Committee recommends sick‑leave bank bills for two public employees be passed

The Committee on Public Service reported that the accompanying bills to establish sick‑leave banks for two named employees ought to pass. The committee recommended passage for a bill to establish a sick‑leave bank for Gregory Baker, an employee of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, and for a bill to establish a sick‑leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the Department of Corrections. Senators moved to suspend rules to consider the measures forthwith and ordered both bills to a third reading. The clerk recorded that the bills were ordered to a third reading after voice vote: “All those in favor say aye, opposed no. The ayes have it. The bill is ordered to a third reading.” Discussion versus decisions: the transcript records committee reports and the Senate’s procedural votes to suspend rules and order the bills to third reading; the excerpt does not include final passage votes on these specific bills. Implementation and next steps: ordering to third reading advances the bills toward final floor consideration; further floor action (third‑reading vote) will determine final passage.