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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3900 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3579 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Daniel J. Hunt |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act empowering parental participation in elected office. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex1/20/2023Daniel J. Hunt13th Suffolk1/20/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk3/1/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex3/1/2023Manny Cruz7th Essex3/1/2023Adrian C. Madaro1st Suffolk3/6/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3900 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3579 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose and Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied |
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| 19 | 19 | | by bill, House, No. 3579) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Daniel J. Hunt and others relative to child |
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| 20 | 20 | | care for candidates for public office. Election Laws. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act empowering parental participation in elected office. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 55 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2official edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following definition:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 “Child care,” care provided to a candidate’s child, including but not limited to, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4professional or casual baby-sitting services, non-profit or for profit organizations that provide |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5such services, and any other costs directly related to such services that occur as a result of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6campaign activities. Expenses may not include payments to a relative of a child, unless the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7relative owns or operates a professional daycare or babysitting service and the cost of the service |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8is no greater than the relative would otherwise charge. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 SECTION 2. Section 6 of chapter 55 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10official edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the word “to”, in line 64, the following:- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11the provision of child care services that would not otherwise exist but for the existence of the 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12campaign and that are incurred within eighteen months prior to an election in which there is |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13reasonable cause to believe that the candidate will appear on the ballot, to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 3. The director of the office of campaign and political finance shall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15promulgate additional rules and regulations to implement this Act no later than two months after |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16the effective date of this Act. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 |
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