LegislationService


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GetLegislationPassedLegislature

Returns summary legislation information on all bills that have passed the legislature.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium.
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:

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/GetLegislationPassedLegislature"

<?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>
    <GetLegislationPassedLegislature xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
    </GetLegislationPassedLegislature>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResult>
        <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>
      </GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResult>
    </GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResponse>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationPassedLegislature xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
    </GetLegislationPassedLegislature>
  </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>
    <GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResult>
        <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>
      </GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResult>
    </GetLegislationPassedLegislatureResponse>
  </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/GetLegislationPassedLegislature?biennium=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/GetLegislationPassedLegislature HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

biennium=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>