Legislature(2025 - 2026)BARNES 124
05/07/2025 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Start | |
| HB138 | |
| HB156 | |
| HB178 | |
| HB110 | |
| SB54 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | HB 156 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 138 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 110 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | SB 54 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 178 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SB 54-EXT ARCH, ENG, SURVEY BRD; REG INT DESIGN
4:54:20 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced that the final order of business would
be CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 54(FIN), "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."
4:54:36 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS opened public testimony on CSSSSB 54(FIN).
4:54:48 PM
CASEY KEE, representing self, She stated that she was an
interior designer and strongly supported the proposed
legislation as was currently written. She stated that she was
opposed to any amendment to "strike interior design" from the
proposed legislation.
4:55:23 PM
LARRY CASH, representing self, He stated that he had practiced
architecture in Alaska for 45 years with qualified interior
designers. He offered his support for CSSSSB 54(FIN) and
encouraged the committee to pass CSSSSB 54(FIN) without
amendments.
4:56:27 PM
BARBARA CASH, representing self, She stated that she was a
nationally credentialed interior designer. She encouraged the
committee to extend the board, update statute, and register
Alaska interior designers. She thanked the committee members
for their service.
4:57:01 PM
MELISSA TRIBYL, representing self, She stated that she was an
interior designer and asserted that CSSSSB 54(FIN) would assist
interior designers in the state. and encouraged committee
members to pass the proposed legislation without amendments.
4:57:40 PM
DANA NUNN, Chair, Government Advocacy Committee, American
Society of Interior Designers, Alaska Chapter, She stated that
she was a certified interior designer through the National
Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ). She asked
the committee to support CSSSSB 54(FIN), as written.
4:58:38 PM
ASHLEY KILLIAN, Allied Member, American Society of Interior
Designers, She stated that she was an interior designer through
NCIDQ. She stated that she opposed amendments to strike
interior design from CSSSSB 54(FIN).
4:59:26 PM
CRAIG BLEDSOE, representing self, He stated that he was a
licensed professional engineer and aircraft accident
investigator. He offered his support for CSSSSB 54(FIN), as
written, and opposed amendments to strike interior designers
from the proposed legislation. He stated that he is generally
opposed to burdensome regulations that restrict commerce.
5:00:38 PM
MELISSA WILTFONG, representing self, She stated that she was a
commercial interior designer. She expressed her full support
for CSSSSB 54(FIN) with the inclusion of interior design
registration. She stated that she opposed any amendments to
take interior designers out of the proposed legislation.
5:01:11 PM
CATHERINE FRITZ, representing self, testified in opposition to
CSSSSB 54 (FIN). She suggested that the committee remove two
seats in section 2 of the proposed legislation and asserted that
it was "inappropriate" for an interior designer to serve on the
board, given that it was regulated by statute and because it
would be regulated as a practice itself.
5:04:05 PM
JOHN PEKAR, representing self, He stated that he was a civil
engineer and the president of the Alaska Professional Design
Council (APDC), which represents 1,000 design professionals that
are registered by the Board of Architects and Land Surveyors.
He stated that APDC supported the extension of the board, the
board-recommended changes, and the registration creation for
interior designers under CSSSSB 54(FIN). He encouraged
committee members to pass the proposed legislation without
change.
5:04:54 PM
MARY KNOPF, representing self, She said that interior designers
"play an important role" in a commercial design team and
encouraged the committee to move CSSSSB 54 (FIN) as it was
currently written.
5:05:41 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS, after ascertaining that there was no one else
who wished to testify, closed public testimony on CSSSSB
54(FIN).
5:05:44 PM
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER moved to adopt Amendment [1] to CSSSSB
54(FIN), labeled 34-LS0044\H.1, Gunther, 5/1/25, which read as
follows:
Page 1, lines 1 - 2:
Delete "relating to registered interior designers
and interior design; relating to project costs for the
construction, enlargement, or improvement of
airports;"
Page 1, line 4, through page 2, line 1:
Delete "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;"
Page 2, lines 3 - 17:
Delete all material.
Page 2, line 18:
Delete "Sec. 2"
Insert "Section 1"
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
Page 2, line 21, through page 22, line 27:
Delete all material.
Renumber the following bill section accordingly.
Page 22, line 28:
Delete "Except as provided in secs. 46 and 47 of
this Act, this"
Insert "This"
CO-CHAIR HALL objected.
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER explained that the proposed amendment
would remove all sections except for an 8 year renewal.
[CO-CHAIR HALL's objection was treated as maintained.]
5:07:03 PM
A roll call vote was started and voided.
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Nelson, Coulombe,
Saddler voted in favor of Amendment 1 to CSSSSB 54 (FIN).
Representatives Burke, Carrick, Hall, and Fields voted against
it. Therefore, Amendment 1 to CSSSSB 54 (FIN) failed by a vote
of 3-4
5:08:09 PM
CO-CHAIR HALL moved to report CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 54(FIN) out of committee with individual
recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being
no objection, CSSSSB 54(FIN) was reported out of the House Labor
and Commerce Standing Committee.