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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures"
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description: "Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 343"
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citation: "Maryland SB 343 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-01-30"
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last_action: "2023-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/589efc0b-1231-4189-b9b7-0324d6cf0a39"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0343?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "81092ed82cae3a3dbe9721fd742ff237abb011c62a25ac8850980d19bcf55d35"
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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 343 (2023) — Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures
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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. **Chapter - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_637_sb0343t.pdf)
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2. **First - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0343f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Account Establishment - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0343t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Augustine — primary (person)
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- Brooks — primary (person)
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- Carozza — primary (person)
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- Feldman — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hester — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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- Kagan — primary (person)
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- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
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- Zucker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-30** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2023-02-20** Hearing canceled
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- **2023-02-20** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-03** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
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- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 `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/589efc0b-1231-4189-b9b7-0324d6cf0a39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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