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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 303

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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

7 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Macco (R) , Stubbs (D) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Oct 24, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations

  3. Jul 9, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 25, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor

  5. Sep 10, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 10, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a cosponsor

  7. Oct 24, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Oct 24, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  9. Oct 24, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jan 6, 2020 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Kapenga and Johnson

  11. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  16. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Feb 12, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste withdrawn as a cosponsor

  20. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1