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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 904
January 4, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives J. ANDERSON, STEFFEN, C.
ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, CONLEY, DONOVAN, EMERSON, JACOBSON, JOERS,
MADISON, O'CONNOR, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, RIEMER, SINICKI and
WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators BRADLEY, COWLES, LARSON and SPREITZER.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 16.973 (17) of the statutes; relating to: information technology
accessibility standards and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Administration to promulgate rules
establishing state agency information technology accessibility standards for
individuals with disabilities consistent with the most recent web content
accessibility guidelines published by the World Wide Web Consortium Web
Accessibility Initiative or its successor. The bill further provides that the
information technology accessibility standards established by DOA apply to all
websites of the legislature and the courts.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 16.973 (17) of the statutes is created to read:
16.973 (17) Promulgate rules establishing agency information technology
accessibility standards for individuals with disabilities consistent with the most
recent web content accessibility guidelines published by the World Wide Web
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Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative or its successor. The information technology
accessibility standards established under this subsection shall apply to all websites
of the legislature and the courts.
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