The Senate on an unspecified date this week advanced and in one case passed bills to establish sick-leave banks for two named state employees.
The measures would create leave-pooling arrangements identified by petition and bill numbers in the Senate record: Senate Bill 2580 for Robert Tiro and a petition/bill listed as 2584 with an accompanying Senate listing of 2586 for Irene O'Rourke.
Committee clerks reported the petitions and bills. The petition and bill for Robert Tiro, described in the record as filed by Jason M. Lewis, was ordered to a third reading and later recorded as passed and to be engrossed. For Irene O'Rourke, the committee on public service reported a House petition and accompanying bill (2584) filed by Patrick M. O'Connor and referenced an accompanying Senate listing (2586); the Senate suspended rules and ordered that matter to a third reading.
The record shows routine suspension of Senate rules to allow immediate consideration; a presiding officer put the questions for third readings and passage, and clerks recorded the orders and results. The record does not specify substantive terms of the sick-leave banks, such as eligibility criteria, contribution rules, or effective dates, nor does it show final enactment for the Irene O'Rourke matter within the excerpt.
No public testimony or floor debate on the substance of the sick-leave provisions appears in the provided transcript excerpt. The actions reported in the session are primarily procedural: committee reports, suspension of rules for immediate consideration, ordering bills to third reading, and the passage-to-be-engrossed of Senate Bill 2580.
Further committee work, enrolled legislation, or action by the governor would be required before any new sick-leave banks become operative; those steps are not recorded in the excerpt provided.