IDC-Oregon has been the face of Interior Design Advocacy in the state of Oregon for the past 20+ years, serving as a coalition of the IIDA and ASID Oregon Chapters.  It has represented the Commercial Interior Design profession in Salem, and attempted to pass legislation many times. At the end of 2017, IDC-Oregon’s Board of…
The IIDA Oregon Chapter is pleased to update our members on the progress IDC-Oregon has made this legislative season. What an amazing year 2016 was for Interior Design in Oregon, and even better start to 2017! IDC-Oregon introduced HB 2153 this legislative session in the House Committee on Economic Development and Trade. Â The bill…
Greetings from IDC-Oregon, For those who don’t know, the Interior Design Collaborative (IDC)-Oregon is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization dedicated to enacting and sustaining interior design registration. We are an all-volunteer organization with a board of directors, executive board and liaisons to design organizations. Our responsibility is to inform and collaborate with local interior design affiliations,…
The Advocacy effort in the State of Oregon has gained a lot of momentum in 2015. Over the past few months, the focus of IDC-Oregon and our Lobbyist has been to develop a series of bills for consideration and to gauge interest with legislators. Â From this effort, IDC-Oregon has determined that it would be…
Things are heating up in the Oregon 2015 Legislative Session. Currently, three separate bills have been submitted for legislative concepting. Their concepts are as follows: 1. A Practice Act: This bill is similar to last year’s Senate Bill 1521 defining the definition of an interior designer and scope of services.  In general, it would require interior…
Recently, we changed our name from “Government and Regulatory Affairs†to “Advocacy.†The IIDA Oregon Advocacy Committee (VP of Advocacy, Roberta Pennington, IIDA and Chair of Advocacy, Bethanne Mikkelsen, IIDA) will be your IIDA representative on the Interior Design Collaborative-Oregon’s (IDC-OR) board as well as inform you of legal and code updates within the state…
