Bill Text: HI SB2144 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Electronic Information Technology Accessibility For Persons With Disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-27 - Act 172, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). [SB2144 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2144-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to electronic information technology accessibility for PERSONS with disabilities.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Accessibility Act.
SECTION 2. The legislature finds that all electronic information technology developed, purchased, used, or provided by a state entity must be made accessible to persons with disabilities. Electronic information is rapidly replacing print media, and all residents need access to technology to work and to participate fully in state programs and services.
The legislature further finds that uniform standards are needed to ensure that state entities are proactively addressing accessibility in their communications, information technology development, and technology procurement processes.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require the office of enterprise technology services, in consultation with the disability and communication access board and a working group comprising stakeholders, to develop and publish electronic information technology accessibility standards to be implemented by all state entities.
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than six months after the effective date of this Act, the office of enterprise technology services shall develop and publish accessibility standards, to be known as the "Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Disability Access Standards", to be implemented by all state entities.
(b) The chief information officer, in consultation with the disability and communication access board, shall convene a working group to assist in drafting the accessibility standards. Representatives from state entities and other relevant stakeholders, as determined by the chief information officer and disability and communication access board, shall be invited by the chief information officer to participate.
(c) The accessibility standards shall:
(1) Require that all electronic information technology developed, purchased, used, or provided by a state entity be made accessible to persons with disabilities;
(2) Be consistent with accessibility standards issued by the United States Access Board to implement 29 United States Code section 794d;
(3) Be consistent with the web access standards issued by the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative; and
(4) Include, at a minimum:
(A) Functional performance criteria and technical requirements for accessibility;
(B) Recommendations for procurement language that can be incorporated into existing state procurement processes to conform to accessibility standards; and
(C) Recommendations for planning, reporting, monitoring, and enforcement processes to ensure that state entities implement the standards.
(d) The accessibility standards shall not require the installation of specific accessibility-related software or peripheral devices at the workstation of an employee who is not a person with a disability; provided that they shall require all workstation technology used by a state entity to be compatible with accessibility-related software and peripheral devices.
(e) Not later than six months after the publication of the Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Disability Access Standards, each state entity shall review the standards and shall revise the entity's existing procurement and development rules, policies, and procedures to incorporate the standards.
(f) The accessibility standards shall apply to:
(1) All electronic information technology developed, purchased, used, or provided by a state entity; and
(2) All substantial modifications made by a state entity to electronic information technology.
(g) The office of enterprise technology services, in consultation with the disability and communication access board, shall review the accessibility standards every three years after the date of initial publication, or more frequently if the chief information officer deems it necessary, and amend the standards to reflect advances or changes in electronic information technology. The chief information officer, in consultation with the disability and communication access board, may form a working group comprising stakeholders to assist with carrying out the review and amendments. Within six months of the publication of any amended accessibility standards, each state entity shall review the amended standards and shall revise the entity's existing procurement and development rules, policies, and procedures accordingly.
(h) As used in this Act:
"Accessibility" means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate technological or mechanical controls.
"Electronic information technology" means electronic information, software, systems, and equipment used to create, manipulate, store, display, or transmit data, including:
(1) Internet and intranet systems;
(2) Websites and interfaces;
(3) Software applications;
(4) Operating systems;
(5) Video and multimedia;
(6) Telecommunication products;
(7) Kiosks;
(8) Information transaction machines;
(9) Copiers and printers; and
(10) Desktop and portable computers.
"Persons with disabilities" means persons with impairments that limit the person's ability to access or use electronic information technology, including persons having:
(1) No or limited vision;
(2) No or limited hearing;
(3) No or limited use of their hands; or
(4) Other similar impairments.
"State entity" means the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the State of Hawaii, including its departments; divisions; agencies; constitutional offices; public bodies; public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools; and the university of Hawaii.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
ETS; Disability and Communication Access Board; Information Technology; Accessibility Standards; Procurement
Description:
Requires that all electronic information technology developed, purchased, used, or provided by a state entity be made accessible to persons with disabilities. Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, in consultation with the Disability and Communication Access Board and a working group comprising stakeholders, to develop and publish electronic information technology accessibility standards to be implemented by all state entities. Requires review and amendment of the standards every 3 years after the date of publication, or as needed, to reflect advances or changes in information technology.
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