openstates.legislature.bill_detail
Get full details for a specific US state bill by jurisdiction, session, and bill identifier. Returns complete legislative history including all actions (committee referrals, readings, amendments, final votes), sponsor information, abstract/summary, and roll-call vote counts. Obtain jurisdiction a...
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What openstates.legislature.bill_detail does on Apibase
AI agents call openstates.legislature.bill_detail to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
bill_id | string | Yes | Bill identifier within the session (e.g. "SB 700", "HB 1234", "SR 5"). Obtain from bills_search results. |
session | string | Yes | Legislative session identifier the bill belongs to (e.g. "20252026", "2024"). Obtain from bills_search results. |
jurisdiction | string | Yes | State abbreviation where the bill was introduced (e.g. "ca" for California, "ny" for New York). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why openstates.legislature.bill_detail is rated Low
Tool retrieves publicly available legislative bill information without side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition Get full details, returns complete legislative history, obtain jurisdiction and session
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The rule that runs openstates.legislature.bill_detail safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For openstates.legislature.bill_detail, this is the rule to start with:
openstates.legislature.bill_detail is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every openstates.legislature.bill_detail call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about openstates.legislature.bill_detail
Get full details for a specific US state bill by jurisdiction, session, and bill identifier. Returns complete legislative history including all actions (committee referrals, readings, amendments, final votes), sponsor information, abstract/summary, and roll-call vote counts. Obtain jurisdiction and session from bills_search results. Example: jurisdiction="ca", session="20252026", bill_id="SB 700". It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
openstates.legislature.bill_detail accepts 3 parameters: bill_id, session, jurisdiction. Required: bill_id, session, jurisdiction. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for openstates.legislature.bill_detail: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
openstates.legislature.bill_detail is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the openstates.legislature.bill_detail rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for openstates.legislature.bill_detail. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
openstates.legislature.bill_detail is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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