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CEDIA’s government affairs efforts are designed to support members and ensure that their abilities to own and operate their businesses are not impeded.

Our mission is to influence public policy to protect CEDIA members, the electronics industry, and consumers.

The association achieves this mission by developing, monitoring, and disseminating information regarding legislative and regulatory issues; developing and implementing public policy strategies; and driving participation at a grassroots level.

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by Allison Hemphill | Apr 12, 2022

CEDIA Government Affairs works hard daily to advocate for the home technology industry in the United States, and abroad. Their dedication and hard work are instrumental to everyone – not just in particular areas.

We’re always excited and appreciative when members step up and join in advocacy efforts because it’s such meaningful work. Some past participants include:

Andrew Ard, MAXAWARE
Terry Baer, Media Link
Will Breaux, iconic systems
Paul Epstein, Current Marketing
Ken Erdmann, Erdmann Electric
Wayne Harrison, Chesapeake System Services
Mitchel Klein, Z-Wave Alliance
Bill Maxey, Media Design
Ryan Miller, Refined Systems
Terry Morton, Land & Sea Entertainment
Chris Piper, Technology Design Associates
Bill Skaer, Bill Skaer & Associates
Leon SooHoo, Paradyme
Evan Struhl, Cutting Edge Systems
David Symonds, Simplistic Audio Video, LLC

These members stand out as having been active in the legislative process and were instrumental in giving their expertise on critical industry issues. Will you step up in the future?

Advocacy by the numbers in 2022: So far in 2022, CEDIA has tracked 655 legislative bills with at least one legislative bill in all 50 states and 128 regulations in 35 states. From this total, 28 legislative bills are considered priority from 21 different states.

Past and current issues range from electrical licensing, low-voltage licensing, the National Electrical Code®, and the categorization of Integrators as “essential workers” and cover all corners of the U.S.

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Licensing Resources
Learn about the licensing and regulations that apply to home technology work in your state.
- CEDIA Licensing and Regulatory Reference Directory (member benefit): This directory provides a summary of applicable licensing and regulations in the U.S. and Canada. Browse the directory here.
- Statutory Research Documents (member benefit): Through CEDIA vendor MultiState Associates Inc., browse in-depth details on applicable licensing and regulations in the U.S. and Canada. View the documents here.
Legislative Resources
- Legislative Tracking: Through CEDIA vendor MultiState Associates Inc., browse in-depth details on the proposed industry-related legislation CEDIA is tracking. Browse the legislation here.
Lobbying Resources

Through CEDIA vendor MultiState Associates, Inc. the Lobbying Compliance Guide provides a resource on states and major municipalities requirements for lobbying compliance.
Key Issues
- State Licensing: The technology-based skills needed to work on residential electronic systems have become more specialized. CEDIA works to ensure fair and equitable licensing is implemented and properly represents the scope of work of home technology professionals.
- Security/Home Automation Licensing: Many CEDIA members are home technology professionals with bona fide qualifications and experience with home automation systems. With technology converging, security systems now have home automation capabilities. CEDIA works to ensure its members are not required to meet the additional security licensing requirements for all the work a home technology professional does – not just the work related to security systems.
Additional Resources
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): The NAICS is the standard used by the federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. NAICS has replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.

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CEDIA’s public policy efforts are designed to support CEDIA members and ensure that their abilities to own and operate their business are not impeded upon.

The Grassroots Legislative Network is a collection of CEDIA members across the U.S. that helps to monitor, gather, and share information about legislative and regulatory issues that pertain to the home technology industry. The Grassroots Legislative Network also develops and implements strategies for responding to legislative issues.

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