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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 61: Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 61 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 18, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses. Primary sponsor: Fiona McFarland (Republican), Kelly Skidmore (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Government Operations Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses; Authorizes candidate to use funds on deposit in his or her campaign account to pay for child care expenses under specified conditions; requires candidates to maintain specified records for specified timeframe; requires candidates to disclose certain child care expenses in campaign finance reports.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Fiona McFarlandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Kelly SkidmorePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Rita HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  6. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
  7. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source