Proposed Changes to Design Professional Contracts
March 13, 2026
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The Frame
If enacted, this bill would change the legal risk and insurance requirements for architects, engineers, and their contracting partners in private sector projects, potentially lowering insurance costs for design firms while limiting the legal protections available to property owners and developers.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Design professionals
The bill limits the scope of indemnification they can be required to provide and prohibits requirements to list others as additional insureds on their policies.
Contracting parties
Property owners and developers are restricted from including certain indemnification and insurance requirements in their contracts with design professionals.
Last recorded activity March 13, 2026.
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Summary
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this bill apply to contracts I already signed?
Can a client still require me to have insurance?
What standard of care will I be held to under this law?
Why It Matters
If enacted, this bill would change the legal risk and insurance requirements for architects, engineers, and their contracting partners in private sector projects, potentially lowering insurance costs for design firms while limiting the legal protections available to property owners and developers.
News Coverage
Lobbying Activity
VANTAGE POINT STRATEGIES LLC
on behalf of S & K TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ACG ADVOCACY
on behalf of CENTENNIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Voting Record
Favorable
Total
9
Yes
9
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
Favorable
Total
10
Yes
10
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (10)
Sponsors
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Expansion of Public Agency Protections
The bill represents a policy shift by extending liability protections previously reserved for public agency contracts to all private professional services contracts.
Connected Entities
Sources
openstates.org
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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