
    </LegislationInfo>
    <Committee>
      <Phone>string</Phone>
    </Committee>
    <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
  </CommitteeReferral>
</ArrayOfCommitteeReferral>

HTTP POST

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

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

biennium=string&agency=string&committeeName=string

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

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfCommitteeReferral xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <CommitteeReferral>
    <LegislationInfo>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
      <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
      <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
      <ShortLegislationType>
        <ShortLegislationType>string</ShortLegislationType>
        <LongLegislationType>string</LongLegislationType>
      </ShortLegislationType>
      <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
      <Active>boolean</Active>
      <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
    </LegislationInfo>
    <Committee>
      <Phone>string</Phone>
    </Committee>
    <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
  </CommitteeReferral>
  <CommitteeReferral>
    <LegislationInfo>
      <Biennium>string</Biennium>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <BillNumber>int</BillNumber>
      <SubstituteVersion>int</SubstituteVersion>
      <EngrossedVersion>int</EngrossedVersion>
      <ShortLegislationType>
        <ShortLegislationType>string</ShortLegislationType>
        <LongLegislationType>string</LongLegislationType>
      </ShortLegislationType>
      <OriginalAgency>string</OriginalAgency>
      <Active>boolean</Active>
      <DisplayNumber>string</DisplayNumber>
    </LegislationInfo>
    <Committee>
      <Phone>string</Phone>
    </Committee>
    <ReferredDate>dateTime</ReferredDate>
  </CommitteeReferral>
</ArrayOfCommitteeReferral>

Parameter	Value
biennium:
agency:
committeeName: