get

government-members

/governments/us/states/{state}/legislature/lower/current

Get current state house members

Returns current members of the state house/assembly (lower chamber) for a specific state.

Parameters

nametyperequireddescription
statepathstringrequiredTwo-letter state code (lowercase)
pagequeryintegerdefault 1Page number for pagination
limitqueryintegerdefault 50Number of items per page

Example

curl
curl "https://civiclens.io/api/v1/governments/us/states/ca/legislature/lower/current"
200 response
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "j573texe08j86jtn9vw54j9pdh850w8w",
      "ocdPersonId": "6b7e3458-361f-4fce-8a8c-069282db2af7",
      "name": "Rick Zbur",
      "firstName": "Rick",
      "lastName": "Zbur",
      "title": "Representative",
      "profileImage": "https://svnkcjvhjsabii6v.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/photos/j573texe08j86jtn9vw54j9pdh850w8w-P6LMkEeml4MdC2HxdUKg31wwMqMXRA.jpg",
      "dateOfBirth": "1957-03-02",
      "birthPlace": "Peralta, New Mexico",
      "gender": "Male",
      "party": "Democratic",
      "bio": "Rick Chavez Zbur was born in Peralta, New Mexico, and lives in Los Angeles, California. Zbur earned a bachelor's degree in history from Yale College in 1979 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1983. His career experience includes working as an attorney for Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles, California, and as the executive director of Equality California. Zbur volunteered on the national board of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, helped found the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, and served on the board of Planned Parenthood – Los Angeles and California Environmental Voters.",
      "education": [
        "Bachelor's: Yale College, 1979",
        "Law: Harvard Law School, 1983"
      ],
      "profession": [
        "Attorney"
      ],
      "government": {
        "country": "us",
        "level": "state",
        "branch": "legislative",
        "stateCode": "ca",
        "chamber": "lower",
        "district": "51",
        "termStart": "2022-12-05"
      },
      "contactInfo": {
        "capitolOffice": {
          "address": "Room 4250, 1021 O St. P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249",
          "phone": "916-319-2051"
        },
        "districtOffices": [
          {
            "address": "1445 N. Stanley Ave. Third Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046",
            "phone": "323-436-5184"
          }
        ],
        "email": "assemblymember.zbur@assembly.ca.gov",
        "phone": "916-319-2051"
      },
      "personalWebsite": "https://www.rickchavezzbur.com/",
      "sourceUrl": "<redacted in documentation>",
      "addedToRole": 1776387714317.3806,
      "updatedAt": 1784245448773
    },
    {
      "id": "j5795farr9fxp23ac1mtqzfx218504ga",
      "ocdPersonId": "c766abf8-06ca-4a98-9665-82b87149ca96",
      "name": "Cottie Petrie-Norris",
      "firstName": "Cottie",
      "lastName": "Petrie-Norris",
      "title": "Representative",
      "profileImage": "https://svnkcjvhjsabii6v.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/photos/j5795farr9fxp23ac1mtqzfx218504ga-qaOc0nlHQnpUQ7PEoKhtwQDcbjHkoN.jpg",
      "dateOfBirth": "1975-08-07",
      "gender": "Female",
      "party": "Democratic",
      "bio": "Cottie Petrie-Norris grew up in San Diego County. She earned a B.A. in economics and English from Yale University in 1997. Her career experience includes working in finance and technology, specifically as a business analyst for Capital One, a business manager for American Express South Africa, a director of Capital One's U.S. card division, and a marketing director or consultant for In-Deed Online, DayNa Decker, and Cress Communications.",
      "education": [
        "Bachelor's: Yale University, 1997"
      ],
      "profession": [
        "Marketing professional"
      ],
      "government": {
        "country": "us",
        "level": "state",
        "branch": "legislative",
        "stateCode": "ca",
        "chamber": "lower",
        "district": "73",
        "termStart": "2022-12-05"
      },
      "contactInfo": {
        "capitolOffice": {
          "address": "Room 8120, 1021 O St. P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249",
          "phone": "916-319-2073"
        },
        "districtOffices": [
          {
            "address": "19712 MacArthur Blvd. Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92612",
            "phone": "949-251-0074"
          }
        ],
        "email": "assemblymember.petrie-norris@assembly.ca.gov",
        "phone": "916-319-2073"
      },
      "personalWebsite": "https://cottie.com/",
      "sourceUrl": "<redacted in documentation>",
      "addedToRole": 1776387714317.3914,
      "updatedAt": 1784245448849
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 1000,
    "total": 80,
    "hasMore": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2026-09-15T21:33:47.371Z",
    "government": {
      "country": "us",
      "level": "state",
      "branch": "legislative",
      "chamber": "lower",
      "stateCode": "ca"
    }
  }
}

A live response, trimmed to the first records. sourceUrl values are shown redacted in documentation; the API returns the full value.

Responses

200List of government members
400Bad request - invalid parameters
404Resource not found
500Internal server error

Try it

PlaygroundLive responses from the real API
curl
curl "https://civiclens.io/api/v1/governments/us/states/ca/legislature/lower/current"