Bill Text: NY S08032 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-31 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8546 [S08032 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08032-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8032 IN SENATE January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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,26and every two years thereafter, the office designee shall submit to theEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01135-04-4S. 8032 2 1governor and the legislature a written report that documents the compli-2ance of websites maintained by or on behalf of state agencies or state3entities with the protocol adopted pursuant to subdivision one of this4section.] 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.