openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: FiscalNote AppData Bills API
  description: The FiscalNote AppData API provides access to FiscalNote's data on legislation and regulations, both past and present, in the United States and globally. It also exposes organizational data from the FiscalNote platform including issues and labels. Developers can use the API to integrate legislative tracking, regulatory monitoring, and policy analysis capabilities into their own applications and workflows.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: FiscalNote Support
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/contact
  termsOfService: https://fiscalnote.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  description: Production Server
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Bills
  description: Access legislation and bill data from federal, state, and international jurisdictions.
paths:
  /appdata/v1/bills:
    get:
      operationId: listBills
      summary: FiscalNote List bills
      description: Returns a paginated list of bills and legislative measures. Supports filtering by jurisdiction, session, status, keyword search, and other criteria. Results include both current and historical legislation from the US and international jurisdictions.
      tags:
      - Bills
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jurisdictionParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sessionParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/statusParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/queryParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offsetParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/updatedSinceParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of bill records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillListResponse'
        '401':
          description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /appdata/v1/bills/{billId}:
    get:
      operationId: getBill
      summary: FiscalNote Get bill by ID
      description: Returns detailed information about a specific bill including its full text, sponsors, committee assignments, vote history, and current status.
      tags:
      - Bills
      parameters:
      - name: billId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The unique identifier of the bill.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Detailed bill record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bill'
        '401':
          description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Bill not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  parameters:
    limitParam:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Maximum number of results to return per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 25
    jurisdictionParam:
      name: jurisdiction
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Filter by jurisdiction code such as US, US-CA, GB, or EU.
      schema:
        type: string
    statusParam:
      name: status
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Filter by legislation status.
      schema:
        type: string
    sessionParam:
      name: session
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Filter by legislative session identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
    queryParam:
      name: q
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Full-text search query to filter results.
      schema:
        type: string
    updatedSinceParam:
      name: updatedSince
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Return only records updated after this ISO 8601 datetime.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
    offsetParam:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of results to skip for pagination.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        default: 0
  schemas:
    SponsorRef:
      type: object
      description: A reference to a bill sponsor.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of the sponsor.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Full name of the sponsor.
        role:
          type: string
          description: Role such as primary or cosponsor.
    BillListResponse:
      type: object
      description: Paginated response containing a list of bills.
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bill'
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    Bill:
      type: object
      description: A bill or legislative measure from a federal, state, or international jurisdiction.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the bill.
        title:
          type: string
          description: Official title of the bill.
        number:
          type: string
          description: Bill number.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Type of legislation.
        jurisdiction:
          type: string
          description: Jurisdiction code where the bill was introduced.
        session:
          type: string
          description: Legislative session identifier.
        status:
          type: string
          description: Current status of the bill.
        introducedDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date the bill was introduced.
        lastActionDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date of the most recent action.
        lastAction:
          type: string
          description: Description of the most recent action.
        sponsors:
          type: array
          description: List of sponsors and co-sponsors.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SponsorRef'
        subjects:
          type: array
          description: Subject tags associated with the bill.
          items:
            type: string
        summary:
          type: string
          description: Summary text of the bill.
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to the bill on the FiscalNote platform.
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Timestamp when the record was created.
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Timestamp when the record was last updated.
    Pagination:
      type: object
      description: Pagination metadata for list responses.
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of records matching the query.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum number of records returned per page.
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records skipped.
        hasMore:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether more records are available.
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Error response returned when a request fails.
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API key provided by FiscalNote. Include in the Authorization header of each request.
externalDocs:
  description: FiscalNote AppData API Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis