California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 144 — Forest resources: management.

Last action — From Assembly without further action.

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

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

(1) 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 for the timber operations to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and approved. The act requires a person who owns timberlands that are to be devoted to uses other than the growing of timber to file an application for conversion with the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. The California Forest Legacy Program Act of 2007 establishes the California Forest Legacy Program to conserve private forest lands by authorizing the department to acquire conservation easements of eligible properties according to specified criteria. This bill would require the department, in order to further the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and to enhance the capability of forest lands to sequester carbon, to develop options and incentives for the management of private forests pursuant to the criteria established under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, to establish, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, scientific standardized baselines at the regional and state scales to project future scenarios of carbon emissions and sequestration, and to develop, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board and the Department of Fish and Game, regulations that establish mitigation requirements for forest land conversions. The bill would require the department to impose a fee on an applicant for conversion that fully offsets the department's costs for implementing the above requirement as it relates to conversion. (2) Existing law, the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Policy Act of 1977, requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, under policy guidance from the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and in consultation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to prepare and submit a full and updated forest and rangeland resource assessment and analysis by January 1, 1987, and by January 1 of each 5th year thereafter. The board is required to prepare a forest resource policy statement based on the review and assessment. This bill would require that the review and assessment include continued publication of trendline data on carbon stocks, at multiple geographic scales, on the state's forest lands. The bill would require the director to collaborate with the State Air Resources Board for the development and maintenance of the trendline data for the purposes of demonstrating consistency with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 for the forest sector and to identify the best available data sources and outstanding data needs necessary to develop and maintain the trendline data.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Assembly without further action.

  2. From committee without further action.

  3. To Com. on NAT. RES.

  4. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 17. Page 1197.) To Assembly.

  6. Read second time. Amended. To third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5. Page 1068.)

  8. (Suspense - for vote only.)

  9. Set for hearing May 28.

  10. Placed on APPR suspense file.

  11. Set for hearing May 4.

  12. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 678.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ.

  14. Set for hearing April 27.

  15. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 340.) Re-referred to Com. on EQ.

  16. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  17. Set for hearing March 24.

  18. To Coms. on N.R. & W. and EQ.

  19. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 14.

  20. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Pavley · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Pavley

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

Senate 3rd Reading SB144 Pavley

Passed 21 Yea · 18 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191701
Republican 0100
Democratic 2000
Total 211801
% of votes cast 53%45%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Negrete — Nay
Runner — Nay
Cogdill — Nay
Harman — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
Huff — Nay
Benoit — Nay
Correa — Nay
Dutton — Nay
McLeod — Nay
Walters — Nay
Wright — Not Voting
Florez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Ducheny — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Nay
Simitian — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 7 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7501
Total 7501
% of votes cast 54%38%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Runner — Nay
Wyland — Nay
Wolk — Not Voting
Walters — Nay
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11002
Total 11002
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Yea
Leno — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Denham — Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 144 do?
(1) 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 for the timber operations to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and approved. The act requires a person who owns timberlands that are to be devoted to uses other than the growing of timber to file an application for conversion with the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. The California Forest Legacy Program Act of 2007 establishes the California Forest Legacy Program to conserve private forest lands by authorizing the department to acquire conservation easements of eligible properties according to specified criteria. This bill would require the department, in order to further the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and to enhance the capability of forest lands to sequester carbon, to develop options and incentives for the management of private forests pursuant to the criteria established under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, to establish, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, scientific standardized baselines at the regional and state scales to project future scenarios of carbon emissions and sequestration, and to develop, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board and the Department of Fish and Game, regulations that establish mitigation requirements for forest land conversions. The bill would require the department to impose a fee on an applicant for conversion that fully offsets the department's costs for implementing the above requirement as it relates to conversion. (2) Existing law, the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Policy Act of 1977, requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, under policy guidance from the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and in consultation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to prepare and submit a full and updated forest and rangeland resource assessment and analysis by January 1, 1987, and by January 1 of each 5th year thereafter. The board is required to prepare a forest resource policy statement based on the review and assessment. This bill would require that the review and assessment include continued publication of trendline data on carbon stocks, at multiple geographic scales, on the state's forest lands. The bill would require the director to collaborate with the State Air Resources Board for the development and maintenance of the trendline data for the purposes of demonstrating consistency with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 for the forest sector and to identify the best available data sources and outstanding data needs necessary to develop and maintain the trendline data.
Who sponsors SB 144?
SB 144 is sponsored by Pavley.
What is the current status of SB 144?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 144?
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