SB54
SB54: Rules for Designers, Engineers, and Construction Costs
In one sentence
This bill defines project costs to include registered interior design services, extends the life of a state board until June 30, 2033, adds an interior designer seat to that board, and sets rules for practicing as a registered interior designer.
What it does
- Updates the definition of 'project costs' to include expenses for registered interior design services alongside architecture, engineering, land surveying, and landscape architectural services.
- Extends the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors until June 30, 2033.
- Increases the number of board members from 11 to 13 by adding one seat for a registered interior designer.
- Requires the state board to create rules defining 'interior design' and listing which documents a registered interior designer can sign with an official seal.
- Updates laws regarding license revocation or suspension to include violations related to the practice of registered interior design.
Who it affects
- Registered interior designers
- Architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects
- The State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
- Government agencies calculating costs for airports, recreation centers, and village water facilities
Limits and unknowns
- The governor vetoed this bill on September 22, 2025. It did not become law unless lawmakers later overrode the veto.
- The official text provided does not confirm if a legislative override of the veto occurred.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Registered Interior Designer
- A professional who meets specific education, training, and experience requirements to use this title and sign official design documents.
- Project Costs
- The total money needed for a project, including studies, plans, construction, equipment, financing fees, and now registered interior design services.
- State Board of Registration
- A government group that sets rules and issues licenses to architects, engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, and registered interior designers.
Official record
Sources
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
- (S) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 9/22/20251451
- (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)1449
- (S) 1:40 P.M. 9/8/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR1449
- (H) VERSION: CSSSSB 54(FIN)1343
- (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT1343
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE1343
- (H) PASSED Y30 N101342
- (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSSSB 54(FIN)1341
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CALENDAR1316
- (H) READ THE SECOND TIME1316
- (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/20251316
- (H) FN2: (CED)1280
- (H) NR: BYNUM, JOHNSON, ALLARD, TOMASZEWSKI, JOSEPHSON1280
- (H) DP: HANNAN, STAPP, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, SCHRAGE1280
- (H) FIN RPT 6DP 5NR1280
- (H) Minutes (HFIN)Min
- (H) Moved CSSSSB 54(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --Text
- (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519Text
- (H) FN2: (CED)1070
- (H) AM: SADDLER1070