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Massachusetts Senate adopts series of local acts, establishes sick-leave bank and sets next meeting

Massachusetts Senate · December 18, 2025
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Summary

The Massachusetts Senate adopted a package of primarily local measures — including an emergency preamble establishing a sick leave bank for a trial-court employee, a waiver of a police age limit for a named officer, and several municipal authorizations — and agreed to reconvene Monday at 11:00 a.m.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate on the floor today adopted a batch of mostly local bills and formal actions, including an emergency preamble to establish a sick leave bank for Amy Tanguay, a waiver of the City of Boston Police Department’s maximum age requirement for a named officer, and approvals allowing towns to repurpose municipal property and convert certain liquor licenses.

The chamber adopted a resolution congratulating John Lennon on his retirement from the Milton Board of Appeals and then approved the emergency preamble for House No. 4647, an act establishing a sick leave bank for Amy Tanguay, an employee of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth. Members were…

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