Assembly Bill A6972

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to state agency websites

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Current Bill Status Via S5410 - 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-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5410
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Add §210, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8067
2017-2018: A6658, A10839
2019-2020: A2791
2021-2022: A2157

2023-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state agency websites to be mobile friendly.

2023-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6972
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation  to  state  agency
   websites
 
   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
 210 to read as follows:
   § 210. STATE AGENCY WEBSITES;  MOBILE  FRIENDLY  WEBSITES.  ALL  STATE
 AGENCY  WEBSITES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE,
 SHALL OFFER A MOBILE FRIENDLY FORM AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE  FOR  ALL
 MOBILE  DEVICES  THAT SUPPORT SUCH TECHNOLOGY.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, "MOBILE FRIENDLY" SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO A  WEBSITE,  THAT
 SUCH  WEBSITE IS CONFIGURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT SUCH WEBSITE MAY BE NAVI-
 GATED, VIEWED AND ACCESSED ON A SMARTPHONE, TABLET COMPUTER, OR  SIMILAR
 MOBILE DEVICE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09848-01-3

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