Show the first paragraph of the description

app/helpers/text_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module TextHelper
+  def first_paragraph(text)
+    if text.blank?
+      ""
+    else
+      text.strip.split("\n").first
+    end
+  end
+end

app/views/legislation/processes/_process.html.erb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div class="small-12 medium-8 column">
       <div class="legislation-text">
         <h3><%= link_to process.title, process %></h3>
-        <p><%= process.description %></p>
+        <%= simple_format(first_paragraph(process.description)) %>
       </div>
     </div>