Get how a legislator voted on specific bills. Use find_legislator first to get people_id from a name. Returns vote positions (Yea/Nay/NV/Absent) for each bill with roll call details.

Get only bills where a legislator is the PRIMARY author, not co-sponsor. Use find_legislator first to get people_id from a name. Filters out co-sponsored bills automatically.

Find a legislator's people_id by searching their name. Useful as a first step before other queries. Supports partial name matching.

Get detailed bill information including sponsors, full history, votes, texts, amendments, and supplements. This is the primary tool for bill research.

Get roll call vote details including individual legislator votes. Get roll_call_id by calling get_bill first.

Find a bill by its number within a state's current session or specific session. Handles format variations (AB 858, AB858, AB-858). Returns bill summary if found, null if not.

Get legislator information including party, role, district, and third-party IDs (VoteSmart, OpenSecrets, Ballotpedia, FollowTheMoney).

Get all legislators active in a legislative session. Returns list of people with their roles, parties, and districts.

Full-text search across bill texts. Returns 50 results per page with relevance scores, bill summaries, and URLs. Use for interactive searches.

Get list of available legislative sessions. Returns sessions with session_id, years, and state info. Use session_id for subsequent bill lookups.