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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 344

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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, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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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: Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Stroebel (R)

18 cosponsors

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) , Penterman (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Stubbs (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Oct 26, 2021 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 14, 2021 · Senate

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

  2. May 14, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

  3. May 25, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 11, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Roys withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. Aug 25, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 26, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 26, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  8. Oct 26, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Nov 4, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  10. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga

  11. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

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

  21. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022

  29. Mar 18, 2022 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-18-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 195

  30. Mar 18, 2022 · Senate

    Published 3-19-2022