Legiscan Script

[PavelMakarchuk]

Summary

Adds a LegiScan bill monitoring script that automatically tracks state tax and benefit legislation relevant to PolicyEngine.

Features

• LegiScan API Integration: Searches for bills using configurable queries (income tax rate, EITC, child tax credit, SNAP benefits, etc.)
• Smart Filtering: Two-stage relevance filter with inclusion keywords (personal/individual income tax, EITC, child credits, SNAP) and exclusion keywords (business credits, property tax, Medicaid, education, military, etc.)
• 2026 Session Focus: Only tracks bills from current legislative sessions
• Supabase Persistence: Stores processed bills to prevent duplicate notifications
• GitHub Issue Digests: Creates daily digest issues with all new relevant bills grouped by state
• Last Action Tracking: Extracts and displays the most recent legislative action for each bill

Usage

export LEGISCAN_API_KEY="your_key"
export SUPABASE_KEY="your_key"

# Run for specific states
python scripts/legiscan_monitor.py --states GA,NY,CA

# Dry run (no issues created)
python scripts/legiscan_monitor.py --states GA --dry-run

Initial Results

• Identified 310 relevant bills across 37 states
• Created issues [2026-01-15] LegiScan Monitor: 47 new bills found #17 (GA/NY/OH) and [2026-01-15] LegiScan Monitor: 263 bills from all states #19 (all other states)
• Filtered out 9,000+ irrelevant bills

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