LRB-5338/1
MPG:skw&emw
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
December 19, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Bradley, Cowles,
Larson and
Spreitzer, cosponsored 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. Referred to Committee on Utilities and Technology.
SB831,1,2
1An Act to create 16.973 (17) of the statutes;
relating to: information technology
2accessibility 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:
SB831,1
3Section
1. 16.973 (17) of the statutes is created to read:
SB831,2,34
16.973
(17) Promulgate rules establishing agency information technology
5accessibility standards for individuals with disabilities consistent with the most
6recent web content accessibility guidelines published by the World Wide Web
1Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative or its successor. The information technology
2accessibility standards established under this subsection shall apply to all websites
3of the legislature and the courts.
