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House advances several bills to establish sick leave banks for state employees
Summary
The House’s Committee on Public Service reported bills establishing individual sick leave banks for multiple state employees; each bill was recommended to pass and ordered to a third reading or scheduled for consideration.
The Massachusetts House’s Committee on Public Service reported and the chamber advanced multiple bills proposing establishment of sick leave banks for named state employees, with the committee recommending each bill "ought to pass" and the matters scheduled for consideration by the House.
Bills reported and advanced included: House Bill 2798 (establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winter, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education), House Bill 4032 (Dana Johnson, Department of Children and Families), House Bill 4103 (Steven Forget, Worcester County Sheriff's Office), House Bill 4104 (Daniel Yender, Massachusetts Department of Transportation), and House Bill 4161 (identified in transcript as relating to Mark/ Martin Krapman, Massachusetts Department of Transportation). The committee reports recommended each accompanying bill ought to pass, and the committee on steering, policy and scheduling reported the matters be scheduled for House consideration.
On the floor, the House repeatedly suspended rules to advance the items for second readings; in each case the bill was read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The transcript records standard procedural voice votes — "all those in favor say aye" — and the clerk announced that the bills were ordered to third reading where recorded. The record does not include roll-call tallies, floor debate on the merits, or details about how the sick leave banks would operate; the excerpts show committee recommendations and formal advancement steps.
The bills are individual, case-specific legislative measures that, if enacted, would establish leave banks tied to the named employees; the transcript excerpts do not specify funding implications, eligibility rules, or the mechanics for creating the leave banks. Committee sponsors and petitioners named in the transcript include Representative Michael S. Day and Representative Jason M. Lewis (House Bill 2798), Representative James J. O'Day (House Bill 4032), Representatives Natalie M. Higgins and John J. Cronin (House Bill 4103), Don Shand (House Bill 4104), and Colleen M. Gary (House Bill 4161).
