Bills

List bills

GET/v1/billsAll plans

Keep a local copy of Congress in step: page through by updatedSince every hour and fetch only what changed. Or narrow to a Congress, chamber, sponsor or policy area to build a tracker.

curl "https://api.thelobbynews.com/v1/bills?congress=119&type=hr&limit=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lobby_live_..."

Response 200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "billId": "119-hr-10917",
      "congress": 119,
      "type": "HR",
      "number": 10917,
      "title": "Wildfire Emergency Act of 2026",
      "originChamber": "House",
      "introducedDate": "2026-10-26",
      "latestAction": {
        "date": "2026-10-26",
        "text": "Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juri…"
      },
      "policyArea": null,
      "sponsor": {
        "bioguideId": "P000613",
        "name": "Jimmy Panetta",
        "party": "Democratic",
        "state": "CA",
        "district": 19
      },
      "publicLaws": [],
      "updateDate": "2026-10-29T03:53:42.000Z",
      "webUrl": "https://thelobbynews.com/congress/bills/119/house-bill/10917"
    },
    {
      "billId": "119-hr-10909",
      "congress": 119,
      "type": "HR",
      "number": 10909,
      "title": "Deaths in Custody Reporting Reform Act",
      "originChamber": "House",
      "introducedDate": "2026-10-26",
      "latestAction": {
        "date": "2026-10-26",
        "text": "Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committ…"
      },
      "policyArea": null,
      "sponsor": {
        "bioguideId": "C001068",
        "name": "Steve Cohen",
        "party": "Democratic",
        "state": "TN",
        "district": 9
      },
      "publicLaws": [],
      "updateDate": "2026-10-29T03:53:42.000Z",
      "webUrl": "https://thelobbynews.com/congress/bills/119/house-bill/10909"
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJsIjoiYmlsbHM6dXBkYXRlZCIsImsiOlsiMjAyNi0xMC0yOVQwMzo1Mzo0Mi4wMDBaIiwiMTE5LWhyLTEwOTA5Il19"
}

A real response, trimmed for length: lists cut to three items, long text shortened.

Query parameters

Name	Description
congressinteger	e.g. 119
typestring	hr, s, hjres, sjres, hres, sres, hconres or sconreshr · s · hjres · sjres · hres · sres · hconres · sconres
chamberstring	Chamber of originHouse · Senate
policyAreastring	A policy area slug
sponsorstring	The sponsor's bioguide id
updatedSincedate-time	Only bills Congress.gov updated at or after this instant
orderstring	updated (default) or numberupdated · number
cursorstring	nextCursor from the previous page
limitinteger	Page size, 1 to 100 (default 25)

Response

Field	Description
dataBillSummary[]
data[].billIdstring	Congress, type and number: 119-hr-1234.
data[].congressinteger
data[].typestring	HR, S, HJRES, SJRES, HRES, SRES, HCONRES or SCONRES.
data[].numberinteger
data[].titlestring
data[].originChamberstring \| null
data[].introducedDatestring \| null
data[].latestActionLatestAction \| null
data[].policyAreastring \| null
data[].sponsorMemberRef \| null
data[].publicLawsstring[]	Public law numbers, e.g. 119-21. Empty unless enacted.
data[].updateDatestring \| null	Congress.gov's last update to the bill record.
data[].webUrlstring
nextCursorstring \| null	Pass as `cursor` for the next page; null on the last page.