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bill-commons

Search 209k+ US state bills, all 50 states + DC: full text, sponsors, votes, status. Free.

Endpoint URL
https://mcp.billcommons.org/mcp
Current status
responds
Last checked
Aug 17, 2026, 05:03 AM UTC
Check
MCP initialize · 8s limit
Latency
467 ms
Response record
4 of 4 rounds
Transport
streamable-http
Source
mcp_registry
Registry name
org.billcommons/bill-commons

Current observation

This endpoint answered at its latest recorded check.

What this server reports about itself

Self-reported at initialize. Not verified by Licium.

Server name
billcommons
Version
1.28.1
Capability keys
experimental, prompts, resources, tools
Tool names
search_legislation, get_bill_record, compare_bill_versions, find_similar_bills, get_vote_details, get_upcoming_hearings, trace_legislative_history, build_legislative_evidence_packet, get_jurisdiction_coverage, get_active_sessions, list_topics
Instructions excerpt

Bill Commons: public, open-source legislative search for all 50 US states + DC. Tools return structured JSON with canonical ids, official source_url fields, retrieved_at freshness timestamps, and explicit official-vs-derived labeling. Coverage is uneven while ingestion is in progress -- call get_jurisdiction_coverage before relying on an empty result to mean 'no such legislation exists'. SCOPE -- what is NOT here. Do not answer these from Bill Commons, and do not report an empty result as evidence that the legislation does not exist: - US CONGRESS. State legislatures only. No federal bills, no H.R./S. numbers, no Congressional committees. - CITY AND COUNTY ORDINANCES. Nothing below the state legislature. A question about a municipal code, city commission, or county board is out of scope even for a state we cover well. (State bills that REGULATE cities -- preemption, home rule, municipal finance -- are in scope and are searchable.) - CURRENT SESSION ONLY. Not an archive; no prior-year

Reported Aug 17, 2026, 05:03 AM UTC.

Check history

Oldest to newest. Each row is one recorded check.

  1. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 355ms
  2. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 509ms
  3. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 441ms
  4. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 467ms