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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires state contractors and vendors to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "A 8453"
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citation: "New York A 8453 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["SIMON"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-11-17"
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last_action: "2022-12-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8da9b95-f0b4-4afa-8f26-e5f2c8de8e93"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8453"
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source_hash: "c5c13c459a02ec962516f37c0751ec7fe1e8532c2f860ddd6c00064cedd52ebb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 8453 (2021-2022) — Requires state contractors and vendors to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A8453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8453&term=2021&Text=Y)
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2. **A8453A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8453A)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- SIMON — primary (person)
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- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
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- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
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- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
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- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
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- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
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- MAMDANI — cosponsor (person)
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- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
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- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
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- SALKA — cosponsor (person)
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- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-11-17** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-05** PRINT NUMBER 8453A `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-10** REPORTED
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- **2022-05-10** RULES REPORT CAL.136
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- **2022-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.136
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- **2022-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2022-05-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2022-05-17** REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7572A
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- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1856
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- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.658 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8da9b95-f0b4-4afa-8f26-e5f2c8de8e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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