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
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For more information please contact:

staff@interiordesignfreedom.org

 

Editorials:

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

Read The New Unions from Forbes Magazine

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

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

Interior Design Shouldn’t Be an Exclusive Field of Knowledge, Metropolis Magazine, June 2005 read more

They design interiors -- but can they tell customers that?, Austin Business Journal 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

Interior Decorators file lawsuit read more

To read more about the Institute For Justice visit their website at www.ij.org

Legislation in Massachusetts:

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

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Massachusetts calls Interior Design Legislation “a solution looking for a problem”.
read more
NFIB website
Testimony in Opposition of Regulating Interior Design Practitioners
07/09/2007

Legislative alert: interior design registration

The BSA board and Legislative Affairs Committee urge architects in Massachusetts to contact their legislators and voice their opposition to SB 178 - an act to license interior designers. This far-reaching legislation raises professional and public safety concerns, and it is important that BSA members join the effort to oppose this bill. There is a hearing on this legislation on June 19 at 10 am, and architects are encouraged to join their colleagues at the State House.

For complete details on this issue, sample letters and talking points for legislators, and information on the hearing, visit www.architects.org/advocacy or call/write Andrew Baldwin (617-951-1433x242 / abaldwin@architects.org ) at the BSA.

BSA Website


Legislation in Texas:

Texas Interior Designers File Lawsuit Challenging State Censorship (PDF) (HTML)

Challenging Texas’ Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers read more

Challenging Texas’ Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers: The Issue in a Nutshell read more

Texas Becomes Latest Battleground In Fight Against Interior Design Cartel read more

Texas Public Policy Foundation: Legislative Preoccupation with Licensing Needs Repair read more

Legislation in New Hampshire:

New Hampshire Interior Design Legislation Defeated read more

Legislation in New Mexico:

New Mexico Ends Unconstitutional Censorship of Interior Designers read more