LETTERHEAD
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Senator Curren Price Jr.
Chair of the Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee
State Capitol, Room 2057
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: SB 308 (Price): Professions and Vocations (SUPPORT IF AMENDED)
Dear Senator Price Jr.:
FIRM - Thank you for accepting this letter of support for several amendments to SB 308. I represent (FIRM NAME HERE). I
work with a team of interior designers who are well versed in the California Building Code, ADA requirements, and Cal
Green Code. I strongly support the extension of the interior design law outlined in SB 308, on the condition that several
important changes are made.
INTERIOR DESIGNER - I am a professional interior designer in the state of California. This bill expands my opportunities in
this state by providing additional rights and responsibilities to help my business thrive and affords consumers increased
choice and protection for projects in the built environment. I strongly support the amendments of SB308.
STUDENT - I am an interior design student attending [school]. My interior design degree will prepare me to enter my
chosen career with a set of skills and I am very concerned about my ability to perform those skills. SB 308 is important me
and to thousands of graduating interior design students in California who have a comprehensive education to forward their
career in a way of their choosing.
Uniform stamp/seal acceptance is the first of such changes. In order to ensure uniformity amongst local building officials
regarding acceptance of plans containing a Certified Interior Design (CID) stamp for review, there should be an amendment
in the Business and Professions Code and the Health and Safety Code that establishes CIDs as registered interior design
professionals. It benefits California consumers by increasing competition and ensuring access for interior designers to work
independently, as they are qualified to do, in non-structural, non-seismic code-based built environments.
Next, I strongly support the addition of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) exam as an alternative
to the Interior Design Examination (IDEX) for certification eligibility. Inclusion of the nationally recognized exam would give
our state improved reciprocity with other regulated states.
Finally, there should be more mechanisms in place to require transparency in the California Council for Interior Design
Certification (CCIDC). The CCIDC should hold public hearings and accept public testimony. Currently, there is no public
testimony or comment permitted at CCIDC board meetings, meeting minutes are released months after the meetings take
place, and the minutes do not actually contain descriptions of decisions made by the board. Increased transparency will go
a long way in giving the public and the interior design community an interest and trust in CCIDC.
If these amendments are made, then SB 308 will ensure that all interior designers in California can practice to their fullest
capabilities by providing them with the tools needed to succeed. SB 308 allows for anyone’s ability to legally practice
interior design as they do now. Thank you for your careful consideration to support SB 308 for the extension of the interior
design law, and I reiterate my strong endorsement of these amendments to the bill.
Sincerely,
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cc: Senator Bill Emmerson
cc: Senator Ellen Corbett
cc: Senator Cathleen Galgiani
cc: Senator Edward Hernandez
cc: Senator Jerry Hill
cc: Senator Alex Padilla
cc: Senator Mark Wyland
cc: Senator Leland Yee