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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS."
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description: "ABLE accounts are special savings accounts established for certain persons with disabilities. This bill clarifies the treatment of funds in an ABLE account upon the death of a designated beneficiary. Specifically it prohibits State agencies or instrumentalities from clawing back from the ABLE account any funds it has expended on behalf of a designated beneficiary."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 145"
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citation: "Delaware HB 145 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 5
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-04-25"
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last_action: "2017-07-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2b7e81e-9f69-4160-8377-c5dbbeff5ed5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25659"
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source_hash: "d677ff1f06af4729e96101cd83d2bbf07be23811acaf6a733a43a4f447503736"
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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-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 145 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
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ABLE accounts are special savings accounts established for certain persons with disabilities. This bill clarifies the treatment of funds in an ABLE account upon the death of a designated beneficiary. Specifically it prohibits State agencies or instrumentalities from clawing back from the ABLE account any funds it has expended on behalf of a designated beneficiary.
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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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25659&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB145)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-28** Signed by Governor `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/c2b7e81e-9f69-4160-8377-c5dbbeff5ed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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