Bill > LB74

This bill modifies the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act to expand the types of expenditures that political committees and candidate committees can make. The bill updates language to be more gender-neutral and adds two new permitted expenditure categories: (1) child care services incurred by an officeholder when involved in activities related to their official duties, and (2) clarifies existing provisions about travel and conference expenses for officeholders, their staff, and their immediate family members. The bill specifically allows for expenses related to campaign offices, social events for campaign workers, obtaining public input, repaying campaign loans, producing newsletters, giving modest gifts (up to $50 per individual per year), and covering meals, lodging, and travel expenses associated with campaign and official activities. For the Governor's committee specifically, the bill continues to allow conference fees, meals, lodging, and travel expenses for the Governor, their staff, and immediate family when involved in gubernatorial duties. The bill ultimately replaces the existing statute with this updated version, maintaining the core principles of the original law while providing more flexible and inclusive language about permissible political committee expenditures.

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