# bill-commons MCP Server

Search 209k+ US state bills, all 50 states + DC: full text, sponsors, votes, status. Free.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 11 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to bill-commons on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 18179ms.

It identifies itself as `billcommons` version 1.28.1, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 11 tools when it connected:

- `search_legislation`
- `get_bill_record`
- `compare_bill_versions`
- `find_similar_bills`
- `get_vote_details`
- `get_upcoming_hearings`
- `trace_legislative_history`
- `build_legislative_evidence_packet`
- `get_jurisdiction_coverage`
- `get_active_sessions`
- `list_topics`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.billcommons.org/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bill-commons": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.billcommons.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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