LegislationService


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GetPreFiledLegislationInfo

Returns summary legislation information on all prefiled bills (currently in prefiled status).
Once a bill is formally introduced, its information can be obtained by calling the GetLegislation method.

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/GetPreFiledLegislationInfo"

<?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>
    <GetPreFiledLegislationInfo xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/" />
  </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>
    <GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResult>
        <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>
      </GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResult>
    </GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResponse>
  </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>
    <GetPreFiledLegislationInfo xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/" />
  </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>
    <GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResult>
        <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>
      </GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResult>
    </GetPreFiledLegislationInfoResponse>
  </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/GetPreFiledLegislationInfo? 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/GetPreFiledLegislationInfo HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length


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>