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Bill	Forest resources: carbon sequestration.	(1) The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, which regulates timber harvesting, contains legislative findings and declarations relative to forest resources, including a declaration that it is the policy of the state to encourage prudent and responsible forest resource management calculated to serve the public's need for timber and other forest products, while giving consideration to other specified public needs. The act also states the Legislature's intent to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive system of regulation and use of all timberlands to assure that the goal of maximum sustained production of high quality timber products is achieved while giving consideration to specified values.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1504	California AB 1504 (20092010)	bill	Forest resources: carbon sequestration.	enacted	Skinner	11	33	9	2009-02-27	2010-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/804edf48-08f8-4058-a790-57e9ecde9367	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1504	622c81a8badac83c3a2b478a9982051fd59b65220a5ccc89a9b046e4cd12bd87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1504 (20092010) — Forest resources: carbon sequestration.

(1) The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, which regulates timber harvesting, contains legislative findings and declarations relative to forest resources, including a declaration that it is the policy of the state to encourage prudent and responsible forest resource management calculated to serve the public's need for timber and other forest products, while giving consideration to other specified public needs. The act also states the Legislature's intent to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive system of regulation and use of all timberlands to assure that the goal of maximum sustained production of high quality timber products is achieved while giving consideration to specified values.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/13/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/17/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/23/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/15/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/02/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/17/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/29/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1504 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/13/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1504 Skinner By Pavley — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1504 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1504 Skinner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2010-01-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2010-01-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (January 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-01-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-01-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2010-01-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-01-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-01-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-01-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 28. Page 3917.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-02-11 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2010-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-06-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on EQ. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-08-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2010-08-30 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2010-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
• 2010-08-31 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5085.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2010-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6953.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-15 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2010-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/804edf48-08f8-4058-a790-57e9ecde9367. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).