---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interior designers."
description: "Existing law provides a comprehensive scheme for the certification and regulation of interior designers. Existing law provides that these provisions are repealed on January 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1437"
citation: "California SB 1437 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Interior designers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2451def-5774-4e84-ae01-151c30564069"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1437"
source_hash: "c379e2ba218705709426e8a5e55aad13e2da84ddbb3cedbd03115fb1c222fb78"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1437 (20212022) — Interior designers.

Existing law provides a comprehensive scheme for the certification and regulation of interior designers. Existing law provides that these provisions are repealed on January 1, 2023.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1437&version=20210SB143799INT)
2. **04/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1437&version=20210SB143798AMD)
3. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1437&version=20210SB143796CHP)
4. **SB1437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1437)
5. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1437&version=20210SB143797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1437 Roth Senate Third Reading By Berman — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)
- Berman — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3413.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3862.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-04** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Berman.
- **2022-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2451def-5774-4e84-ae01-151c30564069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).