H.B. No. 2868
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procurement of interior design services by a
  governmental entity.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (2)  "Professional services" means services:
                     (A)  within the scope of the practice, as defined
  by state law, of:
                           (i)  accounting;
                           (ii)  architecture;
                           (iii)  landscape architecture;
                           (iv)  land surveying;
                           (v)  medicine;
                           (vi)  optometry;
                           (vii)  professional engineering;
                           (viii)  real estate appraising; or
                           (ix)  professional nursing; [or]
                     (B)  provided in connection with the professional
  employment or practice of a person who is licensed or registered as:
                           (i)  a certified public accountant;
                           (ii)  an architect;
                           (iii)  a landscape architect;
                           (iv)  a land surveyor;
                           (v)  a physician, including a surgeon;
                           (vi)  an optometrist;
                           (vii)  a professional engineer;
                           (viii)  a state certified or state licensed
  real estate appraiser; or
                           (ix)  a registered nurse; or
                     (C)  provided by a person lawfully engaged in
  interior design, regardless of whether the person is registered as
  an interior designer under Chapter 1053, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after
  October 1, 2019.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2868 was passed by the House on April
  17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2868 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 6.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor