# New Legislation Monitor: Laws in UK, EU, US, Japan (`maliksaid/new-legislation-monitor`) Actor

Legislation tracker for new laws and regulations from UK legislation.gov.uk, EU EUR-Lex, the US Federal Register, Japan e-Gov and the Spain BOE official gazette. Covers statutory instruments, directives, executive orders and royal decrees. Rows give type, number, title, dates and link.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/maliksaid/new-legislation-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Malik Said](https://apify.com/maliksaid) (community)
- **Categories:** AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 legislation acts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## New Legislation Monitor: Laws in UK, EU, US, Japan

New Legislation Monitor is a legislation tracker for new laws and regulations in five jurisdictions. It reads the official sources: legislation.gov.uk, EUR-Lex, the US Federal Register, Japan's e-Gov Law Search and Spain's BOE. It returns one row per new act in one schema.

Each row gives the jurisdiction, act type, official number, title, dates and the official link. The Actor returns metadata only. It does not download the full text.

Use it for regulatory change monitoring, compliance alerts, legal research and policy tracking. It also suits AI agents that need a daily feed of new legislation.

Schedule it daily with monitor mode on. Each run then returns only acts you have not seen before.

### New legislation covered: five jurisdictions

| Jurisdiction | Official source | What one row means | Rows for 21 Sep to 21 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | legislation.gov.uk new legislation feed | One new Act or statutory instrument (UK, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) | 119 |
| European Union | EUR-Lex (Publications Office CELLAR) | One legal act published in the Official Journal: regulation, directive, decision, recommendation | 261 |
| United States | Federal Register API | One final rule or presidential document: executive order, proclamation, memorandum | 274 |
| Japan | e-Gov Law Search API | One new law: Act, cabinet order, ministerial ordinance or rule | 8 |
| Spain | BOE open data API, section I | One general provision: ley, real decreto, orden, resolución and similar | 119 |

Counts change every day. They were counted on 21 October 2026.

Corrigenda and correction slips are left out for the UK and the EU. The US and Spain publish corrections as separate notices. The Actor keeps them with the type `Correction`, so you can filter them out.

### New legislation data you get

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `jurisdiction` | UK, EU, US, JP or ES |
| `documentType` | Act type in plain English, for example Statutory instrument, Implementing regulation, Final rule, Executive Order, Cabinet order, Royal decree |
| `documentTypeOriginal` | Act type as the source names it |
| `number` | Official number or citation, for example `S.I. 2026/1103`, `2026/2153`, `Executive Order 14436`, `Real Decreto 830/2026` |
| `title` | Official title in the source language |
| `titleLanguage` | `en`, `es` or `ja` |
| `issuer` | Institution, agency or department that made the act |
| `documentDate` | Date the act was made, signed or adopted |
| `publishedDate` | Date the act was published. For Japan, the promulgation date |
| `effectiveDate` | Entry into force or effective date |
| `summary` | Short official summary or abstract |
| `subjects` | Subject headings or category from the source |
| `url` | Official link to the act |
| `sourceId` | The source's own ID: legislation.gov.uk path, CELEX number, Federal Register document number, e-Gov law ID or BOE ID |
| `sourceAttribution` | Attribution text that the source's reuse terms ask for |

Sample EU record from a test run:

```json
{
  "id": "eu:32026D2153",
  "jurisdiction": "EU",
  "jurisdictionName": "European Union",
  "documentType": "Implementing decision",
  "documentTypeOriginal": "DEC_IMPL",
  "number": "2026/2153",
  "title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2153 of 28 September 2026 allowing Slovakia to authorise biocidal products containing ethylene oxide for the protection of cultural heritage (notified under document C(2026) 6723)",
  "titleLanguage": "en",
  "issuer": "Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety; European Commission",
  "documentDate": "2026-09-28",
  "publishedDate": "2026-09-29",
  "effectiveDate": "2026-09-29",
  "summary": null,
  "subjects": null,
  "url": "https://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2026/2153/oj",
  "sourceId": "32026D2153",
  "sourceName": "EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU)"
}
```

Sample UK record from the same run:

```json
{
  "id": "uk:uksi/2026/1103",
  "jurisdiction": "UK",
  "documentType": "Statutory instrument",
  "number": "S.I. 2026/1103",
  "title": "The Code of Practice (Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces) Order 2026",
  "titleLanguage": "en",
  "documentDate": "2026-10-19",
  "publishedDate": "2026-10-19",
  "subjects": "TRADE UNIONS",
  "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1103/made",
  "sourceId": "uksi/2026/1103"
}
```

Sample Spain record from the same run:

```json
{
  "id": "es:BOE-A-2026-21526",
  "jurisdiction": "ES",
  "documentType": "Royal decree",
  "documentTypeOriginal": "Real Decreto",
  "number": "Real Decreto 830/2026",
  "title": "Real Decreto 830/2026, de 14 de octubre, por el que se regula la concesión directa de una subvención a la Fundación Minería y Vida para el impulso de la sostenibilidad en la industria de las materias primas minerales.",
  "titleLanguage": "es",
  "issuer": "MINISTERIO PARA LA TRANSICIÓN ECOLÓGICA Y EL RETO DEMOGRÁFICO",
  "documentDate": "2026-10-14",
  "publishedDate": "2026-10-16",
  "subjects": "Subvenciones",
  "url": "https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-21526"
}
```

Some fields stay empty because a source does not publish them:

- `issuer` is empty for the UK and Japan.
- `effectiveDate` comes from the EU, the US and Japan only.
- `summary` comes from the UK and the US only.
- `number` is empty for Spanish resolutions, which have no number.

The Actor never guesses a missing value.

### New legislation: how to monitor it

1. Pick the jurisdictions. Leave the list empty for all five.
2. Set the date window. The default is the last 7 days.
3. Add a keyword watchlist. Example: `tax`, `impuesto`, `artificial intelligence`, `個人情報`.
4. Optional: keep only some act types. Example: `Act`, `Regulation`, `Directive`, `Royal decree`.
5. Turn on **Monitor mode** and schedule the Actor daily. Each run returns only new acts.
6. Send the output to Google Sheets, Slack, email or your own system through Apify integrations.

#### Keyword matching

Keywords search the title, number, summary, subjects and issuer. Titles stay in the source language. Use English keywords for the UK, EU and US, Spanish for Spain and Japanese for Japan.

English and Spanish keywords match whole words. They ignore case and accents, so `regulacion` matches "regulación". Japanese keywords match anywhere in the text.

#### Monitor mode

Monitor mode remembers which acts it returned before. Use a different **Monitor state key** for each watchlist.

#### Japan timing

e-Gov adds a new law some days or weeks after promulgation. The Actor filters Japan by promulgation date. Use 30 days back or more when you watch Japan. Monitor mode then returns each law once, when it first appears.

### New legislation input options

| Option | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Jurisdictions | All five | uk, eu, us, jp, es |
| Days back | 7 | Acts published in this many days before the end date |
| Start date, End date | Empty | Optional fixed window, YYYY-MM-DD |
| Keyword watchlist | None | Keep only matching acts |
| Document types | None | Keep only acts whose type contains one of these words |
| Monitor mode | Off | Return only acts not returned before |
| Monitor state key | `default` | Name of the monitor memory |
| Maximum acts | 100 | Stop after this many acts, newest first. Set 0 for no limit |

### New legislation pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the prices on 21 October 2026:

| Event | Price (USD) |
|---|---|
| Actor start, one per GB of memory (the default 256 MB counts as one) | $0.02 |
| Each legal act saved to your dataset | $0.003 ($3 per 1,000) |

Acts skipped by your filters or by monitor mode cost nothing. Check the Pricing tab for the current prices.

### New legislation sources and licences

- legislation.gov.uk: Open Government Licence v3.0.
- EUR-Lex and CELLAR: reuse is allowed when the source is acknowledged.
- Federal Register: US government work in the public domain.
- e-Gov Law Search: published by Japan's Digital Agency for reuse.
- BOE: commercial and non-commercial reuse is allowed with the credit line "Fuente de los datos: Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado".
- Each record carries its credit line in `sourceAttribution`.
- The Actor reads public APIs and feeds that need no login. It keeps the pace that each source asks for. For Spain it reads section I only, which holds rules of general application. It skips documents that the BOE has withdrawn from indexing.
- Always check the official text before you act on a record.

### New legislation run time

A 7-day run of all five jurisdictions takes about 30 seconds. A 30-day run takes about two minutes. Most of the time goes to legislation.gov.uk, which asks for 5 seconds between requests.

### New legislation FAQ

#### Does it include bills or draft laws?

No. It covers acts that have been made and published. US proposed rules are left out. UK draft statutory instruments appear only when legislation.gov.uk publishes them in its new legislation feed.

#### Does it include amending acts?

Yes, for the UK, EU, US and Spain. Each amending act is a new act in those sources. e-Gov lists amending acts inside the law they amend, so for Japan you get new laws only.

#### Can I get the full text?

No. The Actor returns metadata and the official link. Open the link for the full text.

#### Can I get older acts?

Yes. Set a start date in the past and set maximum acts to 0. One year of all five jurisdictions is about 9,000 acts (estimate from the 30-day counts).

#### Can an AI agent use it?

Yes. Agents can find and run it through the Apify MCP server or the Apify API. The output uses one schema for all jurisdictions.

### New legislation input and output example

This input comes from a real run:

```json
{
  "jurisdictions": [
    "uk",
    "eu",
    "us",
    "jp",
    "es"
  ],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "keywords": [
    "tax",
    "customs",
    "impuesto"
  ],
  "monitorMode": false,
  "maxItems": 5,
  "documentTypes": [],
  "stateKey": "default"
}
```

This is one row from that run's dataset:

```json
{
  "id": "us:2026-21267",
  "jurisdiction": "US",
  "jurisdictionName": "United States (federal)",
  "documentType": "Final rule",
  "documentTypeOriginal": "Rule",
  "number": "91 FR 65980",
  "title": "Regulations Regarding Payment of Tax by Commercially Acceptable Means",
  "titleLanguage": "en",
  "issuer": "Treasury Department; Internal Revenue Service",
  "documentDate": null,
  "publishedDate": "2026-10-19",
  "effectiveDate": "2026-10-19",
  "summary": "This document contains final regulations regarding the payment of tax by commercially acceptable means. The final regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Taxpayer First Act that would allow the IRS to directly accept payments of tax by credit or debit card, without having to connect taxpayers to third-party payment processors. These final regulations remove restrictions on the payment of any fee by the IRS under any contracts related to payment of taxes by credit, debit, or charge card, and on the IRS imposing any fee or charge on persons paying taxes by credit or debit card.",
  "subjects": "Employment taxes; Estate taxes; Excise taxes; Gift taxes; Income taxes; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements",
  "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/19/2026-21267/regulations-regarding-payment-of-tax-by-commercially-acceptable-means",
  "sourceId": "2026-21267",
  "sourceName": "Federal Register",
  "sourceAttribution": "Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov), Office of the Federal Register. US government work, public domain.",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T11:14:44.362Z"
}
```

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### Support

Report a problem in the Issues tab. Include the run link.

# Actor input Schema

## `jurisdictions` (type: `array`):

Which official legislation sources to read. Leave empty for all five.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Return acts published in this many days before the end date. Ignored when you set a start date. Japan adds new laws to e-Gov some days or weeks after promulgation, so use 30 or more for Japan.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional. First publication date to include, as YYYY-MM-DD. Overrides days back.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional. Last publication date to include, as YYYY-MM-DD. Default is today.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keep only acts whose title, number, summary, subjects or issuer contain at least one keyword. English and Spanish keywords match whole words and ignore accents. Japanese keywords match anywhere. Titles are in the source language: English for the UK, EU and US, Spanish for Spain, Japanese for Japan. Leave empty to keep every act.

## `documentTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional. Keep only acts whose type contains one of these words, for example "Act", "Regulation", "Directive", "Executive Order", "Royal decree" or "Cabinet order". Leave empty to keep every type.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Return only acts that earlier monitor-mode runs with the same state key did not return. Schedule the Actor with this on to get a feed of new acts.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Name of the memory that monitor mode uses. Use a different key for each separate watchlist.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after saving this many acts, newest first. The default keeps test runs short and cheap. Set 0 for no limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "jurisdictions": [
    "uk",
    "eu",
    "us",
    "jp",
    "es"
  ],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "keywords": [],
  "documentTypes": [],
  "monitorMode": false,
  "stateKey": "default",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "jurisdictions": [
        "uk",
        "eu",
        "us",
        "jp",
        "es"
    ],
    "daysBack": 7,
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("maliksaid/new-legislation-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "jurisdictions": [
        "uk",
        "eu",
        "us",
        "jp",
        "es",
    ],
    "daysBack": 7,
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("maliksaid/new-legislation-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "jurisdictions": [
    "uk",
    "eu",
    "us",
    "jp",
    "es"
  ],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call maliksaid/new-legislation-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,maliksaid/new-legislation-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Xd2tRnRBXaos1Wa8k/builds/qUFxE1NWlq1Rwfg9w/openapi.json