Illinois accessibility law

Federal law — the ADA

Both Title II (state and local government) and Title III (public accommodations) of the ADA apply in Illinois. 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 →

Illinois state law — IT Accessibility Act

State entities must conform to WCAG 2.0 AA.

Statute citation: 30 ILCS 587

Steps to comply in Illinois

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.