GET
/api/legislative/searchSearch legislative records
Search bills, laws, lawmakers, committees, amendments, House votes, sectors, and text-analysis dimensions.
currentdeveloper_free or higher
Source
Congress.gov, House votes, FEC context where linked
Scopes
search:read
Parameters
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q | no | Search text or simple syntax such as congress:119 state:TX type:hr. |
| entityType | no | Optional entity filter such as bill, law, legislator, committee, amendment, or house_vote. |
| congress | no | Congress number filter. |
| sector | no | Affected sector filter such as healthcare, energy, or telecom. |
| limit | no | Maximum rows returned for this page. Defaults to 25 and is capped at 100. |
| offset | no | Offset pagination for compatibility responses. Negative offsets are normalized to 0. |
Request example
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAWLINTER_API_KEY" "https://example.com/api/legislative/search?q=energy%20state:TX&entityType=bill&limit=10"Response example
{
"items": [
{
"entityType": "bill",
"title": "S 98 - 119",
"subtitle": "Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025",
"congress": 119,
"lifecycleStatus": "became_law",
"rank": 8.42
}
],
"facets": {
"entityTypes": [{"value": "bill", "count": 42}],
"congresses": [{"value": "119", "count": 12}]
},
"mode": "lexical",
"limit": 10,
"offset": 0
}