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H4521 • 2025

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue

Healthcare Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Berthiaume, Jr., Donald R.
Last action
2025-11-06
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue By Representative Berthiaume of Spencer and Senator Durant, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Donald R.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue By Representative Berthiaume of Spencer and Senator Durant, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Donald R.
  • Berthiaume, Jr., for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue, an employees of the Chief Medical Examiner's office.
  • Public Service.

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2025-11-06 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Emergency preamble adopted

  3. 2025-10-30 House

    Enacted

  4. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  5. 2025-10-29 House

    Emergency preamble adopted

  6. 2025-10-27 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2025-10-27 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2025-10-02 Senate

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

  9. 2025-09-29 House

    Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed

  10. 2025-09-22 House

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

  11. 2025-09-22 House

    Rules suspended

  12. 2025-09-22 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  13. 2025-09-18 House

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

  14. 2025-09-15 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-09-11 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service

  16. 2025-08-07 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue
By Representative Berthiaume of Spencer and Senator Durant, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr., for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue, an employees of the Chief Medical Examiner's office. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4521

Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Chief Medical Examiner's office shall establish a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodrigue, an employee of the Department. Any employee of the Department may voluntarily contribute 1 or more sick, personal or vacation days to the sick leave bank for use by Kathleen Rodrigue. If Kathleen Rodrigue terminates employment with the Department 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.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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