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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 320

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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: Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hintz (D) , Horlacher (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Neylon (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Stubbs (D) , Tittl (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wichgers (R)

7 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Penterman (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 17, 2022 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. May 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Stubbs, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Gundrum, Hintz, Hong, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, Neylon, Skowronski, Sortwell, Vruwink, Wichgers and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Johnson, Stroebel, Carpenter, Marklein and Roys

  2. May 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  3. May 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  4. May 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Hong withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. May 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. May 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jun 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Senator Roys withdrawn as a cosponsor

  8. Jun 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  9. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  11. Sep 24, 2021 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)

  12. Nov 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Penterman added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Horlacher

  14. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  15. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  16. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  17. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 8:08 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  18. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  19. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1