US HB9021 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10)
Status: Introduced on September 28 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 28 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To establish uniform accessibility standards for websites and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, and for other purposes.
Title
Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act
Sponsors
| Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD] | Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. John Larson [D-CT] |
| Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] | Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA] | Rep. David Trone [D-MD] | Rep. James Langevin [D-RI] |
| Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV] | Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-01 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. |
| 2022-09-28 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2022-09-28 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB4998 (Same As) 2022-09-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9021/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr9021/BILLS-117hr9021ih.pdf |
