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type: "Bill"
title: "Timber harvesting plans: exemptions."
description: "The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The act authorizes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt from those provisions of the act a person engaging in specified forest management activities. Existing law, for a specified 3-year period, authorizes an exemption, known as the Forest Fire Prevention Pilot Project Exemption, if certain conditions are met, including, among others, that the activities conducted pursuant to the exemption occur in the Sierra Nevada Region, as defined, in the County of Modoc, Siskiyou, or Trinity, or in any combination of these areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2142"
citation: "California AB 2142 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Timber harvesting plans: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb0c20c-6588-445f-8c7e-0e1ebf85eb46"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2142"
source_hash: "36c653b7860929aca351d1cd9895869a31e32d7b4335e38c6ecc499f59e35ea9"
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 2142 (20132014) — Timber harvesting plans: exemptions.
The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The act authorizes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt from those provisions of the act a person engaging in specified forest management activities. Existing law, for a specified 3-year period, authorizes an exemption, known as the Forest Fire Prevention Pilot Project Exemption, if certain conditions are met, including, among others, that the activities conducted pursuant to the exemption occur in the Sierra Nevada Region, as defined, in the County of Modoc, Siskiyou, or Trinity, or in any combination of these areas.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2142&version=20130AB214299INT)
2. **06/17/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2142&version=20130AB214298AMD)
3. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2142&version=20130AB214297AMD)
4. **09/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2142&version=20130AB214295CHP)
5. **AB2142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2142)
6. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2142&version=20130AB214296ENR)
## Votes
- amendments be concurred in. — **81** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2142 Chesbro By Pavley Urgency Clause — **340** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- AB 2142 CHESBRO Concurrence - Urgency Added — **780** (pass) · lower
- AB 2142 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — **730** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chesbro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4849.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4715.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6379.)
- **2014-08-26** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 25). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6532.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 307, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fb0c20c-6588-445f-8c7e-0e1ebf85eb46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).