About
The Interior Design Legislative Coalition of Pennsylvania (IDLCPA) is a not-for-profit organization committed to advancing the interior design profession through licensing and regulation.
1980s: IDLCPA was established as a statewide coalition.
early 1990’s: IDLCPA produced two draft bills.
2004: IDLCPA submitted an answer to the Sunrise Evaluation Report required by Pennsylvania legislature in . The International Interior Design Association has published the Coalition’s work on the IIDA Knowledge Center, IDLCPA Sunrise Evaluation Report: Defining the Interior Design Profession.
2005: IDLCPA hired lobbyist firm Milliron Goodman.
2007: IDLCPA & Milliron Associates submitted an act for interior design licensing.
2024: IDLCPA revised the language of the bill to reflect conversations and compromises we have made with various opposition groups, who have now taken up a position of neutrality due to careful and diligent negotiations. The intent of the bill still fundamentally remains: the licensure and regulation of the profession of interior design.
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Fall 2024: The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA PA), together with the Interior Design Legislative Coalition of Pennsylvania (IDLCPA), are pleased to announce the passage of Senate Bill 1319, which amends the Architects Licensure Law to advance both professions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 1319, signed into law as Act 144 by Governor Josh Shapiro on October 31st, 2024
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IDLCPA has members consist of interior design professionals, students, educators, industry partners, and affiliated professionals.
We support Interior Designers in the State of Pennsylvania
What does an Interior Designer Do?
Interior design goes beyond picking interior finish and paint colors. Interior designers are trained, learned professionals who are able to evaluate and design interior spaces which consider the safety and well-being of the individuals that inhabit them. Interior designers in the commercial field design a plethora of interior spaces, including hospitals, corporate offices, multifamily-housing, and hotels.
Currently in the state of Pennsylvania, interior designers are not licensed. As such, they are not allowed to sign or stamp their own drawings for constructions, and must defer this to another licensed professional.
The design field consists of multiple trades and professionals working together with their own specializations to create safe, working, and healthy buildings and interiors. Interior designers are not asking for freedom from this system, but for independence, and the ability to work alongside these professionals as equals in their own trade of the wellbeing and design of interior spaces.
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Our Role
IDLCPA advocates for legislation that promotes and controls Interior Designer abilities. All proceeds go towards the employment of a Government Relations Professional. This person is our eyes and ears at the capitol while we maintain day-to-day careers in Interior Design. This person knows the relationships and processes that are needed to navigate legislature and fundamentally is our advocate.