HB337 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Parker MooreRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Alabama Board of Registered Interior Designers, prohibitions on size and type of building they may work on removed, right to discipline non-registered individuals restored, exemptions provided

Summary

HB337 would expand registered interior designers' scope, remove size and building-type limits on their projects, and clarify exemptions and boundaries for related professions.

What This Bill Does

Expands the practice by removing size and building-type limits on work that registered interior designers may perform. Allows registered interior designers to seal and submit drawings for certain commercial interior projects up to 5,000 contiguous square feet in spaces within buildings of at least 2,500 square feet, and also allows sealing for spaces under 5,000 square feet in buildings of any size under specified conditions, while maintaining that engineering or architecture remains outside their scope and prohibiting changes to structural systems, building envelopes, or life-safety elements. Adds exemptions from registration (including licensed architects, certain employees, private residential or retail-related work) and specifies that the Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers has no jurisdiction over non-registered individuals, with an effective date of October 1, 2025.

Who It Affects

• Registered interior designers in Alabama, who gain expanded project authority and new sealing privileges within defined square-foot thresholds and building contexts.
• People who are not registered interior designers (non-registered individuals), who would not be subject to board discipline and may continue certain activities not prohibited by other laws under the bill.

Key Provisions

• Amends Sections 34-15C-2, 34-15C-3, 34-15C-9, 34-15C-10, and 34-15C-15 and adds Section 34-15C-10.1 to expand the practice and clarify scope and exemptions.
• Removes prohibitions on the size and type of buildings for which registered interior designers may perform work.
• Allows registered interior designers to seal and submit drawings for commercial interior projects up to 5,000 contiguous square feet in spaces within buildings of at least 2,500 square feet, and provides a parallel pathway for spaces under 5,000 square feet with conditions.
• Provides exemptions from registration (e.g., licensed architects, certain employees, private residential use, and certain design activities not regulated by building codes).
• Affirms that the board shall have no jurisdiction over non-registered individuals and may not discipline them, and prohibits disciplinary actions based on use of certain terms before/after August 1, 2010.
• Restricts registered interior designers from practicing professional engineering or architecture and limits involvement with structural systems, building envelopes, life-safety systems, and other building systems, except for incidental interior design work.
• Defines the scope of practice for interior design as nonstructural elements and related planning, documentation, and coordination tasks.
• Effective date set for October 1, 2025.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Occupational Licensing Boards