LegislationService
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GetSessionLawChapter
Returns chapter and session law information on given bill.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium or billId.
Expects biennium to be in the format: 2005-06
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/GetSessionLawChapter" <?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> <GetSessionLawChapter xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <biennium>string</biennium> <billId>string</billId> </GetSessionLawChapter> </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> <GetSessionLawChapterResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <GetSessionLawChapterResult> <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber> <Year>int</Year> <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession> <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber> <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate> <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates> <BillId>string</BillId> <Biennium>string</Biennium> <BillTitle>string</BillTitle> <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto> <Veto>boolean</Veto> <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId> </GetSessionLawChapterResult> </GetSessionLawChapterResponse> </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> <GetSessionLawChapter xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <biennium>string</biennium> <billId>string</billId> </GetSessionLawChapter> </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> <GetSessionLawChapterResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <GetSessionLawChapterResult> <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber> <Year>int</Year> <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession> <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber> <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate> <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates> <BillId>string</BillId> <Biennium>string</Biennium> <BillTitle>string</BillTitle> <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto> <Veto>boolean</Veto> <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId> </GetSessionLawChapterResult> </GetSessionLawChapterResponse> </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/GetSessionLawChapter?biennium=string&billId=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"?> <SessionLaw xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber> <Year>int</Year> <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession> <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber> <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate> <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates> <BillId>string</BillId> <Biennium>string</Biennium> <BillTitle>string</BillTitle> <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto> <Veto>boolean</Veto> <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId> </SessionLaw>
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/GetSessionLawChapter HTTP/1.1 Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Length: length biennium=string&billId=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <SessionLaw xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <ChapterNumber>int</ChapterNumber> <Year>int</Year> <LegislativeSession>string</LegislativeSession> <LegislatureNumber>int</LegislatureNumber> <EffectiveDate>dateTime</EffectiveDate> <MultipleEffectiveDates>boolean</MultipleEffectiveDates> <BillId>string</BillId> <Biennium>string</Biennium> <BillTitle>string</BillTitle> <PartialVeto>boolean</PartialVeto> <Veto>boolean</Veto> <LegTypeId>int</LegTypeId> </SessionLaw>