LA: Bills: Fix for assumed year in action dates (#4789)

scrapers/la/bills.py

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class LABillScraper(Scraper, LXMLMixin):
         "2024s2": "242ES",
     }
 
+    _start_year = ""
+
     def pdf_to_lxml(self, filename, type="html"):
         text = convert_pdf(filename, type)
         return lxml.html.fromstring(text)
@@ -122,6 +124,12 @@ def scrape_bare_page(self, url):
             return []
 
     def scrape(self, chamber=None, session=None):
+        # LA doesn't provide the year in action dates,
+        # so assume it's the year of the active session
+        for i in self.jurisdiction.legislative_sessions:
+            if i["identifier"] == session:
+                self.start_year = i["start_date"][0:4]
+
         chambers = [chamber] if chamber else ["upper", "lower"]
         session_id = self._session_ids[session]
         # Scan bill abbreviation list if necessary.
@@ -335,10 +343,9 @@ def sbp(x):
 
         for action in these_actions:
             date, chamber, page, text = [x.text for x in action.xpath(".//td")]
-            session_year = self.jurisdiction.legislative_sessions[-1]["start_date"][0:4]
             # Session is April -> June. Prefiles look like they're in
             # January at earliest.
-            date += "/{}".format(session_year)
+            date += "/{}".format(self.start_year)
             date = dt.datetime.strptime(date, "%m/%d/%Y")
             chamber = self._chambers[chamber]