From fc60a2e1284dcc9c2aea22e28c084975a6149636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre Coullard <andrecoullard@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 23:43:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] allow date to be nullable on billHistory items

---
 components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx |  4 +++-
 components/bill/Status.tsx       | 10 ++--------
 functions/src/bills/types.ts     |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx b/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx
index 04335eebf..1f832c786 100644
--- a/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx
+++ b/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ const BillHistoryActionRows = ({ billHistory }: HistoryProps) => {
         return (
           <tr key={index}>
             <td>
-              {Date.substring(5, 10)}-{Date.substring(0, 4)}
+              {Date
+                ? `${Date.substring(5, 10)}-${Date.substring(0, 4)}`
+                : ""}
             </td>
             <td>
               <LinkConnectedBills action={Action} />
diff --git a/components/bill/Status.tsx b/components/bill/Status.tsx
index 42226395f..317541838 100644
--- a/components/bill/Status.tsx
+++ b/components/bill/Status.tsx
@@ -38,14 +38,8 @@ export const Status = ({ bill }: BillProps) => {
     hearingCheck = true
   }
 
-  let hearingDate = ""
-  if (history?.Date) {
-    hearingDate = history.Date
-  }
-  let dateCheck = false
-  if (hearingDate < today) {
-    dateCheck = true
-  }
+  const hearingDate = history?.Date ?? ""
+  const dateCheck = !!hearingDate && hearingDate < today
 
   if (!history) return null
   return (
diff --git a/functions/src/bills/types.ts b/functions/src/bills/types.ts
index 33b5420f8..c75e8787a 100644
--- a/functions/src/bills/types.ts
+++ b/functions/src/bills/types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const BillReference = Record({
 
 export type BillHistoryAction = Static<typeof BillHistoryAction>
 export const BillHistoryAction = Record({
-  Date: String,
+  Date: Nullable(String),
   Branch: String,
   Action: String
 })

From bea930c96a5d00cdb801bad6f33d09e319e67f56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre Coullard <andrecoullard@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 01:44:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] formatting

---
 components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx b/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx
index 1f832c786..ad5445242 100644
--- a/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx
+++ b/components/bill/HistoryTable.tsx
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ const BillHistoryActionRows = ({ billHistory }: HistoryProps) => {
         return (
           <tr key={index}>
             <td>
-              {Date
-                ? `${Date.substring(5, 10)}-${Date.substring(0, 4)}`
-                : ""}
+              {Date ? `${Date.substring(5, 10)}-${Date.substring(0, 4)}` : ""}
             </td>
             <td>
               <LinkConnectedBills action={Action} />