The Committee on Public Service reported that the accompanying bills to establish sick‑leave banks for two named employees ought to pass. The committee recommended passage for a bill to establish a sick‑leave bank for Gregory Baker, an employee of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, and for a bill to establish a sick‑leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the Department of Corrections.
Senators moved to suspend rules to consider the measures forthwith and ordered both bills to a third reading. The clerk recorded that the bills were ordered to a third reading after voice vote: “All those in favor say aye, opposed no. The ayes have it. The bill is ordered to a third reading.”
Discussion versus decisions: the transcript records committee reports and the Senate’s procedural votes to suspend rules and order the bills to third reading; the excerpt does not include final passage votes on these specific bills.
Implementation and next steps: ordering to third reading advances the bills toward final floor consideration; further floor action (third‑reading vote) will determine final passage.