LaVon Bracy Davis, Kelly Skidmore refile bills to let campaign funds cover child care costs

Legislation to make it easier for Floridians with kids to run for state and local office is again up for consideration in Tallahassee.

Sen. LaVon Bracy Davis and Rep. Kelly Skidmore have refiled twin bills ( SB 414 , HB 361 ) to allow candidates to use campaign funds to pay for child care expenses.

The measures would only let candidates use campaign dollars to cover child care costs if those expenses wouldn’t exist if not for the candidate’s campaign.

The money couldn’t cover expenses unrelated to campaigning, like personal errands or routine child care. And candidates would have to maintain and provide to the Division of Elections “clear records of all child care expenses reimbursed by campaign funds.”

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