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House suspends joint rule to allow sick leave bank petitions and advances multiple sick-leave bills
Summary
The House suspended Joint Rule 12 to permit consideration of a petition to establish a sick leave bank and advanced several bills establishing sick leave banks for named state employees, with emergency preambles adopted for some measures.
The Massachusetts House on Sept. 11, 2025, voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 so that a joint petition could be considered to establish a sick leave bank for Katherine Roderick, an employee of the Chief Medical Examiner's Office. The committee on rules, acting concurrently, recommended suspension of Joint Rule 12 on the joint petition of Donald R. Berthiaume Jr.; the House approved the suspension after a motion on the floor.
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