Minnesota SF 416: Website accessibility resource for people with disabilities appropriation

Status: Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Policy and Elections (as of 2021-03-15)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2021-2022 · Bill: SF 416

Subjects: Disabilities and Access, Government-Local, Government-State, Telecommunications and Information Technology

Sponsors: Koran, Draheim, Hoffman, Jasinski

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to state government; appropriating money for accessibility grants to local​
1.3 governments.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY RESOURCE.​
1.6 $100,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the​
1.7 general fund to the chief information officer to provide assistance and resources for local​
1.8 governments to improve the accessibility of their websites for people with disabilities,​
1.9 including but not limited to templates, technological solutions, and advisory services to​
1.10 assist local governments in improving the accessibility of their websites.​
1​Section 1.​
S0416-1 1st Engrossment​SF416 REVISOR SGS​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 416​NINETY-SECOND SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN, Draheim, Hoffman and Jasinski)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​187​01/28/2021​
Referred to Technology and Reform Policy​
Author added Draheim​222​02/01/2021​
Author added Hoffman​288​02/08/2021​
Author added Jasinski​734​03/08/2021​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Policy and​
Elections​
870a​03/15/2021​

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