Class: Bill

A piece of legislation. name is its title.

 classDiagram
    class Bill
    click Bill href "Bill.html"
      HasProvenance <|-- Bill
        click HasProvenance href "HasProvenance.html"
      NamedThing <|-- Bill
        click NamedThing href "NamedThing.html"
      
      Bill : description
        
      Bill : id
        
      Bill : identifiers
        
          
    
        
        
        Bill --> "*" ExternalIdentifier : identifiers
        click ExternalIdentifier href "ExternalIdentifier.html"
    

        
      Bill : legislation_identifier
        
      Bill : legislative_session
        
      Bill : legislature
        
          
    
        
        
        Bill --> "1" Organization : legislature
        click Organization href "Organization.html"
    

        
      Bill : name
        
      Bill : record_status
        
          
    
        
        
        Bill --> "0..1" RecordStatusEnum : record_status
        click RecordStatusEnum href "RecordStatusEnum.html"
    

        
      Bill : recorded_at
        
      Bill : recorded_by
        
      Bill : sources
        
          
    
        
        
        Bill --> "*" Source : sources
        click Source href "Source.html"
    

        
      Bill : sponsors
        
          
    
        
        
        Bill --> "*" Person : sponsors
        click Person href "Person.html"
    

        
      Bill : topics
        
          
    
        
        
        Bill --> "*" Topic : topics
        click Topic href "Topic.html"
    

        
      Bill : url

Inheritance

NamedThing
- Bill [ HasProvenance]

Class Properties

Property	Value
Class URI	schema:Legislation

Slots

Name	Cardinality and Range	Description	Inheritance
legislative_session	0..1 String	e.g. “119th Congress” or “2025 Regular Session”.	direct
url	0..1 Uri	Canonical web page for the record, e.g. an official site or the published fact- check.	direct
topics	* Topic	Subject areas the record is about.	direct
legislation_identifier	1 String	e.g. “H.R. 1234”.	direct
legislature	1 Organization	The legislature or chamber where the bill was introduced.	direct
sponsors	* Person	Legislators who sponsored or cosponsored the bill.	direct
sources	* Source	The source records this record was derived from.	HasProvenance
recorded_by	0..1 String	Contributor account or automated pipeline that created this record (e.g. “user:alice”, “pipeline:congress-votes@v1”).	HasProvenance
recorded_at	0..1 Datetime	When the record was created in Electepedia, not when the underlying event happened.	HasProvenance
record_status	0..1 RecordStatusEnum	Whether this record accurately reflects its sources (e.g. the person really said this, the vote really happened this way). This is NOT a judgement on whether a claim is true; that is what ClaimReview is for.	HasProvenance
id	1 Uriorcurie	Stable Electepedia identifier, e.g. elp:person/jane-example. External identifiers (Bioguide, FEC, Wikidata…) go in `identifiers`.	NamedThing
name	1 String	Primary display name.	NamedThing
description	0..1 String	Free-text summary of the record.	NamedThing
identifiers	* ExternalIdentifier	Identifiers for this entity in external registries.	NamedThing

Usages

used by	used in	type	used
Dataset	bills	range	Bill
Motion	bill	range	Bill

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	schema:Legislation
native	electepedia:Bill

LinkML Source

Direct

name: Bill
description: A piece of legislation. `name` is its title.
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
is_a: NamedThing
mixins:
- HasProvenance
slots:
- legislative_session
- url
- topics
attributes:
  legislation_identifier:
    name: legislation_identifier
    description: e.g. "H.R. 1234".
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:legislationIdentifier
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    required: true
  legislature:
    name: legislature
    description: The legislature or chamber where the bill was introduced.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:legislationJurisdiction
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    range: Organization
    required: true
  sponsors:
    name: sponsors
    description: Legislators who sponsored or cosponsored the bill.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:sponsor
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    range: Person
    multivalued: true
class_uri: schema:Legislation

Induced

name: Bill
description: A piece of legislation. `name` is its title.
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
is_a: NamedThing
mixins:
- HasProvenance
attributes:
  legislation_identifier:
    name: legislation_identifier
    description: e.g. "H.R. 1234".
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:legislationIdentifier
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    range: string
    required: true
  legislature:
    name: legislature
    description: The legislature or chamber where the bill was introduced.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:legislationJurisdiction
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    range: Organization
    required: true
  sponsors:
    name: sponsors
    description: Legislators who sponsored or cosponsored the bill.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:sponsor
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    range: Person
    multivalued: true
  legislative_session:
    name: legislative_session
    description: e.g. "119th Congress" or "2025 Regular Session".
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: opengov:legislativeSession
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    - Motion
    range: string
  url:
    name: url
    description: Canonical web page for the record, e.g. an official site or the published
      fact- check.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:url
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - OnlineAccount
    - Organization
    - Source
    - Event
    - ClaimReview
    - Bill
    range: uri
  topics:
    name: topics
    description: Subject areas the record is about.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:about
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - Dataset
    - Event
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - Bill
    range: Topic
    multivalued: true
  sources:
    name: sources
    description: The source records this record was derived from.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    close_mappings:
    - dcterms:source
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: prov:wasDerivedFrom
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - Dataset
    - HasProvenance
    range: Source
    multivalued: true
  recorded_by:
    name: recorded_by
    description: Contributor account or automated pipeline that created this record
      (e.g. "user:alice", "pipeline:congress-votes@v1").
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: prov:wasAttributedTo
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: string
  recorded_at:
    name: recorded_at
    description: When the record was created in Electepedia, not when the underlying
      event happened.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: pav:createdOn
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: datetime
  record_status:
    name: record_status
    description: Whether this record accurately reflects its sources (e.g. the person
      really said this, the vote really happened this way). This is NOT a judgement
      on whether a claim is true; that is what ClaimReview is for.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    ifabsent: string(unverified)
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: RecordStatusEnum
  id:
    name: id
    description: Stable Electepedia identifier, e.g. elp:person/jane-example. External
      identifiers (Bioguide, FEC, Wikidata...) go in `identifiers`.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    identifier: true
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Post
    - Membership
    - Source
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - ClaimReview
    - Topic
    - Motion
    - VoteEvent
    - Vote
    - FinancialTransaction
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: Primary display name.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    exact_mappings:
    - foaf:name
    - skos:prefLabel
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:name
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Source
    - Topic
    range: string
    required: true
  description:
    name: description
    description: Free-text summary of the record.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    exact_mappings:
    - dcterms:description
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:description
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Topic
    - FinancialTransaction
    range: string
  identifiers:
    name: identifiers
    description: Identifiers for this entity in external registries.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    close_mappings:
    - dcterms:identifier
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    owner: Bill
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: ExternalIdentifier
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
class_uri: schema:Legislation