Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025

This bill would require government agencies that run benefit programs to offer their letters, notices, and other public documents in accessible formats for people who are blind or have low vision. Agencies would have to make options like braille, large print, audio, or accessible digital files (such as tagged PDFs) available and send them by mail or through secure electronic delivery at the same time as the standard version.

If an agency follows these rules, it won’t be penalized under certain disability laws for how it sent that accessible communication. The bill defines “agency” to include public entities that manage benefits like retirement, health, housing, education, food assistance, or unemployment programs that use federal funds. “Communication” means publicly available information and materials sent out by the agency.

Key points

• Who is affected: People who are blind or have low vision; public entities that run federally funded benefit programs.
• What changes: Required access to braille, large print, audio, or accessible digital formats; delivery by mail or secure electronic systems alongside standard formats; legal protection for agencies that comply.
• When: Agencies must coordinate accessible versions to go out on the same schedule as the standard versions; no specific start date is stated in the text.