---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida ABLE Program"
description: "Florida ABLE Program; Abrogating the future repeal of provisions relating to the Florida ABLE program, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "Florida SB 828 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-14"
primary_sponsors: ["Benacquisto"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-11-07"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7578f542-4520-449d-8950-e4d16a6b3ef9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/828/ByCategory"
source_hash: "42ad8dbab6c9837c9d3332c34c86cd7684e7b640e464088ada8b8b3acd36f6c5"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 828 (2020) — Florida ABLE Program

Florida ABLE Program; Abrogating the future repeal of provisions relating to the Florida ABLE program, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-14.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 828 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/828/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 828 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/828/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benacquisto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-11-21** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-12-10** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-10** Now in Rules
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/12/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-02-12** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** In Messages
- **2020-03-06** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20
- **2020-03-06** Received
- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-04-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-09** Chapter No. 2020-14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7578f542-4520-449d-8950-e4d16a6b3ef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).