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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: "HB 782"
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citation: "Maryland HB 782 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disabled", "Public Health", "Beneficiaries", "Committees and Commissions", "Death", "Estates and Trusts", "Federal Government", "Health Insurance", "Higher Education", "Revenue and Taxes"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27dbba9a-6e31-4526-a398-d35a7ce4c9c0"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB782&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "9a38cd437b7192cbc2a138ec02f96015a376ab58afc5b461f122fcd1cb5825eb"
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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 HB 782 (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/hb/hb0782f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
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- Angel — cosponsor (person)
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- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
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- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
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- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
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- Miele — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
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- Platt — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Saab — cosponsor (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-01** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {836283/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-16** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 390 `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/27dbba9a-6e31-4526-a398-d35a7ce4c9c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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