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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 324

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Relating to: registration and the scope of practice of interior designers and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Safety and professional services department of Trades and occupations

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill makes the following changes to the registration and practice of interior

designers:

1. Requires a person to pass an interior design examination administered by

an organization approved by the Department of Safety and Professional Services in

order to be granted an initial certificate of registration as an interior designer by

DSPS. Under current law, a person must pass an interior design examination

administered by a national organization that establishes standards for the interior

design profession and that is recognized by DSPS or an examination conducted or

approved by DSPS that is substantially similar.

2. Eliminates several requirements for obtaining an initial registration as an

interior designer, including the requirement under current law to complete an

interior design education program of a certain length of time and have certain

amounts of practical experience in interior design.

3. Makes various changes to the scope of interior design.

4. Requires DSPS to promulgate rules establishing specifications for interior

design seals and stamps and requires a registered interior designer to impress the

seal or stamp on certain documents prepared by the interior designer.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Macco (R) , Stubbs (D)

10 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Craig (R) , Johnson (D) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

Full history

  1. Jun 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Stubbs, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco and Rohrkaste; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Johnson, Craig, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel and L. Taylor

  2. Jun 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Jul 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Horlacher and Stubbs

  6. Feb 12, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste withdrawn as a coauthor

  7. Feb 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1