Bill Text: FL S1160 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Campaign Finance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Ethics and Elections [S1160 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S1160-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SB 1160 By Senator Berman 26-00945-24 20241160__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to campaign finance; amending s. 3 106.1405, F.S.; authorizing a candidate to use funds 4 on deposit in his or her campaign account to pay for 5 child care expenses under specified conditions; 6 providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Section 106.1405, Florida Statutes, is amended 11 to read: 12 106.1405 Use of campaign funds.— 13 (1) A candidate or the spouse of a candidate may not use 14 funds on deposit in a campaign account of such candidate to 15 defray normal living expenses for the candidate or the 16 candidate’s family, other than expenses actually incurred for 17 transportation, meals, and lodging by the candidate or a family 18 member during travel in the course of the campaign. 19 (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a candidate may use 20 funds on deposit in his or her campaign account to pay for child 21 care expenses while the candidate is engaging in campaign 22 activities if such expenses would not have been incurred in the 23 absence of the campaign. 24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.