Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses

What it does

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

Authorizing a candidate to use funds on deposit in his or her campaign account to pay for child care expenses under specified conditions; requiring candidates to maintain specified records for a specified timeframe and provide such records to the Division of Elections, etc.

Every action

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

1. Dec 2, 2024SenateFiled
2. Jan 15, 2025CommitteeReferred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Ethics and Elections
3. Feb 10, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/18/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building · Senate Ethics and Elections
4. Feb 18, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 · Senate Ethics and Elections7–0 vote
5. Feb 19, 2025CommitteeNow in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
6. Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroduced
7. Mar 20, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
8. Mar 25, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Judiciary11–0 vote
9. Mar 26, 2025CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
10. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
11. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Rules · Senate Rules

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Independent.

• Lori BermanD Primary sponsor · District 26