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Senate petition for sick-leave bank for corrections employee referred to Public Service committee
Summary
A petition from the Senate asking the House to establish a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the Department of Corrections, was referred to the Committee on Public Service after the House suspended joint rule 12.
The House received a petition from the Senate asking for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the Department of Corrections. The petition was reported to the House with the endorsement that it be referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12 to the Committee on Public Service.
Mr. Godfrey of Arlington moved to suspend the House rules; the motion carried by voice vote and the House then voted to suspend Joint Rule 12. The clerk recorded that the petition was referred to the Committee on Public Service.
Why it matters: establishing a sick leave bank is a personnel measure that, if enacted, would create a pooled leave mechanism for a named employee. The transcript records referral under suspension of the joint rule and procedural votes; it does not include text of the proposed legislation or further debate on the merits.
The referral occurred during the House’s handling of papers from the Senate and the related procedural motions. No committee action or floor debate on the substance of the proposed sick-leave bank is recorded in the provided transcript.
