CALIFORNIA-INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE ACT FAILS IN SENATE!!
INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE ACT, SB 1312, DIES IN THE SENATE.
SB 1312 was placed in the inactive file for this legislative term. We're told that there were not enough votes to pass the bill, so rather than have the practice act voted down by an overwhelming margin, Senator Yee decided to not introduce it.
We will give you more details once the dust settles, but thanks are not enough to express our appreciation to our members and allied professionals who spent an unbelievable amount of time and effort in spreading the word about the negative impact that this legislation would have on the design community. Uncountable hours spent meeting with legislators, calling and sending letters and emails, writing position papers opposing the legislation and garnering the opposition from so many trade groups, organizations, businesses and independent designers really had an impact; we're told only a handful of Senators would vote in favor of licensing after all of the opposition to the bill.
A special note of thanks must go to all of the Community Colleges and the Community College League of California who sent in letters and made calls opposing the bill, and encouraged their students to do the same. Also, the grass-roots efforts of the CLCID and the Interior Design Protection Council were instrumental in defeating this bill.
We could not have achieved this result without the hard-fought efforts of all of the individuals, associations, and companies who took an active role in opposing licensing. You should all feel justly proud of what you accomplished.
Congratulations California!
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