# Massachusetts S 2799: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Yacinthe, an employee of the department of elementary and secondary education

Massachusetts S 2799, An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Yacinthe, an employee of the department of elementary and secondary education, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Pavel M. Payano (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-01-15 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2799
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Yacinthe, an employee of the department of elementary and secondary education
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-04
- Last action: 2026-01-15, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: 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 Jeffrey Yacinthe: mixed, low. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education establishes a sick leave bank for employee Jeffrey Yacinthe. Any Department worker can donate sick, personal, or vacation days to his bank, and donated days come from the donor’s own leave. Days in the bank can be used only for absences tied to t…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (12)

- 2026-01-15: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-01-08: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Enacted (House)
- 2026-01-08: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Emergency preamble adopted (House)
- 2026-01-07: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-12-11: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-12-11: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-12-11: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-12-08: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-12-04: Passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-12-04: New draft (Payano) of S2651 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-01-15: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2799.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2799.pdf)

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- [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2799-194 (as of 2026-11-01).