---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures"
description: "Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 343"
citation: "Maryland SB 343 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/589efc0b-1231-4189-b9b7-0324d6cf0a39"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0343?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "81092ed82cae3a3dbe9721fd742ff237abb011c62a25ac8850980d19bcf55d35"
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-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 343 (2023) — Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_637_sb0343t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0343f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0343t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-20** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/589efc0b-1231-4189-b9b7-0324d6cf0a39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).