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Committee advances ABLE cleanup to align Montana with federal eligibility change

Montana House Taxation Committee
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Summary

The committee approved HB 671 to add the Internal Revenue Code into Montana's ABLE Act definitions, extending age-of-onset eligibility from 26 to 46 and bringing state law into alignment with federal changes; proponents said it costs the state nothing and it passed 20–1 in executive action.

Representative Melissa Nicola Kakos introduced HB 671 as a technical "cleanup" to bring Montana’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act into alignment with recent federal changes that raise the age of disability onset from 26 to 46. She said the bill simply adds the Internal Revenue Code into the act’s definition sections so future federal changes carry through to…

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