org.billcommons/bill-commons · v1.0.0 · data-and-databases
org.billcommons/bill-commons is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 1099 ms and exposes 10 tools.
Search 209k+ US state bills, all 50 states + DC: full text, sponsors, votes, status. Free.
Endpoint: https://mcp.billcommons.org/mcp (streamable-http)
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| Users (last 30 days) | 0 |
| Handshake | Healthy |
| Auth needed | None |
| Tool count | 10 |
| Latency | 1099 ms |
| Last checked (UTC) | 2026-10-15T13:00:19.308Z |
| Checked (UTC) | Status | Latency | Error |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15T13:00:19.308Z | Healthy | 1099 |
search_legislation | Search FULL BILL TEXT -- not just known-bill-number lookup. `q` is matched against titles, descriptions, AND ingested document text via Postgres websearch_to_tsquery (supports "quoted phrases", OR, and -exclusion, same syntax as a search engine), with a fuzzy pg_trgm title-similarity |
get_bill_record | Fetch the full record for one bill: metadata, sponsors, subjects, actions, versions, and vote-event summaries. Look up by canonical bill_id (UUID), or by jurisdiction + identifier (+ optional session to disambiguate). For a human bill number like HB 123, use jurisdiction="NC", identi |
compare_bill_versions | Deterministic diff (unified + structured) between two versions of a bill's extracted text. Defaults to earliest vs. latest texted version if version ids are omitted. Errors if fewer than 2 versions have extracted text. Result is labeled 'derived' (computed by Bill Commons, not an off |
find_similar_bills | Find bills with similar titles via deterministic trigram similarity, across jurisdictions. Labeled 'derived' -- not an official cross-reference or companion-bill designation. |
get_vote_details | Fetch vote event(s) with member-level (yes/no/other/absent) vote records. Provide vote_event_id for one vote, or bill_id for all recorded votes on that bill. |
trace_legislative_history | Full chronological legislative history for a bill: merged timeline of actions, version publications, and votes, plus related-bill links. |
build_legislative_evidence_packet | Compile a citation-ready evidence packet for a bill: full official record, legislative history timeline, votes with member-level detail, and hearings -- each explicitly labeled official vs. derived with source URLs. Returns a `how_to_cite` block with a one-line `cite_as` sentence, a hum |
get_jurisdiction_coverage | Return the jurisdiction_coverage state-machine status for one state (abbreviation or name), or the full stored coverage matrix if state is omitted. Public-registry and unlisted row counts are explicit. Includes bounded retained official-source observation health and evidence links. Cover |
get_active_sessions | List legislative sessions currently flagged active, optionally filtered by jurisdiction (two-letter state code or name). |
list_topics | List Bill Commons' curated cross-state topic trackers (e.g. artificial intelligence, youth online safety, platform accountability, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, data privacy, local government & preemption) -- the entry point for "what subjects does Bill Commons track across all 50 s |