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Senate committee backs notice-and-repair safe harbor, seeks guardrails against abusive ADA website litigation
Summary
S.B.68 would give businesses a short cure period after notice that websites are non‑compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and create remedies for abusive litigation; disability advocates urged care to avoid chilling legitimate claims. Committee adopted the sponsor’s substitute and recommended it to the Senate.
The committee considered S.B.68, a sponsor‑led bill to create a notice‑and‑repair safe harbor for website and mobile‑app accessibility and to add penalties for abusive ADA litigation tactics. Sponsor framed the measure as aimed at mass litigation driven by automated discovery of accessibility issues and aggressive plaintiff practices that can impose high legal costs on small businesses.
Samuel McHenry,…
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