---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for David Silvia Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction"
description: "By Mr. Rodrigues, a petition (accompanied by bill) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michael J. Rodrigues, Steven S. Howitt and Patricia A. Haddad for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for David Silvia Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction. Public Service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "S 2324"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2324 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Rodrigues"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-20"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca518006-f0f0-4c27-a7ec-ea0ace74c9b5"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2324"
source_hash: "158980b894749bd8c90cc4aeff926e38c8986712b61ddbaa6545fcc2c22aac55"
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 S 2324 (190th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for David Silvia Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction

By Mr. Rodrigues, a petition (accompanied by bill) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michael J. Rodrigues, Steven S. Howitt and Patricia A. Haddad for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for David Silvia Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction. 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/190/S2324.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Rodrigues — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Haddad — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-20** Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Rules suspended
- **2018-02-26** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred
- **2018-03-26** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-16** Committee recommended ought to pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-17** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-19** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2018-07-19** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-19** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-23** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-24** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-24** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-24** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-07-25** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-08-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 171 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca518006-f0f0-4c27-a7ec-ea0ace74c9b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).