Assembly

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

Assembly Bill 320

Relating to: registration and the scope of practice of interior designers and granting rule-making authority.

By Representatives Horlacher, Stubbs, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Gundrum, Hintz, Hong, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, Neylon, Skowronski, Sortwell, Vruwink, Wichgers and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Johnson, Stroebel, Carpenter, Marklein and Roys.

May 07, 2021              Referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

May 18, 2021              Public Hearing Held

Present:       (9)        Representative Sortwell; Representatives Allen, Horlacher, Knodl, Cabral-Guevara, Dallman, Brostoff, Baldeh and Moore Omokunde.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Appearances For

·      Rep Horlacher

·      Sen Johnson

·      Melissa Destree

·      Lynn Vogeltanz - ASID/IIDA/CIDA

·      Janella Curtis - IIDA

·      Cindy Glaeden-Knott - ASID

·      Julie Grace - Badger Institute

·      Robin Stroebel

·      Genevieve Szeklinski

·      Rebecca Brown

·      Stephanie Anderson

·      Jessi Alexander - Interior Design Students

·      Catherine Starosta - Interior Design Students

·      Jack Jacobson

·      James Sjolander

·      Leslem Sager - UW Madison

·      Allan Bachmann

Appearances Against

·      Lisa Kennedy - AIA

·      Ralph Jackson - AIA

·      Aaron Johnson - AIA

·      Pat Frost - AIA

·      Chris Rute - AIA

·      Malorie Hepner - AIA

·      Rob Wheat - OPN Architects

·      Aaron Event - Kahler Slater

·      Melinda Pogwiizd-Nerad - Kahler Slater

·      Andy Malanowski - Mead and Hunt

·      Laurie Whitney - Mead and Hunt

·      Stacy Keller - Mead and Hunt

·      Walter Wilson - Licensed Architects

·      Susie Van Cleave - Van Cleave Architecture and Design

·      Katherine Georgeson - Orchestra Design Studio

·      Andrea Cecelia - Grunwald and Halvorson

·      Jennifer Lehrke - Legacy Architecture

·      Tom Hirsch - Hirsch Group Architecture

·      Henry Kosarzycki - FLAD

·      Edward Kulvarski

·      Chad Oistad - Potter Lawson, Inc

Appearances for Information Only

·      None.

Registrations For

·      Sen Kooyenga

·      Jordan Green

·      Ariel Steuer

·      Stacy Niksich

·      Michelle Schildgen - IIDA

·      Tricia Dunning - ASID

·      Lauren Maili - ASID

·      Debra Autom-Fussbender - Interior Designers

·      Mitchell Bacon

·      Galit Leshecz-Hayes

·      Kevin Sorg

·      Naomi Bryant - ASID

·      Margaret Luck - ASID

·      Anna Janke - ASID

·      Cynthia Brown - WI Interior Design Profession

·      Diane Kestner - Interior Design

·      Keith Kestner - Interior Design

·      Bill Beaudreau

·      Julia Goetzka - Interior Design

·      Lauren Harris

·      Laura Schade Strolk - IIDA

·      Jodie Thill - ASID

·      Kate Stachduiak - ASID

·      Leah Knox - ASID

·      Pamela Cramer - Interior Design Profession

·      Jerilyn Alsum - Interior Design Profession

·      Samantha Darm - IIDA

·      Hollie Schick - Interior Design Profession

·      Sheila Semrov - Interior Design Profession

·      Zachary Dentom

·      Rebecca Bau

·      Pedro Limd

·      Russell Kowalski

·      Shari Sandler - ASID and IIDA

·      Brianna Arpy - Bradley Corp

Registrations Against

·      Brett Rottinghaus - OPN Architects

·      Jonathan Gecilia - UW Physical Plan and Admin

·      Evelyn Freimann - Kahler-Slater

·      Brad Peterson - Kahler-Slater

·      Dave Peterson - Lien and Peterson Architects

·      Matthew Clapper - Modern Architecture and Development

·      Jeremy Happel - Kahler-Slater

·      Paul Grzeszcazk - Briohn Design Group

·      Allison Eicher - KEE Architecture

·      Ursula Twombly

·      Doug Hursh - Potter Lawson

·      Marley Gast - McMahon

·      Ali Kopyt - Korb and Associates

·      Curt Hoffman - Graef USA

·      Domenko Ferrante - Briohn Design Group

·      Derek Gruber - McMahon

·      Ryan Frank - OPN Architects

·      Todd Grunwaldt - Grunwaldt and Halverson

·      Jake Winkler

·      Joe Jurkiewicz - Kahler-Slater

·      Wekeana Lassiter - FLAD Architects

·      Michael   McMahon - McMahon

·      Michael Booth - OPN Architects

·      Sylvia Austreichus - AIA

·      Rebecca Prochaska - AIA

·      Brad Edlund

·      Jeff Manzeth - Mead and Hunt

·      John Horky - Kahler-Slater

·      Kathryn Tyson

·      Carol Richard - Ross Street Design

·      Arlan Kay

·      Scot Whitney

Registrations for Information Only

·      None.

June 22, 2021              Executive Session Held

Present:       (9)        Representative Sortwell; Representatives Allen, Horlacher, Knodl, Cabral-Guevara, Dallman, Brostoff, Baldeh and Moore Omokunde.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Moved by Representative Baldeh, seconded by Representative Allen that Assembly Amendment 2 be recommended for introduction.

Ayes:     (6)     Representative Sortwell; Representatives Allen, Horlacher, Knodl, Cabral-Guevara and Dallman.

Noes:     (3)     Representatives Brostoff, Baldeh and Moore Omokunde.

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2 INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Moved by Representative Knodl, seconded by Representative Horlacher that Assembly Amendment 2 be recommended for adoption.

Ayes:     (6)     Representative Sortwell; Representatives Allen, Horlacher, Knodl, Cabral-Guevara and Dallman.

Noes:     (3)     Representatives Brostoff, Baldeh and Moore Omokunde.

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2 ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Moved by Representative Knodl, seconded by Representative Horlacher that Assembly Bill 320 be recommended for passage as amended.

Ayes:     (6)     Representative Sortwell; Representatives Allen, Horlacher, Knodl, Cabral-Guevara and Dallman.

Noes:     (3)     Representatives Brostoff, Baldeh and Moore Omokunde.

PASSAGE AS AMENDED RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 3

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Zach Pfaffenbach

Committee Clerk