HB 2353 Missouri House · 2026 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to interior designers

HB 2353 reorganizes professional licensing by creating a "Division of Professional Registration" under the Department of Commerce and Insurance. It establishes the division to handle administrative tasks like processing license renewals, collecting fees, and maintaining records for design professionals (e.g., architects, engineers) and other licensed occupations. Key provisions include setting fixed license renewal periods (1-3 years), requiring fees to cover the full period without mid-cycle increases, and protecting applicant records as confidential (except for limited disclosures). The bill also creates a dedicated "Professional Registration Fees Fund" to manage financial transactions between licensing boards and the division.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 10, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2026
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Introduced House Committee Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to narrow its focus from general 'design professionals' to specifically 'interior designers' and reduced the count of new sections from twenty-three to twenty-two. This change likely reflects a legislative decision to exclude certain design disciplines from this specific regulatory framework, potentially leaving them under different oversight or no new statutory requirements.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed to apply only to interior designers, removing references to other design professionals that were present in the original version.
SCOPE

The bill's title and operative text were changed to specify 'interior designers' instead of the broader term 'design professionals', limiting the new regulations to this specific industry.

The list of repealed statutes was updated to remove sections related to other design professions, aligning the repeal with the narrowed scope of the new interior designer regulations.

The count of new sections enacted was adjusted from twenty-three to twenty-two, indicating that one section previously included in the general design professional framework was removed or reclassified.

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Committee
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Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 20 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0
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Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred: Professional Registration and Licensing(H)
lower
Dec 10, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled (H)
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Sherri Gallick
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