Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities

What it does

By this Interim Final Rule ("IFR"), the Department of Justice ("Department") is revising the regulations implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application ("app") accessibility that were adopted on April 24, 2024. The compliance date for State and local government entities with a total population of 50,000 or more is extended from April 24, 2026, to April 26, 2027. The compliance date for public entities with a total population of less than 50,000, or any special district government, is extended from April 26, 2027, to April 26, 2028.

The Justice Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

28 CFR 35

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Justice Department has published 10 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 10 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1190-AA82 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective date: This IFR is effective April 20, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket DOJ-CRT-2026-0067 on Regulations.gov
• Title 28 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register