Assembly Bill A8546

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A8546 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8032
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §103-b to be §103-d, amd §§103-d & 103, St Tech L (as proposed in S.3114-A & A.266-A)

2023-A8546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility; requires the office of information technology services to provide training on such guidelines.

2023-A8546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8546
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to requiring state
   agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current  version
   of  the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide
   Web Consortium for accessibility

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  103-b of the state technology law, as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state technology  law  relating
 to requiring state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most
 current  version  of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by
 the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 3114-A and A. 266-A, is renumbered  section  103-d
 and amended to read as follows:
   § 103-d. Website accessibility; state agencies. [1.] Each state agency
 shall  [be  required],  to  THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, conform any of their
 websites, CREATED OR MODIFIED WITH CHANGES TO FORM OR FUNCTION AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 SEVEN,  to  the  most  current  version of the Web Content Accessibility
 Guidelines, SPECIFICALLY LEVEL AA, adopted by the World Wide Web Consor-
 tium for accessibility, or any successor standards. A STATE AGENCY  THAT
 CANNOT  COMPLY  WITH  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL, BY JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, POST PUBLICLY ON ITS WEBSITE A WRITTEN
 PROGRESS REPORT THAT DESCRIBES WITH SPECIFICITY THE STEPS THE AGENCY HAS
 TAKEN TO COMPLY  WITH  THIS  SECTION,  THE  IMPEDIMENTS  THAT  PREVENTED
 COMPLIANCE,  THE  EFFORTS  UNDERTAKEN BY THE AGENCY TO COME INTO COMPLI-
 ANCE, AND AN ESTIMATED TIME FRAME FOR  COMPLIANCE.  THE  WRITTEN  REPORT
 SHALL  BE  UPDATED  ANNUALLY FROM THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL POSTING. This
 section shall not require an agency to take any action that would result
 in a fundamental alteration in the nature  of  a  service,  program,  or
 activity.
   [2.  No  later  than December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three,
 and every two years thereafter, the office designee shall submit to  the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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