State and Local Laws

This overview of state and local accessibility laws and standards was developed by Level Access in 2013 under sponsorship from Adobe Systems. More information on these laws and standards can also be found on the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s web site.

State	Has Policy Covering State Websites?	Based on…	Has Policy Covering State Software procurement?	URL for Web Policy	URL for Software policy
Alabama	Yes	Section 508	None found	STANDARD 530S2-00: UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY	N/A
Arizona	Yes	508, A.R.S. § 41-3504(A (1(a)	None found	https://az.gov/accessibility
Arkansas	Yes	W3C Web Content Guidelines	Yes	www.arkansas.gov/policies/acceptable-sue	http://stc.arkansas.gov
California	Yes	508, WCAG 2.0 Level AA, or a subsequent version	No	http://webtools.ca.gov
Colorado	Yes	508, W3C private sector guidelines	No	www.colorado.gov
Connecticut	Yes	WCAG 2.0 Level A	None found	www.access.state.ct.us
Delaware	None found		None found
District of Columbia	Yes	Section 508	None found	http://aboutdcgov.dc.gov
Florida	Yes	Section 508	None found	www.myflorida.com
Georgia	Yes	Section 508, WCAG 2.0	None found	http://georgia.gov
Hawaii	Yes	WCAG 2.0 Level A	None found	portal.ehawaii.gov
Idaho	Yes	WCAG 1.0	None found	www.state.id.us
Illinois	Yes	Section 508, Illinois Web Accessibility Standards	Yes	www.dhs.state.il.us	www.dhs.state.il.us
Indiana	Yes	Section 508	Yes	www.in.gov	http://www.in.gov
Iowa	Yes	Section 508	Yes	http://das.ite.iowa.gov	http://law.justia.com
Kansas	Yes	WCAG 2.0 Level A, Level AA	Yes	www.kansas.gov	http://oits.ks.gov
Kentucky	Yes	WCAG 1.0 Priorities 1, 2	Yes	http://technology.ky.gov	www.katsnet.org
Louisiana	No	Encouraged to meet Section 508	No	http://louisiana.gov
Maine	Yes	Section 508	None found	www.maine.gov
Maryland	Yes	Code of Maryland Regulations 14.33.02.01-.12	None found	www.maryland.gov
Massachusetts	Yes	Section 508	Yes	www.mass.gov	www.mass.gov
Michigan	Yes	WCAG 1.0	None found	www.michigan.gov
Minnesota	Yes	WCAG 2.0, Section 508	Yes	http://mn.gov	http://mn.gov
Mississippi	Yes	W3C Web Content Guidelines	None found	www.ms.gov
Missouri	Yes	Unspecific	Yes	www.mo.gov	www.dhs.state.il.us
Montana	Yes	Section 508	None found	https://mt.gov
Nebraska	Yes	Section 508 and Nebraska Information Technology Commission	Yes	www.nebraska.gov	http://nitc.nebraska.gov
Nevada	None found		None found
New Hampshire	Yes	Section 508	None found	www.nh.gov
New Jersey	Yes	Section 508	None found	www.nj.gov
New Mexico	Yes	Section 508, WCAG 1.0 Priority 1, 2	None found	www.newmexico.gov
New York	Yes	Statewide Technology Policy P04-002	None found	www.its.ny.gov
North Carolina	None found		No		www.google.com
North Dakota	Yes	Section 508, WCAG 1.0 Priority 1, 2	None found	www.nd.gov
Ohio	Yes	Section 508, WCAG 1.0 Priority 1	None found	www.ohio.gov
Oklaholma	Yes	Section 508	Yes	www.ok.gov	www.ok.gov
Oregon	Yes	Pages accessible in text-only format; no formal guidance found	None found	www.oregon.gov
Pennsylvania	Yes	Section 508	No	www.portal.state.pa.us
Rhode Island	Yes	W3C Web Content Guidelines	No	www.ri.gov
South Carolina	Yes	Section 508, WCAG 1.0	None found	www.sc.gov
South Dakota	Yes	Section 508, W3C Web Content Guidelines	None found	http://sd.gov
Tennessee	Yes	Section 508	None found	www.tn.gov
Texas	Yes	Section 508	Yes	www.tfc.state.tx.us	www.tfc.state.tx.us
Utah	Yes	Section 508, W3C Web Content Guidelines	None found	www.utah.gov
Vermont	Yes	Section 508, W3C Web Content Guidelines	No	http://vermont.gov
Virginia	Yes	Section 508, Information Technology Access Act	None found	www.vita.virginia.gov
Washington	No	Encouraged to meet Section 508, W3C	None found	www.sos.wa.gov
West Virginia	Yes	Section 508	No	www.wv.gov
Wisconsin	Yes	Section 508	None found	www.wisconsin.gov
Wyoming	None found		None found