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.
SB 54 extends the termination date of Alaska's State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors from 2025 to 2033. It establishes specific requirements for registered interior designers, including adding a "registered interior designer" as a voting member on the board and requiring the board to define "interior design" to include non-load-bearing interior construction, space planning, and finish materials. The bill also amends regulations for professional practice, certification, and disciplinary actions across architecture, engineering, land surveying, and interior design fields. These changes directly affect licensed professionals in these disciplines and the regulatory body overseeing their work.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
Oct 2025
Introduced Jan 24, 2025
Vetoed Oct 15, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill was finalized and formatted for enactment, changing the document title from a draft substitute bill to the official 'Laws of Alaska 2025'. Substantive policy changes include extending the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors' term to June 30, 2033, updating the board's composition to include one registered interior designer, and expanding the legal definition of 'project costs' for airports to include various design and service fees.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to explicitly include registered interior designers and interior design services in several sections, including the definition of project costs and board composition.
TIMELINE
Extended the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2033.
REQUIREMENT
Updated the board composition requirements to include one registered interior designer as a voting member.
DEFINITION
Expanded the definition of 'project costs' for airport construction to include fees for interior design and other special services.
TECHNICAL
Converted the document from a draft substitute bill to the final enrolled version with official state formatting.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
77
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Oct 15, 2025
Vetoed
(S) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 9/22/2025
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) PASSED Y30 N10
lower
May 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Moved CSSSSB 54(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Moved CSSSSB 54(FIN) Out of Committee
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) PASSED Y18 N2
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Moved CSSSSB 54(FIN) Out of Committee
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Moved CSSSSB 54(L&C) Out of Committee
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
(S) SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED-REFERRALS
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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