Bill > HB60

This bill amends Ohio Revised Code section 3517.13 to allow campaign committees to consider child care costs as an ordinary and necessary expense when engaging in certain campaign-related activities. Specifically, the bill adds a provision that recognizes child care expenses paid to a licensed child care provider as a reimbursable expense, but only if those expenses are directly incurred as a result of the campaign beneficiary's participation in specific campaign or political activities and would not have been incurred otherwise. This change effectively enables candidates and campaign officials to use campaign funds to cover child care costs when they are attending political meetings, fundraising events, supporting or opposing candidates or ballot issues, or performing other campaign-related duties. The bill aims to make political participation more accessible by providing financial support for child care expenses that are directly tied to campaign work, potentially helping candidates and campaign workers who have childcare responsibilities to more easily engage in political activities.

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https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb60