Senate advances several House bills establishing sick-leave banks for state employees to third reading
September 04, 2025 | 2025 Legislature MA, Massachusetts
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The Massachusetts Senate on voice votes advanced several House bills establishing sick-leave banks for named state employees to further legislative stages.
Senator O'Connor, the senator from First Plymouth and Norfolk, sought and obtained unanimous consent to suspend rules to consider the bills forthwith. The clerk read House Bill No. 4426, establishing a sick-leave bank for Paul Starvosky, and the Senate ordered it to a third reading. Later, House Bill No. 4427, establishing a sick-leave bank for Ankita Gajendra Patel, an employee of the Department of Corrections, was read and ordered to a third reading after similar unanimous-consent procedures.
The Senate also took up House Bill No. 4323, establishing a sick-leave bank for Alexander (Alexandra in some transcript renderings) Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police, read it a third time and passed it to be engrossed.
The transcript records voice votes with the chair stating that “the ayes have it.” The bills were advanced by unanimous-consent procedures and voice vote; no roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript.
These measures create employee-specific sick-leave banks by legislative act for the named individuals; the transcript did not provide the text of the bills or details about the size or funding of the banks.
Senator O'Connor, the senator from First Plymouth and Norfolk, sought and obtained unanimous consent to suspend rules to consider the bills forthwith. The clerk read House Bill No. 4426, establishing a sick-leave bank for Paul Starvosky, and the Senate ordered it to a third reading. Later, House Bill No. 4427, establishing a sick-leave bank for Ankita Gajendra Patel, an employee of the Department of Corrections, was read and ordered to a third reading after similar unanimous-consent procedures.
The Senate also took up House Bill No. 4323, establishing a sick-leave bank for Alexander (Alexandra in some transcript renderings) Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police, read it a third time and passed it to be engrossed.
The transcript records voice votes with the chair stating that “the ayes have it.” The bills were advanced by unanimous-consent procedures and voice vote; no roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript.
These measures create employee-specific sick-leave banks by legislative act for the named individuals; the transcript did not provide the text of the bills or details about the size or funding of the banks.
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