Senate moves two House bills creating sick‑leave banks for MassDOT employees to third reading

The Massachusetts Senate during its session ordered to a third reading two House bills that would establish sick‑leave banks for employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Daniel Yender and Mark Craftman.

Senate action on the measures was procedural: Senator Durand moved to suspend the rules so the first bill could be considered forthwith, and the rules were suspended. The question then came on ordering the bill to a third reading and the ayes prevailed. A separate House bill for a sick‑leave bank for Mark Craftman, listed as House No. 4,161, was handled the same way after Senator Grama moved to suspend the rules; that bill was also ordered to a third reading.

The bills were introduced as papers from the House and recorded on the Senate floor; the Senate took no final vote to enact either measure at the session excerpted in the transcript. The procedural steps taken move each bill forward in the legislative process by placing them on the calendar for further consideration on a subsequent reading.

Speakers on the floor handled routine procedure and did not provide additional public detail on the bills’ terms or justification during the recorded excerpt. Additional legislative action, including any committee review, amendments, or final votes, would be recorded in subsequent Senate proceedings or the printed docket.