republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2163.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forest practices: timber harvesting plans."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2163"
citation: "California AB 2163 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forest practices: timber harvesting plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b363a932-21fb-488c-af4a-0e81bd35088d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163"
source_hash: "838f3485e0fbc864b238f9d98182031b5be60e34851b0ca2bb692b8541d7f2c3"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163&version=20090AB216399INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163&version=20090AB216398AMD)
3. **04/12/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163&version=20090AB216397AMD)
4. **04/26/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163&version=20090AB216396AMD)
5. **05/17/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163&version=20090AB216395AMD)
6. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163&version=20090AB216393CHP)
7. **AB2163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163)
8. **08/20/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2163&version=20090AB216394ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b363a932-21fb-488c-af4a-0e81bd35088d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).