California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 522 — Forestry: Forest Fire Prevention Exemption.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 491, Statutes of 2022.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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. The act authorizes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt from some or all of those provisions of the act a person engaging in specified forest management activities, as prescribed, including the harvesting of trees for the purpose of reducing the rate of fire spread, duration and intensity, fuel ignitability, or ignition of tree crowns, as provided, known as the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption. The act provides that the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption is operative for a period of 5 years after the effective date of emergency regulations adopted by the board to implement the exemption and is inoperative after that 5-year period. Existing regulations implementing that exemption specify that it becomes inoperative 5 years after February 19, 2019. This bill would make the operation of the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption inoperative on January 1, 2026.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 491, Statutes of 2022.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 4944.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  10. Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 4. Page 3401.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (January 20).

  15. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Read second time and amended.

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 10).

  18. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB522 Fong By Caballero

Passed 29 Yea · 2 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 4000
Democratic 7105
Unaffiliated 18104
Total 29209
% of votes cast 73%5%0%23%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Melendez — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Min — Yea
Newman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Roth — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Wieckowski — Nay
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Kamlager — Not Voting
Skinner — Not Voting
Gonzalez — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 3001
Democratic 0003
Total 5004
% of votes cast 56%0%0%44%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Skinner — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Not Voting
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

AB 522 Fong Assembly Third Reading

Passed 59 Yea · 4 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 19305
Unaffiliated 33106
Republican 7002
Total 594013
% of votes cast 78%5%0%17%
How each member voted (76)
Member Party Vote
Voepel — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Levine — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Daly — Yea
Medina — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gray — Yea
Smith — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Friedman — Not Voting
Cooley — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Nay
Lee, Alex Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Nay
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 14 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8100
Democratic 5000
Republican 1001
Total 14101
% of votes cast 88%6%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Mullin — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Vince Fong — Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 8 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2001
Unaffiliated 5100
Republican 1001
Total 8102
% of votes cast 73%9%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Mathis — Yea
Wood — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Bennett, Steve Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 522 do?
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. The act authorizes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt from some or all of those provisions of the act a person engaging in specified forest management activities, as prescribed, including the harvesting of trees for the purpose of reducing the rate of fire spread, duration and intensity, fuel ignitability, or ignition of tree crowns, as provided, known as the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption. The act provides that the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption is operative for a period of 5 years after the effective date of emergency regulations adopted by the board to implement the exemption and is inoperative after that 5-year period. Existing regulations implementing that exemption specify that it becomes inoperative 5 years after February 19, 2019. This bill would make the operation of the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption inoperative on January 1, 2026.
Who sponsors AB 522?
AB 522 is sponsored by Fong, Mike (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 522?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2021. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 522?
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