Developer access
Bulk access
The free public API is rate-limited per IP, which is the right default for occasional lookups and small monitors but the wrong fit for a bulk crawl or a full-corpus mirror. One download replaces hundreds of thousands of paginated requests.
Full-corpus snapshots
A one-time export of the entire dataset — bills, bill_versions, bill_documents, document_text, bill_actions, sponsorships, vote_events, vote_records — as Parquet files (zstd-compressed), full corpus plus a per-state breakdown, each with a manifest (row counts, sha256, generated-at) and an attribution file. Delivered within one business day by a signed download link.
-- read a snapshot with DuckDB, no import step
SELECT identifier, title, status
FROM 'bills.parquet'
WHERE jurisdiction = 'FL'
ORDER BY updated_at DESC
LIMIT 20;State snapshot — $99 once. One jurisdiction, 30-day window including in-window refreshes.
Full corpus — $499 once. All 51 jurisdictions, same terms.
Attribution required: credit as Data via Bill Commons (billcommons.org); Open States' own attribution requirement passes through. Snapshot files may not be redistributed or resold as-is — derived works are fine; redistribution rights are available on Enterprise. See methodology for the full data-terms.
Refunds: full refund until the download link is sent; not refundable after delivery. See data terms.
Need a state other than Florida? Tell us which one.
API keys
For ongoing programmatic access rather than a one-time export, get an API key. A free Developer key already raises your limit past the anonymous per-IP ceiling; paid tiers go well beyond that.
| Tier | Price | Requests/day | Heavy/day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | $0 | 2,000/IP, 5,000/24 | — |
| Developer | $0 (free key) | 5,000 | 500 |
| Builder | $49/mo | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| Scale | $299/mo | 500,000 | 100,000 |
| Enterprise | from $1,500/mo | custom | custom |
Scale: nightly snapshots (manual delivery until the automated builder ships).
First 90 days of paying customers are grandfathered at today's prices. Annual billing is 10× the monthly rate.
Ready to start?
Checkout is handled by Bill Commons and Stripe. No account is required to begin; purchases are linked to the email entered at checkout, and snapshot delivery follows by email within one business day.
Questions, or need something these tiers don't cover? Tell us via the feedback form.