---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to increasing the maximum account balance for the New York ABLE program"
description: "Relates to increasing the maximum account balance for the New York ABLE program in accordance with the NY state college choice tuition savings program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7473"
citation: "New York A 7473 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-06"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e005d92c-6eb6-4233-9828-502fb4b31c72"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7473"
source_hash: "d523bc2f7f26463540400366578a86cfad4938a57f000de07cda5b958f6091e7"
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-ny"]
---

# New York A 7473 (2019-2020) — Relates to increasing the maximum account balance for the New York ABLE program

Relates to increasing the maximum account balance for the New York ABLE program in accordance with the NY state college choice tuition savings program.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7473&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.442
- **2019-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6238
- **2019-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1206
- **2019-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.545 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e005d92c-6eb6-4233-9828-502fb4b31c72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).