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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows public office holder or candidate to use political contributions to pay for child care expenses related to office or campaign activities."
+description: "Allows public office holder or candidate to use political contributions to pay for child care expenses related to office or campaign activities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 698"
+citation: "New Jersey S 698 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CAMP FINANCE", "ELECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Munoz, Nancy F.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29a7cac8-6791-4833-b76b-058b364b90be"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "0baa39709b31c8756daba4575797e8c531e432a0464f356f42d75df573b58c76"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 698 (219) — Allows public office holder or candidate to use political contributions to pay for child care expenses related to office or campaign activities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/698_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **66–5** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
+- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
+- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
+- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-08-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2060
+- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-5-4) `passage`
+- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.102. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29a7cac8-6791-4833-b76b-058b364b90be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+