Witness Slips
A GraphQL API, built on Rails, providing access to witness slip data for the Illinois state legislature, including contextual information about the associated committees, hearing, and bills.
Why?
A witness slip is a public record of individual citizen's position on a bill posted to the Illinois state legislative committee. Slips can be filled out through web forms such as this one, however it is exceedingly difficult for citizens to discover bills relevant to their interests.
This API aims to provide reasonable access to these slips and a means of discovering relevant bills, as well as their associated contextual data.
Contributing
We welcome contributions from any interested parties. See the HACKING document for information on getting your environment up and running.
Sources
Data is sourced from the following websites, and updated nightly: