sh-patterson/legiscan-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that wraps the LegiScan API to provide access to legislative data from all 50 US states and Congress. It enables searching bills, retrieving full text, tracking votes, looking up legislators, and monitoring legislative changes. Built in TypeScript, it implements the Model Context Protocol for integration with AI assistants.

Best for

Best for
Developers building AI assistants that need to query US legislative data

Use cases

• Search bills across all 50 states and Congress
• Retrieve full bill text and voting records
• Look up legislators and monitor legislative changes

How to use

Install

npm install -g legiscan-mcp-server

Tools exposed

• legiscan_find_legislator
• legiscan_get_legislator_votes
• legiscan_get_primary_authored
• legiscan_get_bill
• legiscan_find_bill_by_number
• legiscan_get_roll_call
• legiscan_get_person
• legiscan_get_session_people
• legiscan_search
• legiscan_get_session_list

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code

Notes

An MCP server that wraps the LegiScan API to provide access to legislative data from all 50 US states and Congress. It enables searching bills, retrieving full text, tracking votes, looking up legislators, and monitoring legislative changes. Built in TypeScript, it implements the Model Context Protocol for integration with AI assistants.

3 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-21. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Search bills across all 50 states and Congress
• Retrieve full bill text and voting records
• Look up legislators and monitor legislative changes

Pros

• Covers legislative data from all 50 states and Congress in one tool
• Provides comprehensive data including bills, text, votes, and legislators
• Uses the MCP standard for easy integration with AI assistants

Cons

• Low GitHub star count (3) indicates limited adoption or community support
• Depends on the LegiScan API, which may require an API key and have usage limits
• Documentation and examples may be sparse due to early stage

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