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openstates.committees

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List Legislative Committees

List legislative committees for a US state, optionally filtered by chamber (upper/lower) or type (committee/subcommittee). Returns committee name, chamber, jurisdiction, and parent committee for subcommittees. Useful for identifying which committee oversees a policy area or finding where a bill is assigned. Use jurisdiction codes such as "ca", "tx", "ny".

Government & Legalprovider: Openstates#openstates#government

Input schema

page

Page number for pagination (default 1).

integer
chamber

Filter by chamber (e.g. "upper" for Senate, "lower" for House/Assembly, "legislature" for joint committees).

string
per_page

Number of results per page (1–50, default 20).

integer
jurisdiction

State or jurisdiction abbreviation to list committees for (e.g. "ca", "tx", "ny").

string
classification

Filter by committee classification (e.g. "committee", "subcommittee").

string

Call via REST

curl -X POST https://unifyapi.pro/api/call/openstates.committees \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer uak_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"page":0,"chamber":"<chamber>","per_page":0,"jurisdiction":"<jurisdiction>","classification":"<classification>"}'

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