On March 17th, 2022, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed SB 344 into law, which provides Wisconsin Registered Interior Designers the ability to stamp and seal their own plans for construction permitting. Passage of this law marks the latest success in the nationwide effort of ASID, IIDA, and CIDQ to establish reasonable regulation of interior design. This new law makes Wisconsin the 14th state to allow qualified, certified interior designers to practice independently.

First introduced during the 2020 session and sponsored by Representative Cody Horlacher and Senator Dale Kooyenga, the new legislation reinforces the critical role of Wisconsin interior designers who protect occupant health safety in their work through robust practice rights and a strong scope of practice. In addition to stamp and seal privileges for WRIDs, the new law also adds a Board for Interior Designers to the Joint Examining Board along with the other design professions.

CIDQ looks forward to working with the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services and the Board in the coming weeks to provide Wisconsin NCIDQ Certificate holders with more information about this new law. We commend the members of ASID, IIDA and AIA for their hard work on this legislation and applaud the Wisconsin Legislature for modernizing and advancing reasonable interior design regulation in their state.