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HB314

HB314: Rules for Designers, Engineers, and Construction Costs

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 12:25 AM

In one sentence

This law adds registered interior designers to state rules, changes how construction costs are counted for certain projects, updates the board that oversees design professionals, and sets new requirements for building permits.

What it does

  • Adds 'registered interior design' services to the list of items included in official project cost calculations.
  • Extends the expiration date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors until June 30, 2033.
  • Changes the makeup of the state board to include one registered interior designer instead of specific types of engineers previously listed.
  • Requires the board to create rules defining 'interior design' and listing which documents a registered interior designer can sign for permits.
  • Updates laws about license suspension or revocation to cover misconduct by registered interior designers alongside other professionals.

Who it affects

  • Registered interior designers practicing in Alaska
  • Architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects regulated by the state board
  • The State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
  • Government agencies calculating costs for airports, recreation centers, water systems, and sewage facilities

Limits and unknowns

  • The text does not list the specific date when these new rules will officially start.
  • The bill mentions 'immunity for design professionals' in its title but does not explain what that immunity covers in the provided excerpt.
  • The full details of how interior designers must be tested or trained are referred to as future regulations, so those exact steps are not listed here.

Plain language

Terms to know

Project Costs
The total money spent on a building project, including design fees like interior design, land purchase, construction, financing interest, legal fees, and insurance.
State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
The government group that licenses and oversees professionals who design buildings and survey land.
Registered Interior Designer
A professional designer who meets state education, training, and exam requirements to legally use this title and sign official documents for permits.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

ARCH, ENG, SURVEYORS; REG INT DESIGN An Act relating to registered interior designers and interior design; relating to project costs for the construction, enlargement, or improvement of airports; extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; establishing requirements for the practice of registered interior design; relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and registered interior design; relating to the scope of the certification requirements for architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and registered interior designers; relating to immunity for design professionals; relating to the cost of construction for recreation centers; relating to liens for labor or materials furnished; relating to the procurement of landscape architectural and interior design services; relating to the cost of construction of safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facilities in villages; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER3235
  2. (H) ASSIGNED CHAPTER 23 SLA 263235
  3. (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/18/263118
  4. (S) JOINT SESSION at 01:00 PM HOUSE CHAMBERText
  5. (H) TO LEGAL SERVICES3108
  6. (H) GOVERNOR VETO OVERRIDDEN Y45 N153104
  7. (H) 10:44 A.M. 6/1/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR3047
  8. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2684
  9. (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y29 N112683
  10. (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP2682
  11. (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD2633
  12. (S) VERSION: HB 314 AM S2672
  13. (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED2672
  14. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2668
  15. (S) PASSED Y16 N3 A12667
  16. (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON, BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, CRONK2668
  17. (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING2667
  18. (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC2667
  19. (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC2666
  20. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 314 AM2665

Changes

Amendments

2 stored

AM 1

AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC 2338

AM 2

AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC 2339