republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-8453.md

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Bill	Requires state contractors and vendors to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines	Requires the website of each contractor and vendor who provides services pursuant to a state contract to conform any website provided pursuant to such contract with the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility, or any successor standards.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 8453	New York A 8453 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	SIMON	2	17	2	2021-11-17	2022-12-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a8da9b95-f0b4-4afa-8f26-e5f2c8de8e93	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8453	c5c13c459a02ec962516f37c0751ec7fe1e8532c2f860ddd6c00064cedd52ebb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8453 (2021-2022) — Requires state contractors and vendors to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Requires the website of each contractor and vendor who provides services pursuant to a state contract to conform any website provided pursuant to such contract with the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility, or any successor standards.

Version chain

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

1. A8453 (committee substitute) — source
2. A8453A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 146–0 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 63–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SIMON — primary (person)
• DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
• DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
• GALEF — cosponsor (person)
• GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
• GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
• MAMDANI — cosponsor (person)
• MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
• OTIS — cosponsor (person)
• SALKA — cosponsor (person)
• ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-17 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-05-05 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-05 PRINT NUMBER 8453A amendment-passage
• 2022-05-09 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2022-05-10 REPORTED
• 2022-05-10 RULES REPORT CAL.136
• 2022-05-10 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.136
• 2022-05-17 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-17 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-05-17 REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY referral-committee
• 2022-06-02 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7572A
• 2022-06-02 3RD READING CAL.1856
• 2022-06-02 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-06-02 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-12-02 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-12-02 SIGNED CHAP.658 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8da9b95-f0b4-4afa-8f26-e5f2c8de8e93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).