Get roll call vote details including individual legislator votes. Get roll_call_id by calling get_bill first.
AI agents call legiscan_get_roll_call to retrieve information from LegiScan MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs read-only access to public legislative voting records. There are no side effects, data modifications, code execution, or financial implications. The data retrieved (roll call votes and legislator voting records) is public information. Misuse by an AI agent would be limited to retrieving legislative information, posing minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves roll call vote details and individual legislator votes. The name 'get_roll_call' and description 'Get roll call vote details' indicate data retrieval without modification.
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Get roll call vote details including individual legislator votes. Get roll_call_id by calling get_bill first. It is categorised as a Read tool in the LegiScan MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the LegiScan MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for legiscan_get_roll_call: 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 LegiScan MCP Server. Nothing to install.
legiscan_get_roll_call 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 legiscan_get_roll_call 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 legiscan_get_roll_call. 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.
legiscan_get_roll_call is provided by the LegiScan MCP Server MCP server (sh-patterson/legiscan-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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