Florida · House Bill 61 · 2025 Regular Session

Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses

HB 61 Sponsored by Kelly Skidmore and Fiona McFarland Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 18, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 6, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses; Authorizes candidate to use funds on deposit in his or her campaign account to pay for child care expenses under specified conditions; requires candidates to maintain specified records for specified timeframe; requires candidates to disclose certain child care expenses in campaign finance reports.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  4. CommitteeNow in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  5. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  6. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  7. CommitteeDied in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.

All 2 cosponsors

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.