Assembly Bill A266

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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  • 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-A266 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3114
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Add §103-b, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10086, S7912

2023-A266 - 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 a report to the governor and legislature every two years.

2023-A266 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    266
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 and entities to  ensure  their  websites  are  accessible  to
   persons with disabilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
 103-b to read as follows:
   § 103-B. WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY. 1. THE OFFICE SHALL ADOPT  A  PROTOCOL
 FOR WEBSITES MAINTAINED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A STATE AGENCY OR STATE ENTI-
 TY RELATING TO WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. SUCH
 PROTOCOL  SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  AGENCY  WEBSITES  TO  ADOPT EITHER OF THE
 FOLLOWING STANDARDS: (A) SECTION 1194.22 OF TITLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE CODE
 OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS OR (B) THE WEB CONTENT  ACCESSIBILITY  GUIDELINES
 2.1  LEVEL AA, DEVELOPED BY THE WORLDWIDE WEB CONSORTIUM, OR ANY SUCCES-
 SOR STANDARDS. THE ADOPTED PROTOCOL REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION MAY  DIFFER
 FROM  SUCH  STANDARDS  IN  SPECIFIC INSTANCES WHEN THE OFFICE'S DESIGNEE
 DETERMINES, AFTER CONSULTING WITH EXPERTS IN WEBSITE DESIGN AND  REASON-
 ABLE  ACCOMMODATIONS  FOR  PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE HOLDING OF A
 PUBLIC HEARING, THAT SUCH DIFFERENCES WILL  PROVIDE  EFFECTIVE  COMMUNI-
 CATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND THAT SUCH DIFFERENCES ARE DOCU-
 MENTED  IN  SUCH  PROTOCOL. SUCH PROTOCOL SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
 PUBLIC ONLINE. 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
 GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE A WRITTEN REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS THE COMPLI-
 ANCE  OF  WEBSITES MAINTAINED BY OR ON BEHALF OF STATE AGENCIES OR STATE
 ENTITIES WITH THE PROTOCOL ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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2023-A266A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3114
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Add §103-b, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10086, S7912

2023-A266A (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 a report to the governor and legislature every two years.

2023-A266A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  266--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
 103-b to read as follows:
   §  103-B. WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY; STATE AGENCIES. 1.  EACH STATE AGENCY
 SHALL BE REQUIRED 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, OR ANY SUCCESSOR STANDARDS.  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
 GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE A WRITTEN REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS THE COMPLI-
 ANCE  OF  WEBSITES MAINTAINED BY OR ON BEHALF OF STATE AGENCIES OR STATE
 ENTITIES WITH THE PROTOCOL ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. Subdivisions 20, 21, and 22 of section 103 of the state technolo-
 gy  law, subdivisions 21 and 22 as renumbered by chapter 658 of the laws
 of 2022, are renumbered subdivisions 21, 22, and 23, and a new  subdivi-
 sion 20 is added to read as follows:
   20.  TO ISSUE GUIDANCE FOR STATE AGENCIES IN THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 WEB CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED THREE-B OF THE STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01135-02-3

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