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MA H 5685

passed one chamber

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the department of agricultural resources

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court)

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Did MA H 5685 pass?

Not yet. MA H 5685 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-10-22): Enacted and laid before the Governor

What is MA H 5685 about?

By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the Department of Agricultural Resources. Public Service.

Description

By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the Department of Agricultural Resources. Public Service.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-10-22 — Enacted and laid before the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Sean Garballeycosponsor
  • Cindy F. Friedmancosponsor
  • David M. Rogerscosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-10-22

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

    passage

  2. 2026-10-22

    Enacted

    passage

  3. 2026-10-22

    Emergency preamble adopted

  4. 2026-10-21

    Emergency preamble adopted

  5. 2026-10-19

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-3

  6. 2026-10-19

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2026-10-15

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

    reading-1,reading-2

  8. 2026-10-13

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-3

  9. 2026-10-08

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  10. 2026-10-08

    Rules suspended

  11. 2026-10-08

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

  12. 2026-10-08

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

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  13. 2026-10-05

    Senate concurred

  14. 2026-10-01

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

    referral-committee

  15. 2026-09-28

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

    referral-committee

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Related bills

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5685

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