OpenStates Legislation Crawler - 50-State Bill Tracker
Pricing
Pay per event
Track state legislation across all 50 US states via the Open States API. Filter by state, session, subject, keyword, or date. Outputs bill metadata, sponsor details, vote records, and legislative actions -- ideal for AI policy monitoring, compliance tracking, and government intelligence.
You can access the OpenStates Legislation Crawler - 50-State Bill Tracker programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",10 "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",11 "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",12 "apiKey": "",13 "jurisdiction": "California",14 "session": "",15 "subject": "",16 "query": "",17 "classification": "",18 "updatedSince": "",19 "sortOrder": "updated_desc",20 "includeVotes": False,21 "includeActions": True,22 "includeVersions": True,23 "maxItems": 15,24 "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },25}26
27# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish28run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/openstates-legislation-crawler").call(run_input=run_input)29
30# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)31print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])32for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():33 print(item)34
35# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use OpenStates Legislation Crawler - 50-State Bill Tracker API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: