WASHINGTON INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE LEGISLATION FAILS TO COME OUT OF COMMITTEE
The deadline for passage of any interior design legislation for this term has
ended without the bill being voted out of Committee. This means that the
licensing bill is "dead" for this session of the legislature.
However, that does not mean that all of our work is over. Far from
it. We know that the interior design lobby will be actively meeting with
members of the Committee over the spring and summer and that they intend to
(again) have a licensing bill introduced next session. But we will also
not be sitting back and waiting. We intend to counter their every
argument in support of licensing and will be scheduling meetings and workshops
to educate our members, the public and the legislators as to why such
regulations are unnecessary and how harmful such a licensing law would be on
the small business community and the interior design profession generally.
But for now, however, you can all take a well-deserved deep breath and concentrate on your businesses.
I would personally like to take this opportunity to thank the Washington Professionals Protecting Design Freedom; along with the members of the NKBA, and all of the other design organizations who joined together to let the members of the Committee know how damaging this bill would have been to their businesses.
Congratulations to you all, sincerely, Leslie Jensen Chair-WA-PPDF
Thank you.