State of Vermont
Legislative Bill Tracking System
Bill Status Database File Layouts
STATUS.TXT - Status and History
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Title 7 60
Drafter 67 10
BDocNo 77 6
CurBody 83 1
HCode 84 6
HStat 90 22
HStatDat 112 10
H1Date 122 10
H1Jrn 132 4
H2Act 136 6
H2Date 142 10
H2Jrn 152 4
H3Act 156 6
H3Date 162 10
H3Jrn 172 4
HPDocNo 176 6
SCode 182 6
SStat 188 22
SStatDat 210 10
S1Date 220 10
S1Jrn 230 4
S2Act 234 6
S2Date 240 10
S2Jrn 250 4
S3Act 254 6
S3Date 260 10
S3Jrn 270 4
SPDocNo 274 6
AgrDate 280 10
SentDate 290 10
GovAct 300 6
GovDate 306 10
ActNo 316 4
EffDate 320 10
VariesFlag 330 1
FDocNo 331 6
FileLoc 337 10
Request 347 7
HAskDate 354 10
HWDrDate 364 10
HLieDate 374 10
HCallDat 384 10
SAskDate 394 10
SWDrDate 404 10
SLieDate 414 10
SCallDat 424 10
RecSeries 434 3
PRA 437 4
AMENDS.TXT - Amendments
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Body 7 1
Sequence 8 6
Member 14 20
Date 34 10
Calendar 44 4
FlAction 48 5
Journal 53 4
JrnDate 57 10
COMREPTS.TXT - Committee Reports
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Body 7 1
Sequence 8 6
Comm 14 20
InDate 34 10
OutDate 44 10
Report 54 5
Calendar 59 4
FlAction 63 5
Journal 68 4
JrnDate 72 10
CONFCOMM.TXT - Conference Committees
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Sequence 7 6
HCrDate 13 10
SCrDate 23 10
HMemb1 33 20
HMemb2 53 20
HMemb3 73 20
SMemb1 93 20
SMemb2 113 20
SMemb3 133 20
CCAction 153 13
ActDate 166 10
FlAction 176 5
Journal 181 4
JrnDate 185 10
KEYWORD.TXT - Keywords
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Sequence 7 6
Keyword 13 20
ROLLCALL.TXT - Rollcall Votes
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Body 7 1
Sequence 8 6
Date 14 10
Question 24 30
Ayes 54 6
Nays 60 6
PassFail 66 1
Journal 67 4
JrnDate 71 10
SECTIONS.TXT - VSA Sections Affected (passed bills only)
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Sequence 7 6
RecType 13 1
TitleNo 14 2
TitSuff 16 1
DocType 17 5
ArtNo 22 2
Hyphen 24 1
SecNo 25 6
Suffix 31 2
SPONSOR.TXT - Sponsors
Field Start Length
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Bill 1 6
Sequence 7 6
Sponsor 13 20