Govbot bill data
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181,852 bills, as of 2026-10-30T23:54:46Z.
Source: public government records gathered by the Open States scrapers (github.com/chn-openstates-files),
tagged by Govbot and refreshed twice a day. Explore it at https://chihacknight.github.io/govbot/dashboard/legislation.html

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
You may share and adapt this data for any purpose, including commercially, as long as you
credit: Govbot (Chi Hack Night), https://chihacknight.github.io/govbot/

Files
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  govbot-bills-all.csv.zip  every bill in one CSV (opens in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers)
  bills-<code>.csv          one jurisdiction's bills
  manifest.json             every file with its rows and size, for scripts
  ../data.json              every bill as JSON; ../bills/<code>.json one jurisdiction as JSON
  Full per-bill records (all actions, votes, versions): the govbot-data/<code>-legislation
  git repos on GitHub, or `govbot clone all` (see https://chihacknight.github.io/govbot/about.html).

Columns
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  Jurisdiction       two/three-letter code (usa = U.S. Congress)
  Jurisdiction name  the state, territory or federal government
  Session            the legislative session the bill belongs to
  Bill               the bill's number as the legislature writes it
  Title              the bill's official title
  Chamber            lower (House/Assembly), upper (Senate) or legislature (one chamber)
  Last action date   date of the latest recorded action (YYYY-MM-DD), blank if none
  Last action        what that action was
  Sponsors           sponsors and co-sponsors as the legislature lists them, separated by "; "
  Topics             Govbot's topic tags (AI-assigned), separated by "; "
  Official link      the bill on the legislature's own site
  Govbot link        the bill on Govbot's Explore Legislation page

Note: in the CSV files a cell that starts with = + - or @ has a ' added in front so a
spreadsheet shows it as text instead of running it as a formula. The JSON files are unchanged.
