Legislature(2025 - 2026)
2026-05-15 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2026-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2665 HB 314 HOUSE BILL NO. 314 am "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; 2026-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2666 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" was read the third time. Senator Wielechowski moved the bill be returned to second reading for the purpose of a specific amendment, that being Amendment No. 1. Without objection, the bill was returned to second reading. Senators Wielechowski, Claman, Kaufman offered Amendment No. 1 : Page 2, line 24: Delete "five" Insert "four" Page 2, lines 27 - 28: Delete "one [, TWO] land surveyor; (3) [SURVEYORS" Insert "[,] two land surveyors; (3) [" Page 3, line 7: Delete "five" Insert "four" Page 3, line 9: Delete "one land surveyor" Insert "two land surveyors" Page 19, line 31, through page 20, line 10: Delete all material and insert: "(b) Except for the civil engineer member whose term expires earlier than the term of the other civil engineer member appointed under AS 08.48.011(b), as that subsection read on the day before the 2026-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2667 effective date of sec. 3 of this Act, each of the four remaining engineer members of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors appointed under AS 08.48.011(b) who is serving on the day before the effective date of sec. 3 of this Act may continue to serve the remainder of the term for which the member was appointed. Each of the four remaining engineer members appointed under AS 08.48.011(b), as that subsection read on the day before the effective date of sec. 3 of this Act, shall be replaced when the member's term expires with a person who meets the qualifications of AS 08.48.011(b)(1), as amended by sec. 3 of this Act." Senator Wielechowski moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Without objection, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. HOUSE BILL NO. 314 am S was automatically in third reading. The question being: "Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 314 am S "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" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following result: HB 314 am S Third Reading - Final Passage Effective Date(s) YEAS: 16 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 2026-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2668 Yeas: Bjorkman, Claman, Cronk, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Yundt Nays: Myers, Rauscher, Tilton Absent: Stedman and so, HOUSE BILL NO. 314 am S passed the Senate. Senator Giessel moved and asked unanimous consent the vote on the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clauses. Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was referred to the Secretary for engrossment. Senators Gray-Jackson, Bjorkman, Dunbar, Cronk moved and asked unanimous consent to be shown as cross sponsors on the bill. Without objection, it was so ordered.