diff --git a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
index 3f5bc627d..fba75c0d7 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
+++ b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ library
     Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Commands.StakePool
     Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Commands.TextView
     Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Commands.Transaction
+    Cardano.CLI.EraBased.HashChecking
     Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Options.Common
     Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Options.Genesis
     Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Options.Governance
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ library
     cardano-crypto-wrapper ^>=1.5.1,
     cardano-data >=1.1,
     cardano-git-rev ^>=0.2.2,
+    cardano-ledger-api,
     cardano-ping ^>=0.5,
     cardano-prelude,
     cardano-slotting ^>=0.2.0.0,
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/HashChecking.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/HashChecking.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97202b254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/HashChecking.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.EraBased.HashChecking
+  ( checkCertificateHashes
+  , checkVotingProcedureHashes
+  , checkProposalHashes
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.Api (Certificate (..), ExceptT, firstExceptT)
+import qualified Cardano.Api.Ledger as L
+import qualified Cardano.Api.Shelley as Shelley
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.Run.Hash (carryHashChecks)
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Common (MustCheckHash (..), PotentiallyCheckedAnchor (..))
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.TxCmdError (TxCmdError (..))
+import qualified Cardano.Ledger.Api.Governance as L
+
+import           Control.Monad (forM_)
+import           Control.Monad.Trans.Except.Extra (left)
+
+-- | Check the hash of the anchor data against the hash in the anchor
+checkAnchorMetadataHash :: L.Anchor L.StandardCrypto -> ExceptT TxCmdError IO ()
+checkAnchorMetadataHash anchor =
+  firstExceptT (TxCmdHashCheckError $ L.anchorUrl anchor) $
+    carryHashChecks
+      ( PotentiallyCheckedAnchor
+          { pcaMustCheck = CheckHash
+          , pcaAnchor = anchor
+          }
+      )
+
+-- | Find references to anchor data and check the hashes are valid
+-- and they match the linked data.
+checkCertificateHashes :: Certificate era -> ExceptT TxCmdError IO ()
+checkCertificateHashes c =
+  case c of
+    ShelleyRelatedCertificate _ shelleyCert ->
+      case shelleyCert of
+        L.ShelleyTxCertDelegCert shelleyDelegCert ->
+          case shelleyDelegCert of
+            L.ShelleyRegCert _ -> return ()
+            L.ShelleyUnRegCert _ -> return ()
+            L.ShelleyDelegCert _ _ -> return ()
+        L.ShelleyTxCertPool shelleyPoolCert ->
+          case shelleyPoolCert of
+            L.RegPool poolParams -> forM_ (L.ppMetadata poolParams) checkPoolMetadataHash
+            L.RetirePool _ _ -> return ()
+        L.ShelleyTxCertGenesisDeleg _ -> return ()
+        L.ShelleyTxCertMir _ -> return ()
+    ConwayCertificate ceo conwayCert ->
+      Shelley.conwayEraOnwardsConstraints ceo $
+        case conwayCert of
+          L.ConwayTxCertDeleg _ -> return ()
+          L.ConwayTxCertPool conwayPoolCert ->
+            case conwayPoolCert of
+              L.RegPool poolParams -> forM_ (L.ppMetadata poolParams) checkPoolMetadataHash
+              L.RetirePool _ _ -> return ()
+          L.ConwayTxCertGov govCert ->
+            case govCert of
+              L.ConwayRegDRep _ _ mAnchor -> forM_ mAnchor checkAnchorMetadataHash
+              L.ConwayUnRegDRep _ _ -> return ()
+              L.ConwayUpdateDRep _ mAnchor -> forM_ mAnchor checkAnchorMetadataHash
+              L.ConwayAuthCommitteeHotKey _ _ -> return ()
+              L.ConwayResignCommitteeColdKey _ mAnchor -> forM_ mAnchor checkAnchorMetadataHash
+ where
+  checkPoolMetadataHash :: L.PoolMetadata -> ExceptT TxCmdError IO ()
+  checkPoolMetadataHash (L.PoolMetadata{L.pmUrl = url, L.pmHash = hashBytes}) = do
+    let mHash = L.hashFromBytes hashBytes
+    hash <- maybe (left $ TxCmdPoolMetadataHashError url) return mHash
+    let safeHash = L.unsafeMakeSafeHash hash
+    checkAnchorMetadataHash
+      ( L.Anchor
+          { L.anchorUrl = url
+          , L.anchorDataHash = safeHash
+          }
+      )
+
+-- | Find references to anchor data in voting procedures and check the hashes are valid
+-- and they match the linked data.
+checkVotingProcedureHashes
+  :: Shelley.ShelleyBasedEra era -> Shelley.VotingProcedures era -> ExceptT TxCmdError IO ()
+checkVotingProcedureHashes eon (Shelley.VotingProcedures (L.VotingProcedures voterMap)) =
+  Shelley.shelleyBasedEraConstraints eon $
+    forM_
+      voterMap
+      ( \vpMap ->
+          forM_
+            vpMap
+            ( \(L.VotingProcedure _ mAnchor) ->
+                forM_ mAnchor checkAnchorMetadataHash
+            )
+      )
+
+-- | Find references to anchor data in proposals and check the hashes are valid
+-- and they match the linked data.
+checkProposalHashes
+  :: forall era. Shelley.ShelleyBasedEra era -> Shelley.Proposal era -> ExceptT TxCmdError IO ()
+checkProposalHashes
+  eon
+  ( Shelley.Proposal
+      ( L.ProposalProcedure
+          { L.pProcGovAction = govAction
+          , L.pProcAnchor = anchor
+          }
+        )
+    ) =
+    Shelley.shelleyBasedEraConstraints eon $ do
+      checkAnchorMetadataHash anchor
+      checkGovActionHashes govAction
+   where
+    checkGovActionHashes
+      :: L.GovAction (Shelley.ShelleyLedgerEra era) -> ExceptT TxCmdError IO ()
+    checkGovActionHashes govAction' =
+      Shelley.shelleyBasedEraConstraints eon $
+        case govAction' of
+          L.ParameterChange{} -> return ()
+          L.HardForkInitiation _ _ -> return ()
+          L.TreasuryWithdrawals _ _ -> return ()
+          L.NoConfidence _ -> return ()
+          L.UpdateCommittee{} -> return ()
+          L.NewConstitution _ constitution -> checkAnchorMetadataHash $ L.constitutionAnchor constitution
+          L.InfoAction -> return ()
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs
index c59ace374..89580cef3 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ import           Cardano.Api.Shelley
 
 import qualified Cardano.Binary as CBOR
 import qualified Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Commands.Transaction as Cmd
+import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.HashChecking (checkCertificateHashes, checkProposalHashes,
+                   checkVotingProcedureHashes)
 import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Run.Genesis.Common (readProtocolParameters)
 import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Run.Query
 import           Cardano.CLI.Read
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as LBS
 import           Data.Containers.ListUtils (nubOrd)
 import           Data.Data ((:~:) (..))
+import           Data.Foldable (forM_)
 import qualified Data.Foldable as Foldable
 import           Data.Function ((&))
 import qualified Data.List as List
@@ -162,6 +165,9 @@ runTransactionBuildCmd
             )
         | (CertificateFile certFile, mSwit) <- certFilesAndMaybeScriptWits
         ]
+
+    forM_ certsAndMaybeScriptWits (checkCertificateHashes . fst)
+
     withdrawalsAndMaybeScriptWits <-
       firstExceptT TxCmdScriptWitnessError $
         readScriptWitnessFilesTuple eon withdrawals
@@ -193,11 +199,15 @@ runTransactionBuildCmd
         (\w -> firstExceptT TxCmdVoteError $ ExceptT (readVotingProceduresFiles w voteFiles))
         era'
 
+    forM_ votingProceduresAndMaybeScriptWits (checkVotingProcedureHashes eon . fst)
+
     proposals <-
       newExceptT $
         first TxCmdProposalError
           <$> readTxGovernanceActions eon proposalFiles
 
+    forM_ proposals (checkProposalHashes eon . fst)
+
     -- the same collateral input can be used for several plutus scripts
     let filteredTxinsc = nubOrd txinsc
 
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Errors/TxCmdError.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Errors/TxCmdError.hs
index e0b9d0134..ee1bf87e8 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Errors/TxCmdError.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Errors/TxCmdError.hs
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ module Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.TxCmdError
 where
 
 import           Cardano.Api
+import qualified Cardano.Api.Ledger as L
 import           Cardano.Api.Shelley
 
 import           Cardano.CLI.Read
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Common
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.BootstrapWitnessError
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.HashCmdError (HashCheckError)
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.NodeEraMismatchError
 import qualified Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.NodeEraMismatchError as NEM
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.ProtocolParamsError
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import           Cardano.CLI.Types.TxFeature
 import qualified Cardano.Prelude as List
 import           Ouroboros.Consensus.Cardano.Block (EraMismatch (..))
 
+import           Control.Exception (displayException)
 import           Data.Text (Text)
 
 {- HLINT ignore "Use let" -}
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ data TxCmdError
   | TxCmdProtocolParamsConverstionError ProtocolParametersConversionError
   | forall era. TxCmdTxGovDuplicateVotes (TxGovDuplicateVotes era)
   | forall era. TxCmdFeeEstimationError (TxFeeEstimationError era)
+  | TxCmdPoolMetadataHashError L.Url
+  | TxCmdHashCheckError L.Url HashCheckError
 
 renderTxCmdError :: TxCmdError -> Doc ann
 renderTxCmdError = \case
@@ -217,6 +222,10 @@ renderTxCmdError = \case
     prettyError e
   TxCmdFeeEstimationError e ->
     prettyError e
+  TxCmdPoolMetadataHashError url ->
+    "Hash of the pool metadata file is not valid. Url:" <+> pretty (L.urlToText url)
+  TxCmdHashCheckError url e ->
+    "Hash of the file is not valid. Url:" <+> pretty (L.urlToText url) <+> pretty (displayException e)
 
 prettyPolicyIdList :: [PolicyId] -> Doc ann
 prettyPolicyIdList =