Interior Design Freedom Coalition

Articles of Note:

Wallpapering with Red Tape Editiorial by George F. Will, Washington Post, March 2007 read more

Designing Cartels: How Industry Insiders Cut Out Competition The Institute for Justice, September 2006 (PDF)

Institute For Justice www.ij.org

INTERIOR DESIGN LEGISLATION IN
OTHER STATES:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington DC
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

For more information please contact:

staff@interiordesignfreedom.org

August 8th, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts

GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK OF MASSACHUSETTS VETOES INTERIOR DESIGN LEGISLATION

House Bill 4731 Rejected.

With the VETO of Interior Design Legislation by Governor Deval Patrick, the Massachusetts Governor joins other Governors, Legislators and Judges across the United States who are rejecting the Interior Design Licensing Schemes being pushed by the Interior Design Cartel (ASID, IIDA, NCIDQ, CIDA and the Interior Design Colleges).

We applaud and thank the Governor for his support of the Creative Economy in Massachusetts.

Read the Governor's Veto Message here

In the News...

NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association) opposes Minnesota Interior Design Practice Act read more

Read The New Unions from Forbes Magazine

Alabama Supreme Court Invalidated Interior Design Practice Act read more

Massachusetts Fire Chiefs oppose Interior Design Legislation read more

Associated General Contractors of Mass oppose Interior Design Legislation read more

Massachusetts Building Inspectors Oppose Interior Design Legislation read more

Retailers Association of Massachuestts Opposes Design Legislation
press release
testimony

Institute for Justice Senior Attorney testifies against Interior Design Legislation read more

NFIB calls Interior Design Legislation “a solution looking for a problem”. read more
NFIB website
NFIB testimony

Boston Society of Architects (BSA) opposes Massachusetts SB 178 “An Act To License Interior Designers” read more

NKBA testifies against Interior Design Legislation read more

National Kitchen & Bath Association mounts $500,000 campaign to fight Interior Design Legislation. read more

Legislation Should be a Last Resort: Kitchen & Bath Design News
read more

Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado Vetoes Interior Design Bill read more

Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana Vetoes Interior Design Legislation read more

Governor George Pataki vetoes New York's Interior Designer Act For the Second Straight Year. read more

Extensive research shows claims in new IIDA video to be untrue

Texas Interior Designers
File Lawsuit Challenging State Censorship
read more

New Hampshire Interior Design Legislation Defeated read more

New Mexico Ends Unconstitutional Censorship of Interior Designers
read more