# Massachusetts H 4161: An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Massachusetts H 4161, An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Public Service; status signed, last action 2025-07-28 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4161
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-29
- Last action: 2025-07-28, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Sick leave bank for Mark Kratman: mixed, low. The law creates a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. MassDOT employees can give one or more sick, personal, or vacation days to his bank, with at least one day per gift. Only he can use the days, and only for the illness or disability that led to cre…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Service
- Cosponsor: Barry R. Finegold (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Colleen M. Garry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Allen Robertson (Democratic), House

## Actions (15)

- 2025-07-28: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-07-21: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-07-21: Enacted (House)
- 2025-07-21: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate)
- 2025-07-21: Emergency preamble adopted (House)
- 2025-07-17: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-07-17: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-05-29: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-05-29: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-05-29: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-05-29: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-05-29: New draft of H4102 (House)
- 2025-05-29: Reported from the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-07-28: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4161.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4161.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4161-194 (as of 2026-11-01).