Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H669 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 590 FILED ON: 1/13/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 669
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Mike Connolly and Joan Meschino
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act supporting parents running for public office.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Mike Connolly26th Middlesex1/13/2023Joan Meschino3rd Plymouth1/13/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex1/13/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/15/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/20/2023Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex1/21/2023Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex1/25/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/27/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/30/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/30/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/30/2023Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex1/31/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/8/2023Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire2/14/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex2/14/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/16/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023 2 of 2
16	16	James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/19/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/22/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/25/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex2/27/2023Manny Cruz7th Essex2/28/2023 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 590 FILED ON: 1/13/2023
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 669
19	19	By Representatives Connolly of Cambridge and Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by
20	20	bill, House, No. 669) of Mike Connolly, Joan Meschino and others relative to child care
21	21	expenses for candidates while performing work or attending certain campaign events. Election
22	22	Laws.
23	23	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
24	24	SEE HOUSE, NO. 769 OF 2021-2022.]
25	25	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
26	26	_______________
27	27	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
28	28	(2023-2024)
29	29	_______________
30	30	An Act supporting parents running for public office.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
32	32	of the same, as follows:
33	33	1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 55 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
34	34	2amended by inserting after the definition of “Candidate’s committee” the following definition:-
35	35	3 “Child-care services,” care services provided to a candidate’s child, including, but not
36	36	4limited to, baby-sitting services by an individual, non-profit or for-profit organizations that
37	37	5provide such services and any other costs directly related to such services that occur as a result of
38	38	6campaign activities; provided, however, that expenses related to child-care services shall not
39	39	7include payments to a family member, as defined in section 1 of chapter 50, of a child, unless the
40	40	8family member owns, operates or is employed by a professional daycare or babysitting service,
41	41	9and the cost of the service is not greater than the family member would otherwise charge. 2 of 2
42	42	10 SECTION 2. Section 6 of said chapter 55, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
43	43	11inserting, after the word “office”, in line 66, the following: -
44	44	12 or expenses relating to the provision of child care services that would not otherwise exist
45	45	13but for the existence of the campaign.
46	46	14 SECTION 3. The director of campaign and political finance shall promulgate regulations
47	47	15pursuant to section 6 of chapter 55 of the General Laws not later than December 31, 2023.