Today @NCCapitol: ABLE Act on House agenda tonight

The ABLE Act, which helps parents save for developmentally disabled children, should get its final legislative approval Monday night. Senators are tentatively scheduled to take up a bill dealing with "revenge porn."

Posted 9:00 a.m. Aug 3, 2015 — Updated 9:00 a.m. Aug 3, 2015

Mark Binker

RALEIGH, N.C. — Good morning and welcome to Today @NCCapitol for Monday, August 3. Here's what's going on around the General Assembly today.

HOUSE: Members of the state House are scheduled to give final legislative approval to the ABLE Act, a bill that allows parents to put money in a tax-advantaged savings account to provide for their children with developmental disabilities. The accounts are similar to 529 college saving plans. A positive vote Monday night will send the measure to Gov. Pat McCrory for his signature. The chamber is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m.

SENATE: The state Senate will have a no-vote skeleton session at 1:30 p.m. but not take up any business until 7 p.m. One of the three bills on the senators calendar would make posting intimate pictures of someone without their consent, so-called revenge porn, a felony. That measure has been the subject of much debate and three floor amendments so far.

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