Merge pull request #5004 from NewAgeAirbender/va_bills

VA: update events to catch lack of location
openstates · Aug 9, 2024 · 7a01f20 · 7a01f20
2 parents 7bad67b + 836deca
commit 7a01f20
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diff --git a/scrapers/va/events.py b/scrapers/va/events.py
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ def scrape_upper(self, session_id):
             if len(desc_split) > 1:
                 loc_raw = desc_split[1].strip()
                 # Prevent invalid length of location name
-                location = loc_raw[:198] if len(loc_raw) > 199 else loc_raw
+                if len(loc_raw) > 1:
+                    location = loc_raw[:198] if len(loc_raw) > 199 else loc_raw
+                else:
+                    location = "Unknown"
             else:
                 location = "Unknown"