AlaskaBill would set rules for registered interior designers
If enacted, Alaska would set title, registration, board, and contracting rules for interior designers and include their services in several public-project laws.
What it does
Interior designers could practice without registration if they avoid the protected title, while registered designers could sign and seal board-approved permit documents.
The regulatory board would include a seat for an interior designer and a different mix of engineering members, with transition rules for current members.
Registered interior design services would be included in several project-cost, payment-lien, public-contract, and professional-service rules.
Argument forClear title rules could help clients identify people who meet the bill's registration and permit-document requirements.
Argument againstPeople who use a protected interior-design title without registration could face misdemeanor penalties, fines, or other enforcement actions.
More detail
The board would define interior design by regulation and set which documents registered interior designers may sign and seal for construction permits. The rules would cover people practicing interior design and registered interior designers working on construction projects. People could practice interior design without registration if they did not use the title "registered interior designer." A person could not use that title, or a similar title, while offering or practicing interior design unless registered or otherwise authorized. Registered interior designers would need board authorization to sign and seal the documents covered by the board's rules. These provisions would take effect May 31, 2026, if the measure were enacted, because they are not listed among the sections taking effect immediately.
The State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors would have four engineers, two land surveyors, two architects, one landscape architect, one interior designer, and one public member. The change would govern the membership and future appointments of the state board that regulates these design professions. The interior designer appointed under the transition rule would need certification by the Council for Interior Design Qualification and at least two years of state residency immediately before appointment. That appointee could remain in the reserved seat until a registered interior designer is appointed. Current engineer members could finish their terms, with replacements meeting the revised qualifications when those terms end. The board membership change and transition rules would take effect immediately if enacted; the bill also would extend the board's termination date to June 30, 2033.
State and local officials would treat registered interior design as a covered professional service in listed project-cost, lien, procurement, and public-contract rules. The provisions would apply to airport projects, recreation centers, village water and sewage facilities, construction liens, state or municipal contracts, and firms offering covered design services. Public agencies would have to use qualified or authorized people and firms for contracts involving registered interior design. A person providing registered interior design plans or drawings under a qualifying owner contract could claim a construction lien for payment. Procurement officers generally would select the most qualified firm at fair and reasonable compensation, but could consider price for clearly defined, repetitive work when the required evaluators are registered. These provisions would take effect May 31, 2026, if enacted, except for the sections identified in the bill as taking effect immediately.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30(H) FN2: ZERO(DEC)Latest
- Sep 30(H) FN1: (CED)
- Sep 30(H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 263
- Sep 30(H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26
- Sep 30(S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26
- Aug 18(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTERMajor
- Aug 18(H) ASSIGNED CHAPTER 23 SLA 26
- Jun 20(H) VETOED BY Governor Mike Dunleavy 6/18/26Major
- Jun 19(S) JOINT SESSION at 01:00 PM HOUSE CHAMBER
- Vote recorded (H) GOVERNOR VETO OVERRIDDEN Y45 N15 #3104. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 19(H) TO LEGAL SERVICES
- Jun 19(H) GOVERNOR VETO OVERRIDDEN Y45 N15
- Jun 4(H) 10:44 A.M. 6/1/26 Transmitted to GovernorTo Governor
- May 16(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- Vote recorded (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y29 N11 #2683. Result: pass.Lower
- May 16(H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y29 N11
- May 16(H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- May 16(H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- May 15(S) VERSION: HB 314 AM S
- Vote recorded (S) PASSED Y16 N3 A1 #2667. Result: pass.Upper
- May 15(S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDEDMajor
- May 15(S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- May 15(S) PASSED Y16 N3 A1Major
- May 15(S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON, BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, CRONK
- May 15(S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READINGMinor
- May 15(S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UCMajor
- May 15(S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- May 15(S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 314 AMMinor
- May 14(S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN
- May 14(S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/15 CALMinor
- May 14(S) READ THE SECOND TIMEMinor
- May 14(S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2026
- May 12(S) Minutes (SFIN)
- May 12(S) Moved HB 314 AM Out of Committee
- May 12(S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- May 12(S) FN2: ZERO(DEC)
- May 12(S) FN1: (CED)
- May 12(S) NR: STEDMAN, MERRICK, KIEHL
- May 12(S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK
- May 12(S) FIN RPT 4DP 3NR
- May 4(S) FIN
- May 4(S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALSMinor
- May 1(H) VERSION: HB 314 AM
- May 1(H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)Passed Senate
- May 1(H) RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- Apr 30(H) JOHNSON NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- Vote recorded (H) PASSED Y35 N4 E1 #2358. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- Apr 30(H) PASSED Y35 N4 E1Passed House
- Apr 30(H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 314 AMMinor
- Apr 29(H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN
- Apr 29(H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/30 CALENDARMinor
- Apr 29(H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED UCMajor
- Apr 29(H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UCMajor
- Apr 29(H) READ THE SECOND TIMEMinor
- Apr 29(H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/29/2026
- Apr 24(H) FN2: ZERO(DEC)
- Apr 24(H) FN1: (CED)
- Apr 24(H) AM: BYNUM
- Apr 24(H) NR: MOORE, JOSEPHSON
- Apr 24(H) DP: GALVIN, TOMASZEWSKI, HANNAN, STAPP, SCHRAGE, FOSTER
- Apr 24(H) FIN RPT 6DP 2NR 1AM
- Apr 23(H) Moved HB 314 Out of Committee
- Apr 23(H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- Apr 17(H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- Apr 17(H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- Apr 10(H) COSPONSOR(S): TOMASZEWSKI
- Mar 27(H) COSPONSOR(S): STAPP
- Feb 18(H) FIN
- Feb 18(H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALSIntroduced
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