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Resolutions, Acts & Constitutional Proposals</a></li> <li><a href="/reports-and-research/research/witness-history/">Witness History</a></li> <li><a href="/reports-and-research/research/subject-history/">Subject History</a></li> <li><a href="/committee/">Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/senate/">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/house/">House</a></li> <li><a href="/reports-and-research/research/reapportionment/">Reapportionment</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"> <div class="row"> <div class="divider"></div> <div class="col-md-5"> <h4>PRA Exemptions</h4> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Legislative-Reports/PRA-Exemption-List-in-Order-2020.pdf">PRA Exemptions in Order <i class="fa fa-external-link"></i></a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Legislative-Reports/PRA-Exemption-List-by-Subject-2020.pdf">PRA Exemptions by Subject <i class="fa 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temp[i] = $(search_criteria[i]).html(); } search_criteria = JSON.stringify(temp); $('<form method="post" target="_blank" action="/committee/printTable"><input type="hidden" id="session" name="session" value ="'+session+'"><input type="hidden" id="page_title" name="page_title" value ="'+page_title+'"><input type="hidden" id="page_subtitle" name="page_subtitle" value ="'+page_subtitle+'"><input type="hidden" id="title" name="title" value ="'+title+'"><input type="hidden" id="url" name="url" value ="'+url+'"><input type="hidden" id="export-details" name="export-details" value ="'+export_details+'"><input type="hidden" id="table" name="table" value ="'+data+'"><input type="hidden" id="filters" name="filters" value =\''+filters+'\'><input type="hidden" id="criteria" name="criteria" value =\''+search_criteria+'\'><input type="hidden" id="bill_sponsors" name="bill_sponsors" value =\''+bill_sponsors+'\'><input type="hidden" id="bill_last_recorded_action" name="bill_last_recorded_action" value =\''+bill_last_recorded_action+'\'><input type="hidden" id="bill_location" name="bill_location" value =\''+bill_location+'\'>').appendTo('body').submit(); }); //MJB Full Report - passes search terms to CommitteePage.php $('body').on("click",".full-table",function(){ var session = $(this).parents('.table-header').find('.session-display').html(); // Avoid "undefined" function avoid_undefined(string){ if(string == undefined) { string = ""; } return string; } session = avoid_undefined(session); var search_criteria = []; search_criteria = $(this).parents('.table-header').find('.table-criteria'); temp = []; for (i = search_criteria.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { temp[i] = {}; temp[i] = $(search_criteria[i]).html(); } search_criteria = JSON.stringify(temp); //MJB allow apostrophes to be passed search_criteria = search_criteria.replace(/'/g, "'"); $('<form method="post" target="_blank" action="committee/loadFullReport/'+session+'"><input type="hidden" id="session" name="session" value ="'+session+'"><input type="hidden" id="criteria" name="criteria" value =\''+search_criteria+'\'>').appendTo('body').submit(); }); //MJB List of Witnesses - passes search terms to CommitteePage.php $('body').on("click",".listofwit-table",function(){ var session = $(this).parents('.table-header').find('.session-display').html(); 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