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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions"
+description: "Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions; provides that such operations shall be subject to a full generic environmental impact statement review."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 7389"
+citation: "New York A 7389 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["KELLES"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-05-06"
+last_action: "2022-11-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a06c5ca1-091d-4381-98f6-d687e8b1b521"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7389"
+source_hash: "4123f09533906c601947b537c9c59e4b38fd28cdd94216d7c95020314ba2931c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 7389 (2021-2022) — Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions
+
+Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions; provides that such operations shall be subject to a full generic environmental impact statement review.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7389&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A7389A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7389A)
+3. **A7389B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7389B)
+4. **A7389C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7389C)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **91–56** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: C — **35–28** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- KELLES — primary (person)
+- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
+- ANDERSON — cosponsor (person)
+- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
+- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
+- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
+- BURGOS — cosponsor (person)
+- BURKE — cosponsor (person)
+- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
+- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
+- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
+- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
+- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
+- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
+- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
+- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
+- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
+- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
+- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
+- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
+- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
+- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
+- MAMDANI — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
+- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
+- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
+- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
+- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- PRETLOW — cosponsor (person)
+- QUART — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA JD — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
+- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
+- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)
+- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-06** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** REFERENCE CHANGED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-04** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 7389A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-10-22** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-10-22** PRINT NUMBER 7389B `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-18** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-18** PRINT NUMBER 7389C `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-25** REPORTED
+- **2022-04-25** RULES REPORT CAL.84
+- **2022-04-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.84
+- **2022-04-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-04-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-04-26** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6486D
+- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1923
+- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-11-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.628 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-11-22** APPROVAL MEMO.26
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a06c5ca1-091d-4381-98f6-d687e8b1b521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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