---
type: "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"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8546"
citation: "New York A 8546 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Burdick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93134541-4e76-4a04-98f6-a8bf1826ce39"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8546"
source_hash: "68a7a8b3ea86b1b9a3f2eae71e007db1b0d85cd112273b071048b3ee479a5ee0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 8546 (2023-2024) — 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 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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A8546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8546&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Burdick — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.254
- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8032
- **2024-01-31** 3RD READING CAL.180
- **2024-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.42 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93134541-4e76-4a04-98f6-a8bf1826ce39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).