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HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA
1970 – 2005
- 1970s - Attempt to recognize interior designers via use of Board of Equalization resale numbers is unsuccessful.
- Early 1980s - Predecessor to CLCID
forms a Political Action Committee; a legislative bill is sponsored that fails in committee phase. The PAC becomes inactive; and lobbying services lapse.
- 1984-85 - Senator John Seymour's SB 790 sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and California Board of Architectural Examiners passes legislature and is signed by Governor George Deukmejian without opposition. SB 790 restricted practicing all design and submission of plans to building departments except those drawn under the supervision of CA licensed architects and engineers.
- 1986 - Contact with the California Association of Building Officials (CALBO) is initiated.
- 1986 – The CA Interior Design PAC reactivates into present format; California Legislative Conference on Interior Design (
CLCID) is formed; a lobbyist is hired.
- 1986 to present - CLCID
represents the Interior Design profession before the Legislative and Administrative branches of the state government.
- 1988 - California Contractors State License Board funds independent study to determine need for licensing interior designers.
- 1988-89 - Sunrise Report, "A Study to Determine the Need to License Interior Designers" is submitted to the Legislature recommending that "Interior Designers" be licensed under a Practice Act and "Interior Decorators" be registered by a Title Act.
- 1989 - CLCID
initiates relationships with Chapters of professional Interior Design organizations to form cohesive grassroots activities according to CA Assembly and Senate District lines to be ready to support legislative-related issues.
- 1989 - Senator William Craven agrees to be the author of an interior designers licensing bill.
- 1990 - Senator Craven introduces SB 153. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Board of Architectural Examiners oppose it. Negotiation with both Architects and Contractors for an Interior Designers Practice Act is unsuccessful.
- 1990 - After being amended to "Certification" recognition, SB 153 passes through the legislative process in both the Senate and Assembly. SB 153 is approved by the Legislature and signed by Governor Deukmejian.
- Late 1990 – A Task Force is convened to form a certifying board.
- 1991 - Senator Craven authors SB 667 to amend the interior design statute section on grandparenting.
- 1991 – A certifying board for interior design is formed as a non-profit 501(c)(6) and titled the California Council for Interior Design Certification (
CCIDC), and the CLCID Board of Directors approves it. The CCIDC Board of Directors is established and staff is hired.
- 1992 - CCIDC
commences certification for eligible interior designers.
- 1994 - SB 1586, authored by Senator Craven, relating to the licensing section of the Bureau of Home Furnishings and Bedding statute passes and is signed by Governor Pete Wilson. Section amended the law to exclude interior designers who exclusively specify, but do not buy or sell upholstered furniture or bedding from the provisions of the law.
- 1995 - CCIDC
is included in Sunset legislation. The Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee recommends that CCIDC be "Sunsetted".
- 1996-97 - CLCID works with CCIDC
to reverse the Sunset recommendation.
- 1997 - Senator Bruce McPherson agrees to carry Interior Designer's bill SB 435 to reverse Sunset recommendation. SB 435 passes Legislature despite the objections of the CA Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and is signed by Governor Wilson providing a one year/session of Legislature to reverse Sunset.
- 1998 - International Residential Code revision begins. Monitoring the process is ASID,
CLCID and IIDA.
- 1998 - Monitoring and testifying at code hearings are members of ASID, IIDA,
CCIDC
and NCIDQ. Resulting language defines a design professional as a "registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed".
CCIDC was unsuccessful at adding "or certified" between "registered" and "design professional".
- 1998 - Senator McPherson carries SB 1471. It passes the Legislature with DCA having moved to a "Neutral" position. Governor Wilson signs SB 1471. It extends CCIDC's Sunset to 12/31/01, which conforms to other Boards and Commissions Sunset provisions.
- 1998 - Legal Counsel opinion requested by Task Force establishes that
CLCID and CCIDC are prohibited under California law from sharing lobbying services.
- 1999 - CIDPAC becomes active in educating and supporting legislators who support the issues of the Interior Design industry.
- 1999-2000 - CLCID and CCIDC
sponsor AB 1096 which is authored by Assemblymember Gloria Romero. AB 1096 passes from the Assembly to the Senate where it meets opposition. Assemblymember Romero is instructed to pull the bill from the Business and Professions Committee and re-submit it in the second year of session rather than risk having the B & P Committee "kill" it summarily. AB 1096 is re-submitted in 2000 with amendments, passing both the Assembly and Senate. Governor Gray Davis vetoes AB 1096.
- 2000 – The CA Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) joins
CLCID and actively participates in legislative activity.
- 2000 – AB 2230 Wiggins would have allowed
any registered architect or architectural organization to assume enforcement duties normally reserved for the California Board of Architects (CAB). CLCID and CCIDC
initiate a letter writing campaign against AB 2230 that contribute to it being defeated.
- December 2000 - CCIDC
goes before the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee for an in-depth hearing on its activities and operations. A 90-day period of research and discussion commences before the next hearing.
- September 2001 - Governor Gray Davis signs SB 136, which will become law on January 1, 2002. SB 136 provides title protection for the CID designation and a sunset extension date for the California Council for Interior Design Certification (CCIDC).
- November 2002 - CCIDC
goes before the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee for an in-depth hearing on its activities and operations.
- 2003 - As a result of a favorable JLSRC Committee hearing,
CCIDC was included in SB 363 (Figueroa). The bill protects the CID title and extended the CID law to Jan 1, 2007. The bill was approved by the Governor in October, 2003 and became law in
January, 2004.
- 2004 CLCID continued to monitor legislation to protect the profession of interior design.
- 2005 CLCID issues its "Vision for Future Interior Design Law" . Senate Bill 232 was Chaptered into law to extend the Sunset date of the Certified Interior Designers law from January 1, 2007 until January 1, 2008. This means that previously scheduled Sunset Review Joint Committee hearings for later this year will be postponed until next year.
- 2006 CLCID continued to hold inclusive legislative Round Table discussions across the state
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