. . . . . "The bill adds to the rebuttable presumption expenditures made by a person or an entity, on or after January 1st in an election year, that benefit a candidate when the (1) person or entity has hired an individual as an employee or consultant and (2) such individual was an employee of, or consultant to, the candidate's committee or that of his or her opponent during any part of the 18-month period p" .