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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

H 5543: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Andrew Bartlett, an employee of the department of public health

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 5543 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on May 26, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Andrew Bartlett, an employee of the department of public health. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 23, 2026): Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Representative Shand of Newburyport and Senator Finegold, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Dawne Shand and Barry R. Finegold for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Andrew Bartlett, an employee of the Department of Public Health. Public Service.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barry FinegoldCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateSecond Essex and Middlesex
Dawne ShandCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Essex

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Read third and passed to be engrossed
  3. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  4. Rules suspended
  5. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  6. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  7. Senate concurred
  8. Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service
  9. Referred to the committee on House Rules

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source