House advances multiple sick-leave-bank bills for state employees to third reading

The Massachusetts House advanced multiple bills to third reading that would establish sick leave banks for named state employees after the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended passage.

The committee reported that House Bill 4514 would establish a sick leave bank for Candy J. Pike, an employee of the Department of Developmental Services, and that House Bill 4521 would establish a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodricks. Earlier in the session a petition had been referred to the Committee on Public Service seeking legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Marie Lendre, an employee of the Department of Transitional Assistance.

Members voted to suspend rules to allow the bills to move forward; the transcript shows voice votes adding the sick-leave-bank measures to third reading. The record does not include floor debate on the substantive terms or the amounts of leave to be banked for the named employees.

These bills are specific, employee‑named measures that, if enacted, would permit coworkers to donate sick leave under a bank mechanism for the named individual. The transcript records committee recommendations and procedural floor motions; it does not record amendments or final enactment during this session.