Florida accessibility law

Federal law — the ADA

Both Title II (state and local government) and Title III (public accommodations) of the ADA apply in Florida. Web accessibility is enforced under both, with conformance benchmarked against the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) — currently version 2.2 Level AA in most contexts, version 2.1 AA in the DOJ Title II final rule. Read the ADA explainer →

Florida state law — Florida Civil Rights Act

Incorporates ADA; broad public accommodation provisions.

Statute citation: Florida Statutes Ch 760

ADA web lawsuit activity in Florida

Approximately 850+ ADA Title III web accessibility lawsuits are filed in Florida courts each year (Seyfarth Shaw tracker). Florida is one of the highest-volume filing jurisdictions in the United States.

Notable cases

• Gil v. Winn-Dixie (11th Cir., 2017, 2023 vacated and remanded) — multi-stage ruling on website ADA coverage

Steps to comply in Florida

1. Adopt WCAG 2.2 Level AA as your conformance target.
2. Audit every public-facing property, including subdomains and PDFs.
3. Publish an accessibility statement with a contact channel for accessibility feedback.
4. Maintain a current VPAT/ACR for public-sector procurement.
5. Re-audit annually; regression-test on every release.