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NKBA Legislative website: www.capwiz.com/nkba. This website keeps us up to date with current legislation in all states and sends out legislative alerts.

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What is our purpose?

The NKBA works to monitor legislation and protect the rights of our members to practice their profession. Additionally, the NKBA works to keep members apprised of legislation and regulations that may impact their business.

One of the primary areas of focus is on efforts by interior design coalitions seeking to regulate the profession of interior design through legislation.

Why is this important to us?

While NKBA Members do not generally call themselves "interior designers," the broad definition of interior design contained in these proposed laws clearly covers the services and work that our Members perform on a daily basis. Our Members would therefore be regulated by these laws.

What are the proposed laws?

There are generally two types of interior design legislation which we are concerned about:

Title Act: A title act regulates the use of a title such as "Certified Interior Designer," "Registered Interior Designer" or, in some cases, even the term "Interior Designer" itself. Although a title act does not prevent anyone from offering interior design services, only those who have been licensed by the State can use the regulated term.

Practice Act: This type of regulation is much more restrictive and actually prohibits unlicensed persons from practicing interior design. As noted above, the kitchen and bath services that our members provide fall within the broad definition of "interior design" as defined in the law.

The NKBA's National Position

The NKBA opposes any legislation which would limit the right of the public to obtain the expertise of a kitchen and/or bath professional and infringe upon the right of NKBA members to practice their profession without penalty.

Legislative Website

NKBA has developed a website which is dedicated to legislation and regulatory matters of interest to our members. It enables our Legislative Department to communicate directly with our members and send them legislative alerts and calls to action to target specific state legislators who are involved in legislation impacting our members. The website may be accessed by clicking on the following link: www.capwiz.com/nkba