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Mass. House suspends Joint Rule 12 to refer two sick‑leave bank petitions for MassDOT employees
Summary
The House suspended Joint Rule 12 by voice vote and referred two petitions seeking legislation to establish sick‑leave banks for employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to the Committee on Public Service.
The House on an adopted motion suspended Joint Rule 12 and referred two petitions seeking legislation to establish sick‑leave banks for employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to the Committee on Public Service.
The action came after a report from the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Rules of Two Branches, which recommended that Joint Rule 12 be suspended on the listed petitions so each could be sent severally to the Committee on Public Service. The petitions identified in the report were filed by Colleen M. Gary (a petition to establish a sick‑leave bank for Mark Krapman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation) and by Don Shand (a petition to establish a sick‑leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation).
Representative Ouellette of Westport moved to suspend the rules; the House adopted the suspension by voice vote with the presiding officer stating “the ayes have it” and announcing that Joint Rule 12 was suspended. The clerk recorded that the committee report recommended referral of the petitions to the Committee on Public Service; the motion enabled that referral but did not itself adopt legislation or establish the sick‑leave banks.
The transcript did not include a roll‑call vote or a recorded tally, and no second to the motion was named on the floor. The petitions were referred to committee for consideration; further hearings, votes, or outcomes, including any legislative text or funding implications, were not specified in the meeting record.
Background: Joint Rule 12 is a procedural rule of the House (and joint rules when applicable) that can limit immediate consideration of petitions and similar matters; suspending it allows the House to move petitions to committee for further review. The Committee on Public Service is the standing committee that considers bills affecting state employees and related workplace policies. The meeting record does not specify dates for committee action or whether either petition includes draft statutory language.
