##Example Bills
Simple Bill
[S1234-2011](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S1234-2011) [(API XML)](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/2.0/bill/S1234-2011.xml)
BIll with version in Assembly & senate
[S70A-2011](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S70A-2011) [(API XML)](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/2.0/bill/S70A-2011.xml) = [A3030A-2011](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/A3030A-2011) [(API XML)](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/2.0/bill/A3030A-2011.xml)
BIll with Amendment
[S39-2011](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S39-2011) [(API XML)](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/2.0/bill/S39-2011.xml) -> [S39A-2011](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S39A-2011) [(API XML)](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/2.0/bill/S39A-2011.xml)
##Front-end Meta of a Bill
###Same as:
A sister bill in the Assembly
###Versions:
Amendments to the bill as it progresses
###Sponsor / Co-sponsor(s):
"Owner" of the bill
###Committee:
Organization in charge or vetting the bill
###Law Section:
What the bill will modify
###Law:
The specific law that will be modified
###Actions:
Actions taken to the bill
###Memo:
###Bill Text:
Body of the bill
##API updates
###bill
oid `-`
otype `bill`
osearch ``
actclause `The bill act clause`
actions `Contains the text for all the bill’s previous actions.`
committee `The name of the current committee holding the bill.`
cosponsors `Contains the short names of all bill cosponsors.`
full `The full text of the bill.`
lawsection `The lawsection of the bill, i.e. General Business Law.`
memo `The bill memo.`
pastcommittees `Contains the names of all the bills past committees.`
sameas `Specifies the id of the bill’s sister document. Senate bills introduced in the assembly and visa versa.`
**previousVersions** `A bit broken currently, cuts off the trailing number :-/`
sponsor `The short name of the bill sponsor.`
stricken `Boolean value indicating if the bill has been stricken.`
summary `The bill summary text.`
title `The bill title.`
year ` The bill session year (2009, 2011, etc.)`