diff --git a/src/pages/BillApprovalsPage.tsx b/src/pages/BillApprovalsPage.tsx
index 5217dc5..f3e5c81 100644
--- a/src/pages/BillApprovalsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/BillApprovalsPage.tsx
@@ -216,15 +216,21 @@ export default function BillApprovalsPage({ boardAssociationIds }: { boardAssoci
     setAccounts(coaRes.data || []);
     setVendors(vRes.data || []);
 
-    // Fetch approvals for all bills
+    // Fetch approvals for all bills.
+    // NOTE: do NOT filter with .in("bill_id", billIds) — with 1k+ bills the
+    // request URL exceeds server limits and silently fails, leaving every row
+    // showing no approvers. The bill_approvals table is small and RLS already
+    // scopes rows per role, so fetch it directly and group locally.
     if (billsList.length > 0) {
-      const billIds = billsList.map((b: any) => b.id);
-      const { data: approvals } = await supabase
+      const billIdSet = new Set(billsList.map((b: any) => b.id));
+      const { data: approvals, error: approvalsErr } = await supabase
         .from("bill_approvals")
         .select("id, bill_id, approver_name, status")
-        .in("bill_id", billIds);
+        .not("bill_id", "is", null);
+      if (approvalsErr) console.error("Failed to load approvals:", approvalsErr);
       const grouped: Record<string, any[]> = {};
       (approvals || []).forEach((a: any) => {
+        if (!a.bill_id || !billIdSet.has(a.bill_id)) return;
         if (!grouped[a.bill_id]) grouped[a.bill_id] = [];
         grouped[a.bill_id].push(a);
       });