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Bill	Forest practices: timber harvesting plans.	(1) The Z'Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and approved. The act provides that a timber harvesting plan is effective for a period of not more than 3 years, unless extended as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2163	California AB 2163 (20092010)	bill	Forest practices: timber harvesting plans.	enacted	Mendoza	8	28	5	2010-02-18	2010-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b363a932-21fb-488c-af4a-0e81bd35088d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163	838f3485e0fbc864b238f9d98182031b5be60e34851b0ca2bb692b8541d7f2c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2163 (20092010) — Forest practices: timber harvesting plans.

(1) The Z'Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and approved. The act provides that a timber harvesting plan is effective for a period of not more than 3 years, unless extended as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/26/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/17/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2163 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/20/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2163 Mendoza Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2163 MENDOZA Third Reading Urgency — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mendoza — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2010-04-05 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2010-04-05 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
• 2010-04-05 (Corrected April 7.)
• 2010-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2010-04-12 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
• 2010-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2010-04-22 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-04-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2010-05-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-20 From Consent Calendar.
• 2010-05-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2010-05-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 7. Page 5258.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-03 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2010-06-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-06-29 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2010-08-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-18 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 4575.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-18 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2010-08-26 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2010-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b363a932-21fb-488c-af4a-0e81bd35088d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).