LegislationService Web Service

LegislationService

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GetPrefiledLegislation

Returns detailed 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/GetPrefiledLegislation"

<?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>
    <GetPrefiledLegislation 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>
    <GetPrefiledLegislationResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetPrefiledLegislationResult>
        <Legislation>
          <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
          <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
          <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
          <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
          <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
          <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
          <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <Request>string</Request>
          <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
          <CurrentStatus>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
            <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
            <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
            <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
            <Veto>boolean</Veto>
            <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </CurrentStatus>
          <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
          <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
          <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
          <Companions>
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
          </Companions>
        </Legislation>
        <Legislation>
          <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
          <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
          <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
          <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
          <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
          <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
          <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <Request>string</Request>
          <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
          <CurrentStatus>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
            <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
            <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
            <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
            <Veto>boolean</Veto>
            <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </CurrentStatus>
          <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
          <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
          <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
          <Companions>
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
          </Companions>
        </Legislation>
      </GetPrefiledLegislationResult>
    </GetPrefiledLegislationResponse>
  </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>
    <GetPrefiledLegislation 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>
    <GetPrefiledLegislationResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetPrefiledLegislationResult>
        <Legislation>
          <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
          <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
          <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
          <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
          <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
          <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
          <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <Request>string</Request>
          <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
          <CurrentStatus>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
            <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
            <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
            <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
            <Veto>boolean</Veto>
            <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </CurrentStatus>
          <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
          <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
          <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
          <Companions>
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
          </Companions>
        </Legislation>
        <Legislation>
          <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
          <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
          <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
          <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
          <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
          <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
          <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <Request>string</Request>
          <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
          <CurrentStatus>
            <BillId>string</BillId>
            <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
            <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
            <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
            <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
            <Veto>boolean</Veto>
            <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
            <Status>string</Status>
          </CurrentStatus>
          <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
          <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
          <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
          <Companions>
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
            <Companion xsi:nil="true" />
          </Companions>
        </Legislation>
      </GetPrefiledLegislationResult>
    </GetPrefiledLegislationResponse>
  </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/GetPrefiledLegislation? 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"?>
<ArrayOfLegislation xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <Legislation>
    <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
    <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
    <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
    <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
    <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
    <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
    <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <Request>string</Request>
    <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
    <CurrentStatus>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
      <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
      <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
      <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
      <Veto>boolean</Veto>
      <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </CurrentStatus>
    <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
    <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
    <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
    <Companions>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
    </Companions>
  </Legislation>
  <Legislation>
    <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
    <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
    <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
    <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
    <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
    <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
    <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <Request>string</Request>
    <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
    <CurrentStatus>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
      <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
      <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
      <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
      <Veto>boolean</Veto>
      <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </CurrentStatus>
    <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
    <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
    <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
    <Companions>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
    </Companions>
  </Legislation>
</ArrayOfLegislation>

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/GetPrefiledLegislation 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"?>
<ArrayOfLegislation xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <Legislation>
    <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
    <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
    <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
    <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
    <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
    <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
    <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <Request>string</Request>
    <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
    <CurrentStatus>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
      <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
      <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
      <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
      <Veto>boolean</Veto>
      <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </CurrentStatus>
    <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
    <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
    <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
    <Companions>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
    </Companions>
  </Legislation>
  <Legislation>
    <StateFiscalNote>boolean</StateFiscalNote>
    <LocalFiscalNote>boolean</LocalFiscalNote>
    <Appropriations>boolean</Appropriations>
    <RequestedByGovernor>boolean</RequestedByGovernor>
    <RequestedByBudgetCommittee>boolean</RequestedByBudgetCommittee>
    <RequestedByDepartment>boolean</RequestedByDepartment>
    <RequestedByOther>boolean</RequestedByOther>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <Request>string</Request>
    <IntroducedDate>dateTime</IntroducedDate>
    <CurrentStatus>
      <BillId>string</BillId>
      <HistoryLine>string</HistoryLine>
      <ActionDate>dateTime</ActionDate>
      <AmendedByOppositeBody>boolean</AmendedByOppositeBody>
      <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto>
      <Veto>boolean</Veto>
      <AmendmentsExist>boolean</AmendmentsExist>
      <Status>string</Status>
    </CurrentStatus>
    <Sponsor>string</Sponsor>
    <PrimeSponsorID>int</PrimeSponsorID>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
    <LegalTitle>string</LegalTitle>
    <Companions>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
      <Companion>
        <Biennium>string</Biennium>
        <BillId>string</BillId>
        <Status>string</Status>
      </Companion>
    </Companions>
  </Legislation>
</ArrayOfLegislation>