openstates.legislature.committees
List legislative committees for a US state, optionally filtered by chamber (upper/lower) or type (committee/subcommittee). Returns committee name, chamber, jurisdiction, and parent committee for subcommittees. Useful for identifying which committee oversees a policy area or finding where a bill i...
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What openstates.legislature.committees does on Apibase
AI agents call openstates.legislature.committees 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
page | integer | — | Page number for pagination (default 1). |
chamber | string | — | Filter by chamber (e.g. "upper" for Senate, "lower" for House/Assembly, "legislature" for joint committees). |
per_page | integer | — | Number of results per page (1–50, default 20). |
jurisdiction | string | — | State or jurisdiction abbreviation to list committees for (e.g. "ca", "tx", "ny"). |
classification | string | — | Filter by committee classification (e.g. "committee", "subcommittee"). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why openstates.legislature.committees is rated Low
Tool retrieves public legislative committee metadata without modification or execution capabilities.
From the tool's definition List legislative committees, identifies committee oversees, finding where bill assigned
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The rule that runs openstates.legislature.committees 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.committees, this is the rule to start with:
openstates.legislature.committees 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.committees call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about openstates.legislature.committees
List legislative committees for a US state, optionally filtered by chamber (upper/lower) or type (committee/subcommittee). Returns committee name, chamber, jurisdiction, and parent committee for subcommittees. Useful for identifying which committee oversees a policy area or finding where a bill is assigned. Use jurisdiction codes such as "ca", "tx", "ny". It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
openstates.legislature.committees accepts 5 parameters: page, chamber, per_page, jurisdiction, classification. 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.committees: 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.committees 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.committees 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.committees. 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.committees 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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