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Bill filed to create sick leave bank for Emily Coollick
Summary
Senate petition S.2595, filed May 21, 2025, would authorize MassAbility to establish a sick leave bank allowing Department employees to donate sick, personal or vacation days to benefit Emily Coollick; the bill says remaining days would transfer to an extended illness leave bank if the bank is dissolved or the employee leaves.
A bill filed May 21 would authorize MassAbility to establish a sick leave bank for Emily Coollick that would allow employees of the referenced department to donate sick, personal or vacation days for her use, according to Senate Docket No. 2921 and accompanying petition (Senate No. 2595). The petition was submitted by Peter J. Durant (Worcester and Hampshire) and Donald R. Berthiaume Jr. (5th Worcester).
The measure directs that any employee of “the Department” may voluntarily contribute one or more sick, personal or vacation days to a bank dedicated to Emily Coollick. Under Section 1, if Coollick leaves employment or requests dissolution of the bank, any remaining donated time would be transferred to an extended illness leave bank. The text also says donated days may only be used for the illness or disability that prompted establishment of the bank, as determined by the Department.
The petition notes the filing is “subject to Joint Rule 12” and labels the matter “Public Service.” The bill contains no committee report, appropriation, or fiscal estimate in the filing text, and it does not name which department is intended by the phrase “the Department.” Section 2 states the act would take effect upon its passage.
The filing does not record a legislative vote or committee action; it is a petition to introduce the bill and does not by itself create a binding administrative rule or appropriation. The text prescribes only the mechanism for voluntary day donations, limits on use of donated days, and a transfer rule for unused time.
Peter J. Durant and Donald R. Berthiaume Jr. are listed as the petitioners in the Senate docket; the document identifies the legislative session as the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025–2026). The filing gives no further background on Coollick’s condition, the Department referenced, estimated number of contributing employees, or budgetary impact.
If enacted, the language would be an act specific to one named employee and would take effect on the date the act is passed, per the text of Section 2.
