Senate approves sick leave bank for trial-court employee

The Massachusetts Senate approved an act establishing a sick leave bank for Andrew Saterra, an employee of the trial court of the Commonwealth (Senate No. 2508). The Senate adopted the required emergency preamble in a standing vote and later passed the bill to be enacted.

The clerk read the measure on the floor and called for the required standing vote under the state constitution; the tally announced for that standing count recorded four members voting in the affirmative and none in the negative. After the emergency preamble was adopted, the bill was later included among several matters taken up for final passage; the presiding officer announced that "the ayes have it" and the bills were passed to be enacted and will be signed by the president and laid before the governor for approval.

The transcript identifies the employee as Andrew Saterra in the initial reading; a later entry in the record uses the variant spelling "Sattera." The record provided no debate, amendment text, or further details about the administration or funding of the sick leave bank. No statutory citations, departmental implementation steps, or reporting requirements for the sick leave bank were recorded in the supplied transcript.