republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1345.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources."
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: "SB 1345"
citation: "California SB 1345 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources and Water"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7836dd07-dda3-492c-a028-c4cfb7100351"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345"
source_hash: "ad6a61a2539cf2b680605c73ace9794ac01215c27ea5c0e204000382c33287fa"
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 SB 1345 (20132014) — Natural resources.

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. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345&version=20130SB134599INT)
2. **05/27/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345&version=20130SB134598AMD)
3. **06/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345&version=20130SB134597AMD)
4. **06/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345&version=20130SB134596AMD)
5. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345&version=20130SB134594CHP)
6. **SB1345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345)
7. **08/19/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1345&version=20130SB134595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1345 Committee on N.R. & W. (Pavley) Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #14 SB1345 Committee on N.R. & W. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1345 N.R. & W. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Natural Resources and Water — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3215.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3387.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-14** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3468.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** Assembly Rule 56 (pending re-referral to L. Gov.) suspended. (Page 5488.)
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6048.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4563.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 489, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7836dd07-dda3-492c-a028-c4cfb7100351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).