The ACCESS Act of 2026 amends the Americans with Disabilities Act to add procedural requirements before businesses can be sued for accessibility violations. The bill requires the Department of Justice to develop education programs helping property owners, website developers, and local governments understand how to comply with disability access requirements, with materials provided in multiple languages. Most significantly, the bill establishes a "notice and cure" period, meaning that before filing a lawsuit over architectural or technological barriers, a person with a disability must first send a detailed written notice to the business and give the owner sixty days to provide a plan for removal and another sixty days to make substantial progress on that plan. The bill also directs federal courts to develop mediation programs for accessibility disputes to resolve claims quickly without litigation, and requires the Attorney General to study within one year whether certain web standards and phone accessibility options adequately serve people with disabilities. These changes take effect thirty days after enactment and use existing government funding with no new appropriations specified.
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