---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the New York state buy American salt act"
description: "Enacts the New York state buy American salt act to ensure all rock salt, or sodium chloride, used or supplied in the performance of a government contract or any subcontract thereto within the state shall be mined or hand harvested in the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7919"
citation: "New York A 7919 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRONSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-28"
last_action: "2022-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9385db27-4ca4-4287-8532-876dc698f19c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7919"
source_hash: "79660ef7235327fff58614a315d4b499d8d36f191c673ee5eb7372a528fa66f2"
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 7919 (2021-2022) — Relates to enacting the New York state buy American salt act

Enacts the New York state buy American salt act to ensure all rock salt, or sodium chloride, used or supplied in the performance of a government contract or any subcontract thereto within the state shall be mined or hand harvested in the United States.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7919** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7919&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7919A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7919A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–14** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **55–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRONSON — primary (person)
- BARNWELL — cosponsor (person)
- BROWN K — cosponsor (person)
- BURKE — cosponsor (person)
- BYRNES — cosponsor (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DURSO — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- GANDOLFO — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO JM — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HAWLEY — cosponsor (person)
- JENSEN — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LUNSFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MIKULIN — cosponsor (person)
- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-26** PRINT NUMBER 7919A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-27** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** REPORTED
- **2022-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.540
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.540
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9441
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1799
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.729 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.50

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9385db27-4ca4-4287-8532-876dc698f19c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).