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Committee adopts substitute to extend AELS board authority, add registered interior designers
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee adopted a committee substitute and reported Senate Bill 54 from committee to extend AELS statutory authorization and add registered interior designers to board oversight.
The Senate Finance Committee adopted a committee substitute and reported Senate Bill 54 from committee, a measure that would extend the statutory authorization for the Board of Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors (AELS), add registered interior designers to the board’s jurisdiction and implement technical changes requested by the board.
Sponsor Sen. Matt Klayman said the substitute consolidates three elements: extension of the board’s statutory authorization, inclusion of registered interior designers under the board’s regulatory authority, and statutory edits the AELS board requested. Committee staff explained that the substitute (version H) requires the AELS board, by regulation, to adopt a definition of “interior design” for purposes of the chapter and to specify what documents a registered interior designer may sign and stamp for construction projects.
Committee members confirmed that architects had withdrawn formal opposition and that the AELS board reviewed and voted to support the amendments rolled into the substitute. Senator Kiel moved the committee report to send the committee substitute from committee with attached and forthcoming fiscal notes; the motion passed without recorded objection.
The hearing record shows no roll-call vote totals recorded in committee; the report was signed and the bill advances to its next referral with individual recommendations and fiscal notes to follow.
