Existing law, until January 1, 2027, establishes a scheme for the certification of interior designers by the California Council for Interior Design Certification, a nonprofit organization, by obtaining a stamp from the council that identifies them as a certified interior designer, and makes it an unfair business practice for any person to represent or hold themselves out as a certified interior designer without a valid certification. Existing law also authorizes the council to issue a commercial designation to a person who satisfies specified requirements. Under the existing scheme, a certification under those provisions expires in 2 years unless renewed in a specified manner.

Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board, consisting of 10 members, in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate the practice of architecture.

Existing law allows a design professional, as defined, to claim a lien on certain works of improvement, as specified.

This bill would include licensed interior designers in the definition of “design professional” for purposes of the above-referenced lien provisions.

This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.