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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program – Modifications"
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description: "Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program – Modifications"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 550"
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citation: "Maryland SB 550 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disabled", "Public Health", "Agents and Brokers", "Beneficiaries", "Death", "Estates and Trusts", "Federal Government", "Health Insurance", "Investments", "Revenue and Taxes", "Time", "Tuition"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Zucker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd00fd81-6050-4687-9b5b-2810092849de"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB550&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "64d9bb39b9b79050bdf36af4f17e53a413f768111cbfaa4683d5e105fa278ed0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 550 (2018) — Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program – Modifications
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0550f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Zucker — primary (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-31** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {309138/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {456280/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Concur - House Amendments
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- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Passed Enrolled
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd00fd81-6050-4687-9b5b-2810092849de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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