Senate Bill S6486C

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-S6486 - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0331, En Con L

2021-S6486 - Summary

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.

2021-S6486 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6486 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6486
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to establish a moratorium  on  the  operation  of  cryptocurrency
   mining  centers;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 declares that:
   (a) Climate change threatens the health, welfare, and economy  of  the
 state with increasingly severe and widespread impacts to our communities
 due  to  flooding,  sea level rise, heat waves, coastal erosion, erratic
 and unpredictable weather patterns, shifting climactic  zones,  loss  of
 wildlife,  increased  harmful  algal  blooms  and  invasive species, and
 increased risk of disease, in part, which  leads  directly  to  loss  of
 life,  property  damage  and  reduction in value, ecological damage, and
 increased infrastructure costs;
   (b) It is the policy of the State of New York to conserve, improve and
 protect its natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate  and
 control  water,  land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health,
 safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic
 and social well-being;
   (c) To mitigate the current and future effects of climate change,  the
 State  of  New  York  implemented  the  Climate Leadership and Community
 Protection Act, requiring that statewide  greenhouse  gas  emissions  be
 reduced  eighty-five  percent  by  2050  and that the state has net zero
 emissions in all sectors of the economy by that time;
   (d) Cryptocurrency mining centers are an  expanding  industry  in  the
 State  of  New  York,  often, but not exclusively, located in retired or
 converted fossil fuel power stations, including dormant peaker plants;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11081-03-1
              

co-Sponsors

2021-S6486A - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0331, En Con L

2021-S6486A - Summary

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.

2021-S6486A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6486A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6486--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  MAY, BRISPORT, KRUEGER, RYAN, SKOUFIS --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   establishing a moratorium on the operation  of  cryptocurrency  mining
   centers;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 declares that:
   (a) Climate change threatens the health, welfare, and economy  of  the
 state with increasingly severe and widespread impacts to our communities
 due  to  flooding,  sea level rise, heat waves, coastal erosion, erratic
 and unpredictable weather patterns, shifting climactic  zones,  loss  of
 wildlife,  increased  harmful  algal  blooms  and  invasive species, and
 increased risk of disease, in part, which  leads  directly  to  loss  of
 life,  property  damage  and  reduction in value, ecological damage, and
 increased infrastructure costs;
   (b) It is the policy of the State of New York to conserve, improve and
 protect its natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate  and
 control  water,  land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health,
 safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic
 and social well-being;
   (c) To mitigate the current and future effects of climate change,  the
 State  of  New  York  implemented  the  Climate Leadership and Community
 Protection Act, requiring that statewide  greenhouse  gas  emissions  be
 reduced  eighty-five  percent  by  2050  and that the state has net zero
 emissions in all sectors of the economy by that time;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-S6486B - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0331, En Con L

2021-S6486B - Summary

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.

2021-S6486B - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6486B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6486--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  MAY, BRISPORT, KRUEGER, RYAN, SKOUFIS --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing  a  moratorium on consolidated operations that use proof-
   of-work authentication methods to  validate  blockchain  transactions;
   and  to require a comprehensive generic environmental impact statement
   review
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 declares that:
   (a) Climate change threatens the health, welfare, and economy  of  the
 state with increasingly severe and widespread impacts to our communities
 due  to  flooding,  sea level rise, heat waves, coastal erosion, erratic
 and unpredictable weather patterns, shifting  climatic  zones,  loss  of
 wildlife,  increased  harmful  algal  blooms  and  invasive species, and
 increased risk of disease, in part, which  leads  directly  to  loss  of
 life,  property  damage  and  reduction in value, ecological damage, and
 increased infrastructure costs;
   (b) It is the policy of the State of New York to conserve, improve and
 protect its natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate  and
 control  water,  land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health,
 safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic
 and social well-being;
   (c) To mitigate the current and future effects of climate change,  the
 State  of  New  York  implemented  the  Climate Leadership and Community
 Protection Act, requiring that statewide  greenhouse  gas  emissions  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-S6486C - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0331, En Con L

2021-S6486C - Summary

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.

2021-S6486C - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6486C - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6486--C
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  MAY, BIAGGI, BRISPORT, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
   RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --  recommitted
   to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with
   Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   establishing a moratorium on consolidated operations that  use  proof-
   of-work  authentication  methods  to validate blockchain transactions;
   and to require a comprehensive generic environmental impact  statement
   review
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Legislative findings. The legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares that:
   (a)  Climate  change threatens the health, welfare, and economy of the
 state with increasingly severe and widespread impacts to our communities
 due to flooding, sea level rise, heat waves,  coastal  erosion,  erratic
 and  unpredictable  weather  patterns,  shifting climatic zones, loss of
 wildlife, increased harmful  algal  blooms  and  invasive  species,  and
 increased  risk  of  disease,  in  part, which leads directly to loss of
 life, property damage and reduction in  value,  ecological  damage,  and
 increased infrastructure costs;
   (b) It is the policy of the State of New York to conserve, improve and
 protect  its natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate and
 control water, land and air pollution, in order to enhance  the  health,
 safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic
 and social well-being;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11081-15-1
              

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2021-S6486D (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0331, En Con L

2021-S6486D (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2021-S6486D (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6486D (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6486--D
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, MAY, BIAGGI, BRISPORT, GOUNARDES, JACKSON,
   KRUEGER, RAMOS, RYAN, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
   vation  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee -- recommitted to the Committee on  Environmental  Conserva-
   tion in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   establishing a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use
   proof-of-work authentication methods  to  validate  blockchain  trans-
   actions;  and  to require a comprehensive generic environmental impact
   statement review
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.    Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 declares that:
   (a) Climate change threatens the health, welfare, and economy  of  the
 state with increasingly severe and widespread impacts to our communities
 due  to  flooding,  sea level rise, heat waves, coastal erosion, erratic
 and unpredictable weather patterns, shifting  climatic  zones,  loss  of
 wildlife,  increased  harmful  algal  blooms  and  invasive species, and
 increased risk of disease, in part, which  leads  directly  to  loss  of
 life,  property  damage  and  reduction in value, ecological damage, and
 increased infrastructure costs;
   (b) It is the policy of the State of New York to conserve, improve and
 protect its natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate  and
 control  water,  land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11081-20-2
              

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