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A08546 Summary:

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A08546 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:McDonald      
DATE:01/17/2024AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable         
McDonald
Aye
Durso
Excused
Glick
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Kim
Excused
Beephan
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Slater
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Raga
Aye
Simone
Aye

A08546 Floor Votes:

A08546 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8546
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     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:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  103-b of the state technology law, as added by a
     2  chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state technology  law  relating
     3  to requiring state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most
     4  current  version  of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by
     5  the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility, as proposed in legisla-
     6  tive bills numbers S. 3114-A and A. 266-A, is renumbered  section  103-d
     7  and amended to read as follows:
     8    § 103-d. Website accessibility; state agencies. [1.] Each state agency
     9  shall  [be  required],  to  the extent practicable, conform any of their
    10  websites, created or modified with changes to form or function after the
    11  effective date of this section, by January first, two  thousand  twenty-
    12  seven,  to  the  most  current  version of the Web Content Accessibility
    13  Guidelines, specifically level AA, adopted by the World Wide Web Consor-
    14  tium for accessibility, or any successor standards. A state agency  that
    15  cannot  comply  with  the requirements of this section shall, by January
    16  first, two thousand twenty-seven, post publicly on its website a written
    17  progress report that describes with specificity the steps the agency has
    18  taken to comply  with  this  section,  the  impediments  that  prevented
    19  compliance,  the  efforts  undertaken by the agency to come into compli-
    20  ance, and an estimated time frame for  compliance.  The  written  report
    21  shall  be  updated  annually from the date of the original posting. This
    22  section shall not require an agency to take any action that would result
    23  in a fundamental alteration in the nature  of  a  service,  program,  or
    24  activity.
    25    [2.  No  later  than December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three,
    26  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.
                                                                   LBD01135-04-4
        A. 8546                             2

     1  governor and the legislature a written report that documents the compli-
     2  ance  of  websites maintained by or on behalf of state agencies or state
     3  entities with the protocol adopted pursuant to subdivision one  of  this
     4  section.]  For  purposes  of this section, "changes to form or function"
     5  shall mean  modifications  to  the  visual  presentation,  informational
     6  organization,  website  infrastructure,  or user utility of the website,
     7  including but not  limited  to:  1.  redesigns  of  site  layout,  color
     8  schemes, graphics, branding elements, or other aesthetic components; and
     9  2.  integration  of dynamic interfaces. Nothing in this section shall be
    10  construed to be inconsistent  with  any  current  or  future  applicable
    11  federal laws or regulations.
    12    §  2.  Subdivision  20  of section 103 of the state technology law, as
    13  added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state technology law
    14  relating to requiring state agencies to conform any of their websites to
    15  the most current version of the  Web  Content  Accessibility  Guidelines
    16  adopted  by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility, as proposed
    17  in legislative bills numbers S. 3114-A and A. 266-A, is amended to  read
    18  as follows:
    19    20. To issue guidance and training for state agencies in their compli-
    20  ance  with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines required pursuant to
    21  section one hundred [three-b] three-d of the state technology law.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    23  manner  as  a  chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state technology
    24  law relating to  requiring  state  agencies  to  conform  any  of  their
    25  websites  to  the  most current version of the Web Content Accessibility
    26  Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium  for  accessibility,
    27  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S. 3114-A and A. 266-A, takes
    28  effect.