# Massachusetts H 4426: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Paul Starvaski

Massachusetts H 4426, An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Paul Starvaski, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by James J. O'Day (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-10-08 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 39 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 4426
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Paul Starvaski
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-08-11
- Last action: 2025-10-08, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsor: James J. O'Day (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: House Rules, Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on 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 Paul Starvaski: mixed, low. The law requires the Department of Correction to set up a sick leave bank for Paul Starvaski. Any Department employee can donate one or more sick, personal, or vacation days to his bank. Donated days can be used only for the illness or disability that led to creating the bank, as the Department dec…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: James J. O'Day (Democratic), House

## Bill text

- Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-10-08: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4426.pdf)

## Related bills

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- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4426.pdf)

## Related
- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4426-194 (as of 2026-11-01).