FiscalNote Regulations API
Access regulatory data including proposed and final rules across federal and state agencies.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: FiscalNote PolicyNote Regulations API
description: The FiscalNote PolicyNote API delivers programmatic access to legislative, regulatory, and stakeholder intelligence datasets spanning Congress, all 50 U.S.
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: FiscalNote Support
url: https://fiscalnote.com/contact
termsOfService: https://fiscalnote.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.fiscalnote.com
description: Production Server
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Regulations
description: Access regulatory data including proposed and final rules across federal and state agencies.
paths:
/policynote/v1/regulations:
get:
operationId: listRegulations
summary: FiscalNote List regulations
description: Returns a paginated list of regulatory records including proposed rules, final rules, and notices from federal and state regulatory agencies.
tags:
- Regulations
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/jurisdictionParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/agencyParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/regulationStatusParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/queryParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offsetParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/updatedSinceParam'
responses:
'200':
description: A paginated list of regulation records.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RegulationListResponse'
'401':
description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'429':
description: Rate limit exceeded.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
/policynote/v1/regulations/{regulationId}:
get:
operationId: getRegulation
summary: FiscalNote Get regulation by ID
description: Returns detailed information about a specific regulation including its full text, issuing agency, comment period, and current status.
tags:
- Regulations
parameters:
- name: regulationId
in: path
required: true
description: The unique identifier of the regulation.
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Detailed regulation record.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Regulation'
'401':
description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'404':
description: Regulation not found.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
parameters:
updatedSinceParam:
name: updatedSince
in: query
required: false
description: Return only records updated after this ISO 8601 datetime.
schema:
type: string
format: date-time
regulationStatusParam:
name: status
in: query
required: false
description: Filter by regulation status such as proposed, final, or withdrawn.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- proposed
- comment_period
- final
- withdrawn
jurisdictionParam:
name: jurisdiction
in: query
required: false
description: Filter by jurisdiction code such as US, US-CA, GB, or EU.
schema:
type: string
limitParam:
name: limit
in: query
required: false
description: Maximum number of results to return per page.
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 100
default: 25
agencyParam:
name: agency
in: query
required: false
description: Filter by issuing agency name or identifier.
schema:
type: string
offsetParam:
name: offset
in: query
required: false
description: Number of results to skip for pagination.
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 0
default: 0
queryParam:
name: q
in: query
required: false
description: Full-text search query to filter results.
schema:
type: string
schemas:
RegulationListResponse:
type: object
description: Paginated response containing a list of regulation records.
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Regulation'
pagination:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
Error:
type: object
description: Error response returned when a request fails.
properties:
code:
type: integer
description: HTTP status code.
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message.
details:
type: string
description: Additional details about the error.
Pagination:
type: object
description: Pagination metadata for list responses.
properties:
total:
type: integer
description: Total number of records matching the query.
limit:
type: integer
description: Maximum number of records returned per page.
offset:
type: integer
description: Number of records skipped.
hasMore:
type: boolean
description: Indicates whether more records are available.
Regulation:
type: object
description: A regulatory record including proposed rules, final rules, and notices from federal and state agencies.
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier for the regulation record.
title:
type: string
description: Title of the regulation.
agency:
type: string
description: Name of the issuing agency.
type:
type: string
description: Type of regulation such as proposed_rule, final_rule, or notice.
enum:
- proposed_rule
- final_rule
- notice
- executive_order
status:
type: string
description: Current status of the regulation.
jurisdiction:
type: string
description: Jurisdiction code for the regulation.
publishedDate:
type: string
format: date
description: Date the regulation was published.
effectiveDate:
type: string
format: date
description: Date the regulation takes effect.
commentPeriodEnd:
type: string
format: date
description: End date of the public comment period.
summary:
type: string
description: Summary text of the regulation.
fullTextUrl:
type: string
format: uri
description: URL to the full text of the regulation.
url:
type: string
format: uri
description: URL to the regulation record on the FiscalNote platform.
createdAt:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Timestamp when the record was created.
updatedAt:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Timestamp when the record was last updated.
securitySchemes:
apiKey:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: Authorization
description: API key provided by FiscalNote. Include in the Authorization header of each request.
externalDocs:
description: PolicyNote API Documentation
url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api