1 April 2011 | Posted inBlog News & Updates, Featured, In the Studio, News, Video, workplace
Designers Protest Florida HB 5005 to Deregulate Interior Design
Florida State lawmakers are considering House Bill 5005, which would deregulate nearly 20 different professions. H.B. 5005 originally deregulated over thirty different professions, including Landscape Architecture, Geologists, and Surveyors and Mappers. Many professions were removed from the legislation prior to the Economic Affairs Committee meeting, however Interior design remains. Interior Design is the only profession in the bill which requires a college degree, experience, and a national exam.
As a registered interior designer at HOK, Kelly Betts has taken the opportunity to voice her concerns by speaking out at the Capitol in Tallahassee at the House of Representatives Economic Affairs subcommittee meeting and through the media on …
