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House public-service committee backs multiple sick‑leave‑bank bills for named state and county employees
Summary
The House Committee on Public Service reported favorably on several bills to create sick leave banks for specific employees and the measures were scheduled for further House consideration and readings.
The Massachusetts House Committee on Public Service reported favorably on multiple bills to establish sick leave banks for named employees in state and county agencies and the committee on steering, policy and scheduling recommended scheduling the measures for House consideration.
Committee reports on the floor recommended that accompanying bills "ought to pass" for several individual sick leave bank petitions. The bills and the employees named in the House record include: House No. 2798 for Kendra Winter (petition filed by Michael S. Day and Jason M. Lewis); House No. 4032 for Dana Johnson (petition filed by James J. O'Day); House No. 4103 for Steven Forget (joint petition filed by Natalie M. Higgins and John J. Cronin); House No. 4104 for Daniel Yender (petition filed by Don Shand); and House No. 4161 (reported variously in the transcript) for Mark Kratman (petition filed by Colleen M. Gary). Each committee report was accompanied by a recommendation from the committee on steering, policy and scheduling that the measure be scheduled for consideration by the House.
On the floor, members repeatedly moved suspension of the rules to advance the measures to second reading and, where recorded, the House ordered the bills to third reading after voice votes. The transcript records routine floor procedure (suspension of rules, second reading, ordering third reading) but does not show final enactment of these individual bills on the floor.
These sick leave bank measures are individual, employee-specific bills that the House moves through committee and House readings; further action is required before any would take effect.
No dollar amounts, statutory text, or implementation details for the sick leave banks were provided on the floor beyond the committee reports and the bill numbers and petition sponsors listed above.
