---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Samantha Davignon, an employee of the Department of Children and Families"
description: "By Mr. Straus of Mattapoisett, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of William M. Straus for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Samantha Davignon, an employee of the Department of Children and Families. Public Service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4094"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4094 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Straus"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-08-16"
last_action: "2021-11-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592064a5-8c45-4e3e-aa94-439e78e2fb8d"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4094"
source_hash: "b52244a2db6fe66145f230e39cdc9b9c2afe0fc4e2dd1553276d7b4f04676f39"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4094 (192nd) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Samantha Davignon, an employee of the Department of Children and Families

By Mr. Straus of Mattapoisett, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of William M. Straus for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Samantha Davignon, an employee of the Department of Children and Families. Public Service.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4094.pdf)

## Sponsors

- William M. Straus — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-08-16** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-30** Senate concurred
- **2021-09-09** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-13** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2021-09-13** Rules suspended
- **2021-09-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-20** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2021-09-23** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-11-10** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2021-11-10** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2021-11-15** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17** House concurred in the Senate amendment
- **2021-11-17** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2021-11-17** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2021-11-17** Enacted `passage`
- **2021-11-17** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2021-11-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592064a5-8c45-4e3e-aa94-439e78e2fb8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).