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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).