SB54 Vetoed - Architects Engineers Surveyors Interior Design Regulation

Alaska Legislative Events

Published October 15th, 2025

Detected April 2nd, 2026

Summary

Alaska Governor vetoed SB54 on October 15, 2025 (dated September 22, 2025), preventing the bill from becoming law. The legislation would have established new requirements for registered interior designers, extended the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors, and addressed immunity provisions for design professionals. The bill passed the Senate 18-2 on April 23, 2025 and the House 30-10 on May 20, 2025.

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What changed

Alaska Senate Bill 54 was vetoed by the Governor on October 15, 2025, preventing the bill from becoming law. The legislation would have made substantive changes to professional licensing for architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and registered interior designers; established new practice requirements and immunity provisions for design professionals; addressed procurement of interior design and landscape architecture services; and extended the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors. The bill also included provisions on construction costs for airports, recreation centers, and safe water facilities in villages.

Since the bill was vetoed, there are no compliance requirements or required actions for regulated entities. The vetoed legislation would have affected professional practice standards, liability protections, and procurement requirements for design professionals in Alaska, but those provisions will not take effect. Businesses and professionals in the affected industries should note that existing law remains unchanged.

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Arch, Eng, Surveyors; Reg Int Design

An Act relating to registered interior designers and interior design; relating to project costs for the construction, enlargement, or improvement of airports; extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; establishing requirements for the practice of registered interior design; relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and registered interior design; relating to the scope of the certification requirements for architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and registered interior designers; relating to immunity for design professionals; relating to the cost of construction for recreation centers; relating to liens for labor or materials furnished; relating to the procurement of landscape architectural and interior design services; relating to the cost of construction of safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facilities in villages; and providing for an effective date.

Bill Details

State Alaska

Session 34th Legislature

Chamber Senate

Official Source www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB54

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Action History

2025-10-15 S VETOED BY GOVERNOR 9/22/2025 2025-10-15 S MANIFEST ERROR(S) 2025-10-15 S 1:40 P.M. 9/8/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR 2025-05-20 H VERSION: CSSSSB 54(FIN) 2025-05-20 H RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT 2025-05-20 H EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE 2025-05-20 H PASSED Y30 N10 2025-05-20 H READ THE THIRD TIME CSSSSB 54(FIN) 2025-05-19 H ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CALENDAR 2025-05-19 H READ THE SECOND TIME 2025-05-19 H RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2025 2025-05-18 H FN2: (CED) 2025-05-18 H NR: BYNUM, JOHNSON, ALLARD, TOMASZEWSKI, JOSEPHSON 2025-05-18 H DP: HANNAN, STAPP, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, SCHRAGE 2025-05-18 H FIN RPT 6DP 5NR 2025-05-09 H FN2: (CED) 2025-05-09 H AM: SADDLER 2025-05-09 H NR: COULOMBE, NELSON 2025-05-09 H DP: BURKE, CARRICK, FIELDS, HALL 2025-05-09 H L&C RPT 4DP 2NR 1AM 2025-04-25 H L&C, FIN 2025-04-25 H READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 2025-04-23 S VERSION: CSSSSB 54(FIN) 2025-04-23 S TRANSMITTED TO (H) 2025-04-23 S EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE 2025-04-23 S PASSED Y18 N2 2025-04-23 S READ THE THIRD TIME CSSSSB 54(FIN) 2025-04-22 S ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/23 CAL 2025-04-22 S FIN CS ADOPTED UC 2025-04-22 S READ THE SECOND TIME 2025-04-22 S RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2025 2025-04-14 S FN2: (CED) 2025-04-14 S NR: OLSON, STEDMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL 2025-04-14 S DP: HOFFMAN 2025-04-14 S FIN RPT CS 1DP 5NR NEW TITLE 2025-03-14 S FN1: (CED) 2025-03-14 S NR: MERRICK, YUNDT 2025-03-14 S DP: BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON 2025-03-14 S L&C RPT CS 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE 2025-02-24 S L&C, FIN 2025-02-24 S SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED-REFERRALS 2025-02-05 S COSPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON 2025-01-24 S L&C, FIN 2025-01-24 S READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Votes

2025-04-23 Senate: Third Reading - Final Passage Effective Date(s) Yea: 18 Nay: 2 2025-05-20 House: Third Reading Final Passage Yea: 30 Nay: 10

Committee Referrals

2025-01-24 S Labor & Commerce 2025-04-25 H Labor & Commerce 2025-05-18 H Rules

Bill Text Versions

2025-01-24 Introduced 2025-02-24 Introduced 2025-03-14 Comm Sub 2025-04-14 Comm Sub 2025-05-20 Enrolled

Subjects

Appointments Boards & Commissions Buildings Business Construction Consumer Affairs Contractors Contracts Corporations Employment Ethics Fees Land Licensing Liens Municipalities Occupations & Professions Partnerships Permits Planning Procurements Property Public Employees Public Officers Public Safety Regulations Safety Sunset Airports Public Works Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)

Named provisions

State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors Registered Interior Design Practice Requirements Immunity for Design Professionals Procurement of Landscape Architectural and Interior Design Services