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HB651: allowing the use of campaign funds for child care expenses.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- Tom Loughman House · Rock 21
- Safiya Wazir House · Merr 17
- Willis Griffith House · Hills 18
- Timothy Josephson House · Graf 11
- Matthew B. Wilhelm House · Hills 42
- Kate Rushford Murray House · Rock 24
Topics
Election Law and Municipal Affairs Children and family law Elections and voting Public finance
Official links
CHAPTER 334
HB 651 - FINAL VERSION
27Feb2019... 0108h
05/30/2019 2042s
27Jun2019... 2634-EBA
2019 SESSION
19-0786
11/05
HOUSE BILL 651
AN ACT allowing the use of campaign funds for child care expenses.
ANALYSIS
This bill permits candidates to use campaign funds for child care expenses.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Feb2019... 0108h
05/30/2019 2042s
27Jun2019... 2634-EBA 19-0786
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT allowing the use of campaign funds for child care expenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
334:1 Political Expenditures and Contributions; Definitions; Expenditure. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 664:2, IX to read as follows:
IX. "Expenditure" shall mean the disbursement of money or thing of value or the making of a legally binding commitment to make such a disbursement in the future or the transfer of funds by a political committee to another political committee or to a candidate for the purpose of promoting the success or defeat of a candidate or candidates or measure or measures. "Expenditures" includes disbursements constituting independent expenditures, as defined in paragraph XI, and expenses incurred by a candidate for child care. It does not include:
334:2 Political Expenditures and Contributions; Definitions. Amend RSA 664:2, VIII to read as follows:
VIII. "Contribution" shall mean a payment, gift, subscription, assessment, contract, payment for services, dues advance, forbearance or loan to a candidate or political committee made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of any candidate. "Contributions" shall include the use of any thing of value but shall not include the services of volunteers who receive no pay therefor or the use of personal resources by a candidate on behalf of his or her candidacy. Contributions may be used by candidates for expenses incurred by a candidate for child care.
334:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: August 16, 2019
Effective Date: October 15, 2019