District of Columbia
DC Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities Protection Act (D.C. Code § 2-1931 et seq.)
D.C. Code § 2-1931 through 2-1938; D.C. Law 16-145 (2006), amend. D.C. Law 24-9 (2022)
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Summary
The District of Columbia's Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities Protection Act, codified at D.C. Code § 2-1931 et seq., requires all District agency websites to be accessible to people with disabilities. Enacted in 2006 and significantly amended in 2022 (D.C. Law 24-9), the law requires conformance to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, mandates publication of an accessibility statement for each agency site, and establishes a complaint mechanism administered by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). The 2022 amendments explicitly updated the WCAG version requirement from 2.0 AA to 2.1 AA and added requirements for mobile application accessibility. Persons with disabilities may file administrative complaints with OCTO; the law does not create an independent private right of action beyond existing DC Human Rights Act avenues.
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DC is treated as jurisdiction_level='subnational_1' consistent with other US state-level entities on the platform. The 2022 amendment (D.C. Law 24-9) made DC's law among the more up-to-date in the US, explicitly specifying WCAG 2.1 AA and adding mobile app requirements.