FiscalNote

FiscalNote is a policy intelligence platform that provides legislative, regulatory, and stakeholder data spanning Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and more than 100 countries. FiscalNote expanded its PolicyNote API to eliminate AI hallucinations in compliance workflows by providing primary-source verified policy data.

FiscalNote publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Bills API, Committees API, Issues API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Government, Legislation, Policy, Political Intelligence, and Regulations.

The FiscalNote catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

FiscalNote’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, and 16 more developer resources.

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38.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent ready Heartbeat 0/100 dormant saas Full breakdown ↓
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4 published contracts

Government Legislation PolicyPolitical IntelligenceRegulations

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Composite quality — 38.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.2 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 5.9 / 17

Access Clarity 6.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 11

Contract Governance 1.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.1 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Government & Public Sector regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

5 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 34.5 — up to +13.1 composite points
Access Clarity scores 35.5 — up to +12.9 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 7.9 — up to +12.0 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Data Marketplaces (data providers on cloud data platforms)	distribution	9.6 (thin)	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

FiscalNote Bills API

Access legislation and bill data from federal, state, and international jurisdictions.

FiscalNote Committees API

Access legislative committee records including membership and jurisdiction information.

FiscalNote Issues API

Manage and retrieve organizational issues for tracking policy topics and legislative priorities.

FiscalNote Labels API

Manage and retrieve labels used to categorize and organize legislation and policy items.

FiscalNote Legislation API

Access legislative data spanning Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and international jurisdictions.

FiscalNote Legislators API

Access legislator-specific data including voting records, sponsored legislation, and committee memberships.

FiscalNote Officials API

Access government official profiles including legislators, executives, and appointees.

FiscalNote Organizations API

Access government organization records including agencies, departments, and independent bodies.

FiscalNote Policy Intelligence API

Access AI-powered policy analysis, impact summaries, and monitoring signals for policy changes.

FiscalNote Presidential Transcripts API

Access the real-time presidential transcript feed delivering primary-source transcripts of presidential communications.

FiscalNote Regulations API

Access regulatory data including proposed and final rules across federal and state agencies.

FiscalNote Regulatory Documents API

Access regulatory documents including proposed rules, final rules, and notices from government agencies.

FiscalNote Stakeholders API

Access stakeholder intelligence including government officials and organizational relationships.

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Open Collections 17

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

FiscalNote AppData API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Committees API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Issues API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Labels API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Legislation API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Legislators API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Officials API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote Organization API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Organizations API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote People API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Policy Intelligence API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote PolicyNote API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Presidential Transcripts API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Regulations API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Regulatory Documents API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote AppData Bills Stakeholders API

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FiscalNote API pricing

Not yet checked against FiscalNote's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.fiscalnote.com/products; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
PolicyNote — Platform Only subscription	—
PolicyNote — Essential (Most Popular) subscription	—
PolicyNote — Advanced subscription	—
Enterprise / API Access enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Per-customer API throttle: per-customer agreement; not publicly published varies

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against FiscalNote's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Fiscalnote Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Fiscalnote Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

FiscalNote

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Fiscalnote Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Fiscalnote Context

0 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

FiscalNote — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

FiscalNote Legislation

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FiscalNote Government Official

23 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FiscalNote Presidential Transcript

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Fiscalnote Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Fiscalnote Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Fiscalnote Agentic Access

26 operations

26 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Login

Documentation 4

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: fiscalnote
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fiscalnote/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: FiscalNote
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/fiscalnote.png
tags:
- Government
- Legislation
- Policy
- Political Intelligence
- Regulations
tags_raw:
- Government
- Legislation
- Policy
- Political Intelligence
- Regulation
description: FiscalNote is a policy intelligence platform that provides legislative, regulatory, and stakeholder data spanning
  Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and more than 100 countries. FiscalNote expanded its PolicyNote API to eliminate AI hallucinations
  in compliance workflows by providing primary-source verified policy data.
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-bills-api
  name: FiscalNote Bills API
  description: Access legislation and bill data from federal, state, and international jurisdictions.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Bills
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-bills-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-committees-api
  name: FiscalNote Committees API
  description: Access legislative committee records including membership and jurisdiction information.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Committees
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-committees-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-issues-api
  name: FiscalNote Issues API
  description: Manage and retrieve organizational issues for tracking policy topics and legislative priorities.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Issues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-issues-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-labels-api
  name: FiscalNote Labels API
  description: Manage and retrieve labels used to categorize and organize legislation and policy items.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Labels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-labels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-legislation-api
  name: FiscalNote Legislation API
  description: Access legislative data spanning Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and international jurisdictions.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Legislation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-legislation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-legislators-api
  name: FiscalNote Legislators API
  description: Access legislator-specific data including voting records, sponsored legislation, and committee memberships.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Legislators
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-legislators-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-officials-api
  name: FiscalNote Officials API
  description: Access government official profiles including legislators, executives, and appointees.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Officials
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-officials-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-organizations-api
  name: FiscalNote Organizations API
  description: Access government organization records including agencies, departments, and independent bodies.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-policy-intelligence-api
  name: FiscalNote Policy Intelligence API
  description: Access AI-powered policy analysis, impact summaries, and monitoring signals for policy changes.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Policy Intelligence
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-policy-intelligence-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-presidential-transcripts-api
  name: FiscalNote Presidential Transcripts API
  description: Access the real-time presidential transcript feed delivering primary-source transcripts of presidential communications.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Presidential Transcripts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-presidential-transcripts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-regulations-api
  name: FiscalNote Regulations API
  description: Access regulatory data including proposed and final rules across federal and state agencies.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Regulations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-regulations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-regulatory-documents-api
  name: FiscalNote Regulatory Documents API
  description: Access regulatory documents including proposed rules, final rules, and notices from government agencies.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Regulatory Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-regulatory-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-stakeholders-api
  name: FiscalNote Stakeholders API
  description: Access stakeholder intelligence including government officials and organizational relationships.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Stakeholders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-stakeholders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/fiscalnote/overview
- type: Plans
  url: plans/fiscalnote-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/fiscalnote-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/fiscalnote-finops.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/fiscalnote-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/fiscalnote-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/fiscalnote-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/FiscalNote
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fiscalnote
- type: Website
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- type: Blog
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/terms
- type: Login
  url: https://app.fiscalnote.com/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/fiscalnote-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/fiscalnote-legislation-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/fiscalnote-official-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/fiscalnote-transcript-schema.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

FiscalNote API — frequently asked questions

Does FiscalNote have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from FiscalNote, including FiscalNote Bills API, FiscalNote Committees API and FiscalNote Issues API, and 10 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the FiscalNote API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 13 OpenAPI specifications for FiscalNote, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the FiscalNote API?

FiscalNote uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Fiscalnote Authentication.

How much does the FiscalNote API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for FiscalNote, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the FiscalNote API ready for AI agents?

FiscalNote has a Kin Score of 38.2 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 31.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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