2023 House Bill 4413

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4413 would amend the Michigan Campaign Finance Act to allow certain caregiving expenses to qualify as expenditures and incidental expenses. Caregiving expenses would mean the costs of direct care, protection, and supervision of a child or of a person with a disability or medical condition for whom an individual has a direct caregiving responsibility. Caregiving expenses would not include private school tuition, medical expenses, tutoring services, or payments to a relative, unless the relative owns or operates a professional day care or babysitting service and the cost of the service is no greater than what the relative would otherwise charge for the service. Caregiving expenses that directly result from a candidate’s engaging in campaign activities would qualify as campaign expenditures, and those that directly result from a public official’s carrying out the business of an elective office would qualify as incidental expenses.