---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forestry: timber harvesting."
description: "(1) The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, among other things, prohibits a person from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to, and approved by, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1414"
citation: "California AB 1414 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry: timber harvesting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-03-15"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7da17476-453b-4ae4-9278-09f694ac5bed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1414"
source_hash: "4927712b57b7a9d634e376a7b3c0ecc53582e8c8540cb7204e6563f66a8e7bba"
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-ca"]
---

# California AB 1414 (20112012) — Forestry: timber harvesting.

(1) The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, among other things, prohibits a person from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to, and approved by, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1414&version=20110AB141499INT)
2. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1414&version=20110AB141497CHP)
3. **AB1414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1414)
4. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1414&version=20110AB141498ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1414 NAT. RES. Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1414 Committee on NAT. RES. (Chesbro) By Pavley — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1414 Committee on NAT. RES. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Natural Resources — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **2011-03-25** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1353.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1689.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-07** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2011-07-07** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2011-07-07** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2011-07-14** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-07-14** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Pavley.
- **2011-09-06** From inactive file.
- **2011-09-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2388.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-08** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7da17476-453b-4ae4-9278-09f694ac5bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).