LegislationService


Click here for a complete list of operations.

GetLegislationByYear

Returns summary legislation information on all bills active during the year. If substitutes to the bill have been proposed, they will be listed separately. The active flag is true for versions that can be passed on the floor.
Exception thrown for invalid year.
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
year:

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/GetLegislationByYear"

<?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>
    <GetLegislationByYear xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <year>int</year>
    </GetLegislationByYear>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationByYearResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetLegislationByYearResult>
        <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>
        <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>
      </GetLegislationByYearResult>
    </GetLegislationByYearResponse>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationByYear xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <year>int</year>
    </GetLegislationByYear>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationByYearResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetLegislationByYearResult>
        <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>
        <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>
      </GetLegislationByYearResult>
    </GetLegislationByYearResponse>
  </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/GetLegislationByYear?year=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"?>
<ArrayOfLegislationInfo xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <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>
  <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>
</ArrayOfLegislationInfo>

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

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

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfLegislationInfo xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <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>
  <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>
</ArrayOfLegislationInfo>