---
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).