---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief"
description: "Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7168"
citation: "New York A 7168 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PICHARDO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-23"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4042f481-90cd-4ff9-a85d-54c247a869fa"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7168"
source_hash: "2fe4dc9eb077a00547e4b2340b11ccd45063115070e7b5e9b2de5b09e4a7d43c"
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 7168 (2021-2022) — Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief

Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7168&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PICHARDO — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-04-23** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.137
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.137
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6883
- **2021-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1361
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.121 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4042f481-90cd-4ff9-a85d-54c247a869fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).