The Massachusetts Senate on an ordinary session day adopted emergency preambles and advanced final-passage steps for two House bills establishing sick-leave banks for individual state employees, and ordered a House bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District to a third reading.

The moves clear the two sick‑leave bank bills for immediate enactment procedures and advance the water-supply bill along the legislative calendar. Under Senate procedure, emergency preambles require a standing vote; the clerk recorded the emergency preamble votes for both sick-leave bank bills as adopted and later recorded that the bills were passed “to be enacted” and will be presented to the governor for approval.

The two measures are House Bill H4104, described in the transcript as “an act establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Department of Transportation,” and House Bill H4161, described as “an act establishing a sick leave bank for Mark Craftman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.” The transcript records the emergency preamble votes as adopted and later states that “the bills are passed to be enacted” and will be signed by the president and laid before the governor for her approbation. The transcript does not provide a clear numerical roll-call tally for those votes; only that the emergency preambles were adopted and the bills were passed to be enacted.

Separately, House Bill No. 972, described in the transcript as a measure “authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District within the town of Lynnfield,” was taken up under suspension of the rules so it could be considered forthwith. The chair suspended the rules and the question came on holding the bill to a third reading; the ayes prevailed and the bill was ordered to a third reading.

The transcript also records that several petitions coming from the House were considered under suspension of Joint Rule 12 and were referred to their respective committees after the chair put the question and the ayes prevailed.

During formal business the chamber approved a motion to adjourn the session in memory of Nicholas “Nick” George, whose obituary details were read into the record; Senators Tarr and Lovely moved the memory motion, which the Senate adopted.

The Senate concluded the session by adopting its orders and standing adjourned; the transcript records the chamber will meet again on Thursday next at 12:00 noon in formal session.

Votes at a glance: H4104 (sick-leave bank for Daniel Yender) — emergency preamble adopted; bill passed to be enacted and to be presented to the governor. H4161 (sick-leave bank for Mark Craftman) — emergency preamble adopted; bill passed to be enacted and to be presented to the governor. House No. 972 (MWRA supply to Lynnfield Center Water District) — rules suspended; ordered to a third reading. Several House petitions — suspension of Joint Rule 12 approved; petitions referred to respective committees.

No substantive floor debate or detailed legislative amendments for these measures appear in the provided transcript excerpt; recorded actions are procedural votes, referrals, and the adoption of emergency preambles and final-passage orders.