republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-904.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forest practices: working forest management plans."
description: "The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations on timberland unless a timber harvesting plan has been prepared by a registered professional forester and has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and approved by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection or the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. A violation of the act is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 904"
citation: "California AB 904 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forest practices: working forest management plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2dd97b5-fdd4-4ae6-9c80-39af05f23e67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904"
source_hash: "fb44353906bf39062a44cddf4c8f03d5b43ffdb0956c2e73d574dacc2d8cb3f3"
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 904 (20132014) — Forest practices: working forest management plans.

The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations on timberland unless a timber harvesting plan has been prepared by a registered professional forester and has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and approved by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection or the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. A violation of the act is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90499INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90498AMD)
3. **04/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90497AMD)
4. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90496AMD)
5. **08/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90495AMD)
6. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90494AMD)
7. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90492CHP)
8. **AB904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904)
9. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB904&version=20130AB90493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB904 Chesbro By Wolk — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 904 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 904 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **71–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 1698.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** 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`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-19** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2188.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3036.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 648, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2dd97b5-fdd4-4ae6-9c80-39af05f23e67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).