republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-34.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State historical resources."
description: "Existing law establishes the State Historical Resources Commission and the California Register of Historical Resources. Existing law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to consider all recommendations for registration made by the commission, and requires the department to register, as state historical landmarks, those buildings, structures, sites, or places that the department deems to be important historical resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 34"
citation: "California AB 34 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State historical resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21b0acac-1bbe-4025-aa54-85547677fb08"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34"
source_hash: "f3d1afd3799b5a2c3664c3a7e4c4a27688717d2729c3d6ed2a88395e5b4b1c19"
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 34 (20132014) — State historical resources.

Existing law establishes the State Historical Resources Commission and the California Register of Historical Resources. Existing law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to consider all recommendations for registration made by the commission, and requires the department to register, as state historical landmarks, those buildings, structures, sites, or places that the department deems to be important historical resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3499INT)
2. **02/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3498AMD)
3. **04/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3497AMD)
4. **04/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3496AMD)
5. **06/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3495AMD)
6. **07/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3494AMD)
7. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3492CHP)
8. **AB34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34)
9. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB34&version=20130AB3493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB34 Roger Hernández By Lara — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 34 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–19** (pass) · lower
- AB 34 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2013-01-14** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-03** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1110.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 1151.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 2113.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2937.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-16** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21b0acac-1bbe-4025-aa54-85547677fb08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).