---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends the definition of New York State labelled beer"
description: "Amends the definition of New York State labelled beer to require that at least 60%, by weight, of its hops and at least 60% of any other ingredients, excluding water, are grown in New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7655"
citation: "New York S 7655 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bec5256b-fc5d-49ea-832d-b5f4c54d6906"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7655"
source_hash: "d43895d0f64b0dd58804bcd8747c5191e6f2beafbbc9e6ce04712365316040fb"
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 S 7655 (2021-2022) — Amends the definition of New York State labelled beer

Amends the definition of New York State labelled beer to require that at least 60%, by weight, of its hops and at least 60% of any other ingredients, excluding water, are grown in New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7655&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7655A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7655A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)
- RITCHIE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.798
- **2022-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-02** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7655A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-11** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7746A
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.198
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.326 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bec5256b-fc5d-49ea-832d-b5f4c54d6906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).