GET bats/billaction

Gets Bill Actions for the current session year for Bills that originated in the House or the Senate.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

None.

Response Information

Resource Description

An array of Bill Actions containing details of the Governor's action related to a Bill.

Collection of BillAction

Name	Type	Additional information
bill_number	string	None.
bill_link	URI	None.
bill_description	string	None.
gov_action	string	None.
veto_link	URI	None.
action_date_time	date	None.
chamber	string	None.
billaction_id	globally unique identifier	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

[
  {
    "billaction_id": "2c4cfcfe-87af-4c33-a554-170ceb38e64d",
    "bill_number": "1012",
    "bill_link": "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1012&year=2013",
    "bill_description": "Relating to maintenance of a surety bond for appraisal management companies.",
    "gov_action": "Signed / Partial Veto",
    "veto_link": "https://crmpublicwebservice.des.wa.gov/bats/attachment/vetomessage/35ef72c3-afcf-e311-99e3-005056ba7b6d",
    "action_date_time": "2013-05-13T16:25:35",
    "chamber": "House"
  },
  {
    "billaction_id": "91366422-d957-4fbf-b162-86ef86870daa",
    "bill_number": "5000",
    "bill_link": "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5000&year=2012",
    "bill_description": "Relating to mandating a twelve-hour impound hold on motor vehicles used by persons arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.",
    "gov_action": "Signed",
    "veto_link": null,
    "action_date_time": "2012-04-12T15:24:34",
    "chamber": "Senate"
  }
]

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<ArrayOfBillAction xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/BATSService.Models">
  <BillAction>
    <action_date_time>2013-05-13T16:25:35</action_date_time>
    <bill_description>Relating to maintenance of a surety bond for appraisal management companies.</bill_description>
    <bill_link>http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1012&amp;year=2013</bill_link>
    <bill_number>1012</bill_number>
    <billaction_id>2c4cfcfe-87af-4c33-a554-170ceb38e64d</billaction_id>
    <chamber>House</chamber>
    <gov_action>Signed / Partial Veto</gov_action>
    <veto_link>https://crmpublicwebservice.des.wa.gov/bats/attachment/vetomessage/35ef72c3-afcf-e311-99e3-005056ba7b6d</veto_link>
  </BillAction>
  <BillAction>
    <action_date_time>2012-04-12T15:24:34</action_date_time>
    <bill_description>Relating to mandating a twelve-hour impound hold on motor vehicles used by persons arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.</bill_description>
    <bill_link>http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5000&amp;year=2012</bill_link>
    <bill_number>5000</bill_number>
    <billaction_id>91366422-d957-4fbf-b162-86ef86870daa</billaction_id>
    <chamber>Senate</chamber>
    <gov_action>Signed</gov_action>
    <veto_link i:nil="true" />
  </BillAction>
</ArrayOfBillAction>