Senate orders House bill creating sick leave bank for state employee to third reading

The clerk read House Bill 5014, "establishing a sick leave bank for Sonia Felix, an employee of the Department of Transitional Assistance," introducing the measure for immediate consideration, the presiding officer said.

The procedural motion to suspend the rules so the Senate could consider the bill forthwith was moved on the floor by Senator Fabin and adopted by voice vote, allowing the body to take the measure up without further delay.

Following brief exchange on the floor, the presiding officer put the question on the bill as a third reading. The chair announced, "the ayes have it," and ordered the bill to a third reading; the transcript records a voice determination rather than a roll-call vote.

The Senate also adopted an order that, upon adjournment, the body reconvene Thursday at 11:00 a.m., and directed the clerk to dispense with printing the calendar. The Senate then adjourned to meet Thursday at 11:00 a.m.

No final passage or recorded roll-call on House Bill 5014 appears in the session record provided; the next formal action on the measure would occur when it next appears for a subsequent reading.