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H2798 • 2025

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner

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Sponsor
Michael S. Day
Last action
2025-08-21
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2798) of Michael S.
  • Day and Jason M.
  • Lewis for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner, an employee of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-21 Senate

    Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

  2. 2025-08-18 House

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  3. 2025-05-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  4. 2025-05-29 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  5. 2025-05-29 House

    Rules suspended

  6. 2025-05-29 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-05-01 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner
By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2798) of Michael S. Day and Jason M. Lewis for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner, an employee of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.2798

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner, an employee of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Any employee of the Department may voluntarily contribute 1 or more sick, personal or vacation days to the sick leave bank for use by Kendra Winner. If

Kendra Winner terminates employment with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or requests to dissolve the sick leave bank, any remaining time in the sick leave bank shall be transferred to the extended illness leave bank. Sick leave bank days shall not be used for absences unrelated to the illness or disability that necessitated the establishment of the sick leave bank as determined by the Department.

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