Delaware Senate Bill 210 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)
Status: Passed on April 28 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act responds to the promulgation of final federal regulations, 85 FR 74010, for state-sponsored savings programs under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE), through which contributions may be made to the account of an eligible individual with a disability to meet qualified disability expenses. The federal regulations, among other things, resolve questions related to who may establish and exercise signature authority over an ABLE account. The final regulations clarify that an eligible individual with legal capacity may delegate signature authority to any other person and provide a hierarchy of persons who may establish or exercise signature authority over an ABLE account for an individual without legal capacity. The final regulations also clarify that expenses incurred at a time when a designated beneficiary is neither disabled nor blind are not qualified disability expenses. The Act makes changes to Chapter 96A of Title 16 of the Delaware Code for the sole purpose of conforming the Code to these aspects of the final regulations.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Achieving A Better Life Experience Program.

Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]

2022-03-24 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-19 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-28		Signed by Governor
2022-03-24		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-03-09		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-01-20		Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2022-01-19		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-01-19		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2022-01-06		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79063
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79063&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB210
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52779
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52972