US state laws and policies for ICT accessibility

Many individual states within the US have accessibility policies for Information and Communications Technology (ICT). These policies often include references to national or international standards. They provide websites and software authors with technical details to ensure that users with disabilities can access the information and that adequate functionality is assured. The most commonly referenced standards are Section 508 and the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The table below provides information for all fifty states and indicates whether policies are in place for websites and software. It also indicates what standards the web policies are based on and provides links to the policies.

State Accessibility Policies

State	Has Web Site Policy?	Based on...	Has Software Procurement Policy?
Alabama	Yes [1]	Section 508	No
Alaska	Yes [2]	Section 508, WCAG 2.0	No
Arizona	Yes [3]	A.R.S. § 41-3504(A (1(a)))	No
Arkansas	Yes [4]	Section 508	Yes [5]
California	Yes [6]	Section 508, WCAG 1.0 AA	No
Colorado	Yes [7]	Section 508	No
Connecticut	Yes [8]	WCAG 1.0 A	No
Delaware	No [9]		No
District of Columbia	Yes [10]	Section 508	No
Florida	Yes [11]	Section 508	No
Georgia	Yes [12]	WCAG 1.0	No
Hawaii	Yes [13]	Section 508	No
Idaho	Yes [14]	Section 508	No
Illinois	Yes [15]	Section 508, WCAG 1.0	Yes [16]
Indiana	Yes [17]	Section 508	Yes [18]
Iowa	Yes [19]	WCAG 2.0 AA	No
Kansas	Yes [20]	Section 508, WCAG 2.0 AA	Yes [21]
Kentucky	Yes [22]	Section 508, WCAG 1.0 AA	Yes [23]
Louisiana	No [24]	Encouraged to meet Section 508	No
Maine	Yes [25]	Section 508, WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0	No
Maryland	Yes [26]	Section 508	No
Massachusetts	Yes [27]	Section 508	Yes [28]
Michigan	Yes [29]	Section 508	No
Minnesota	Yes [30]	Section 508, WCAG 2.0	Yes [31]
Mississippi	Yes [32]	WCAG 1.0	No
Missouri	Yes [33]	Section 508	Yes [34]
Montana	Yes [35]	Section 508	No
Nebraska	Yes [36]	Section 508	Yes [37]
Nevada	No		No
New Hampshire	Yes [38]	Section 508	No
New Jersey	Yes [39]	Section 508	No
New Mexico	Yes [40]	WCAG 1.0 AA	No
New York	Yes [41]	Section 508	No
North Carolina	No		No
North Dakota	No		No
Ohio	Yes [42]	Section 508	No
Oklahoma	Yes [43]	Section 508	Yes [44]
Oregon	No		No
Pennsylvania	Yes [45]	Section 508	No
Rhode Island	No [46]		No
South Carolina	Yes [47]	Section 508, WCAG 1.0	No
South Dakota	Yes [48]	Section 508, W3C Web Content Guidelines	No
Tennessee	Yes [49]	Section 508	No
Texas	Yes [50]	Section 508	Yes [51]
Utah	Yes [52]	WCAG 1.0	No
Vermont	Yes [53]	Section 508, W3C Web Content Guidelines	No
Virginia	Yes [54]	Section 508	No
Washington	No [55]	Encouraged to meet Section 508, W3C	No
West Virginia	Yes [56]	Section 508	No
Wisconsin	Yes [57]	Section 508	No
Wyoming	No		No

External links

1. "Alabama Policy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2012.
2. "Alaska Policy".
3. "Arizona Web Policy" (PDF).
4. "Arkansas Web Policy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2014.
5. "Arkansas Software Policy".
6. "California Web Policy" (PDF).
7. "Colorado Web Policy".
8. "Connecticut Web Policy".
9. "Delaware Web Policy" (PDF).
10. "District of Columbia Web Policy".
11. "Florida Web Policy". Archived from the original on August 8, 2003.
12. "Georgia Web Policy". Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.
13. "Hawaii Web Policy".
14. "Idaho Web Policy".
15. "Illinois Web Policy".
16. "Illinois Software Policy".
17. "Indiana Web Policy".
18. "Indiana Software Policy".
19. "Iowa Web Policy" (PDF).
20. "Kansas Web Policy".
21. "Kansas Software Policy".
22. "Kentucky Web Policy".
23. "Kentucky Software Policy".
24. "Louisiana Web Policy".
25. "Maine Web Policy".
26. "Maryland Web Policy".
27. "Massachusetts Web Policy".
28. "Massachusetts Software Policy".
29. "Michigan Web Policy".
30. "Minnesota Web Policy" (PDF).
31. "Minnesota Software Policy" (PDF).
32. "Mississippi Web Policy".
33. "Missouri Web Policy".
34. "Missouri Software Policy".
35. "Montana Web Policy".
36. "Nebraska Web Policy".
37. "Nebraska Software Policy" (PDF).
38. "New Hampshire Web Policy" (PDF).
39. "New Jersey Web Policy" (PDF).
40. "New Mexico Web Policy".
41. "New York Web Policy" (PDF).
42. "Ohio Web Policy".
43. "Oklahoma Web Policy".
44. "Oklahoma Software Policy".
45. "Pennsylvania Web Policy".
46. "Rhode Island Web Policy".
47. "South Carolina Web Policy".
48. "South Dakota Web Policy".
49. "Tennessee Web Policy".
50. "Texas Web Policy".
51. "Texas Software Policy".
52. "Utah Web Policy".
53. "Vermont Web Policy".
54. "Virginia Web Policy" (PDF).
55. "Washington Web Policy".
56. "West Virginia Web Policy".
57. "Wisconsin Web Policy".