Legislation expanding the state of Missouri’s Interior Design Title Act has been introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives. HB 2158, sponsored by Representative Sherri Gallick, and SB 1325, sponsored by Senator Tracy McCreery would continue the trend of states adopting new or expanded legislation providing for reasonable regulation of the interior design profession.

As introduced, the bills adopt an updated and specifically defined scope of practice for Registered Interior Designers and provide title holders with the ability to obtain a seal for use to stamp nonstructural interior construction plans for permitting. Much of the language is borrowed from legislation adopted in other states and drafted through collaboration between the architecture and interior design communities in those states. IIDA and ASID chapters hope to build upon that collaboration; however, the Missouri component of the American Institute of Architects has communicated its opposition to the bills to the sponsors.