Bill Classifications?
fgregg opened this issue · comments
In Chicago, we have some types of legislation that are not in the bill classification choices: https://github.com/opencivicdata/python-opencivicdata-django/blob/master/opencivicdata/common.py#L72
Specifically: order, ordinance, claim, communication, reports, oaths of offices
order seems is the simplest case, since you already have 'concurrent order' in the classification choices. I made a PR to add 'order'
ordinance is a trickier case. It is basically a synonym for 'bill'. Should I record Chicago ordinances as bills?
'claims' are claims by made against the city that are handled, for some reason, by the city council. i.e. https://chicago.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2099242&GUID=E2F7C2B5-327B-4D1B-AA2D-BA7D4331A5F4 These seem like a type that should be added.
'communication' Are a sundry of committee reports, notifications of contracts and other events by the executive, resignsations, etc. These are not voted on, but are entered into the journal of proceedings. Not sure what should be done here. There are also 'reports' I am really unsure about the difference between 'reports' and 'communications'.
'Oaths of offices', these seem different than appointments, which we also have.
@paultag thoughts?