The Oregon Sunshine Committee for Public Records Law Reform
This page is an archive of past committee meetings. For current and upcoming meeting information, visit the Public Records Reform page.
Previous Committee Meetings
November 20th
- Call to Order
- Approval of the minutes from Sept. 18, 2024
- Meeting Video »
- Report from the Subcommittee
- Discussion of Juvenile Records
- Discussion of Disability Records
- Draft Legislative Concept 1281
- Legislative Concept 1281 Bill Back
- Subcommittee- Background Check Exemptions
- Next meeting date and future topics.
October 31, 2024
- Subcommittee Meeting Notice
- Subcommittee Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Video
- Meeting Minutes
September 18, 2024
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Notice
- Draft Minutes for Meeting on July 17, 2024
- Meeting Video »
- Meeting Minutes
July 17, 2024
- Meeting Agenda
- Call to Order – Roll Call
- Review and approve minutes from prior meeting
- Discuss Exemptions Relating to Background Check Information
- Discuss Bi-annual report and preparations for next report
- Possible Legislative Changes for the Sunshine Committee (extending time, different reporting structure)
- Discuss Next Exemptions for Review,
- Discuss future meeting locations and dates
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
May 22nd, 2024
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
- Meeting Minutes
- Draft Minutes for Meeting on March 20, 2024
- Notes on May 9, 2024 Meeting
- Draft Report to the Legislative Subcommittee (05-18-2024)
- Summary of LE Misconduct Reporting Statutes
May 9, 2024
March 20, 2024
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
- Meeting Minutes
- LE Misconduct Exemptions Recommendation (as adopted)
- Legislation Review Subcommittee Report on recently passed legislation:
March 15, 2024 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Video »
- Prior Meeting Video for Reference – starts at about 47:45 and runs to about 5 minutes.
- Meeting Materials
- Patterson Complaint
- Scherer comment Sunshine Committee
January 17, 2024
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemptions – Health Licensing Office Complaints & Investigations
- Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemptions – Health Professional Regulatory Boards (chart corrected)
- State Comparison of Teacher Misconduct Exemptions
January 12, 2024 – Special Projects Subcommittee
November 8, 2023
November 3, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
September 13, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Nik Chourey Presentation Summary
- Combined Exemption Spreadsheet
- Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemption Summaries
July 26, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
- Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemption Summaries
- Subcommittee Recommendations – Regulated Professions (non-healthcare)
July 13, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda – Review and approve subcommittee’s recommendations regarding public records exemptions pertaining to various regulated professions (non-healthcare).
- Meeting Video »
June 14, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda – Meeting of the Special Projects Subcommittee to discuss various licensing-related exemptions.
- Meeting Video »
- Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) Testimony
May 17, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- DPSST Sunshine Committee Research
- Legislative Subcommittee Recommendations
April 5, 2023 – Legislation Review Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
- Final Legislative Subcommittee Recommendations
- Draft Legislative Subcommittee Recommendations
March 29, 2023 – Legislation Review Subcommittee
March 15, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Regulated Professions (Non-Healthcare) Exemption Summaries
- Subcommittee Recommendations
- Jack Orchard Comments
- OPB Testimony
March 3, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
- Health and Criminal Investigatory Exemptions
- Subcommittee Draft Recommendations
February 1, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
January 18, 2023
November 30, 2022 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
- Subcommittee Work – Message from Charlie Fisher
- In Favor of a Balancing Test to Require Release of Information Exempted From Disclosure Under Oregon Health Information Laws
October 19, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Civil and Regulatory Investigation Exemption Summaries
- Law Enforcement Exemption Summaries
- In Favor of a Balancing Test to Require Release of Information Exempted From Disclosure Under Oregon Health Information Laws
- The Investigatory Exemption Thoughts
August 24, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Oregon Health Information Laws as contrasted with HIPAA and/or other federal protections
- Oregon Health and Science University v Oregonian Publishing Company LLC
- Journalist survey
June 15, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Childress Letter
- Family Information Exemption Recommendations
- Health Information Exemption Summaries
- PHI Exemption Summaries for 1-20
May 18, 2022 – Special Projects Subcommittee
March 16, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Family Information Exemption Summaries
- Recommendations Regarding Pending Legislation
- Recommendations Regarding Trade Secrets
March 1, 2022 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Draft Recommendations for Trade Secrets
- Recommendations Regarding Pending Legislation
February 16, 2022 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Public Records Order 21-62
- SB 1567 (2022)
- HB 4092 (2022)
- SB 1576 (2022)
- Notice of Rulemaking and Request for Input Letter
January 19, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Chevron v. DEQ Ruling and Judgment (2019)
- SBTech v. Lottery Ruling and Judgment (2020)
- Trade Secrets Primer
November 17, 2021
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
- ORS 192
- Draft Report to Legislative Subcommittee – July 1, 2020
- Report to Legislative Subcommittee – July 1, 2018
September 22, 2021
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Draft Report to Legislative Subcommittee
- 2011 Proposed Re-organization of Public Records Exemptions
- SPJ Comments
February 10, 2020
February 3, 2020 – Legislative Review Subcommittee
January 29, 2020
November 25, 2019
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Bulk Data Recommendations
- ONPA Comments
- SPJ Comments
November 4, 2019
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Bulk Data Recommendations
- PRAC – Proposed Legislation on Independence
- SEIU 503 Letter to Sunshine Committee
October 14, 2019 – Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Exemption Catalog – BH (PDF | XLSX)
- Exemption Catalog – MBH (PDF | XLSX)
- Exemption Catalog – MK (PDF | XLSX)
October 10, 2019 – Standing Subcommittee
October 3, 2019 – Standing Subcommittee
September 25, 2019
August 19, 2019 – Legislation Review Subcommittee
July 17, 2019
June 12, 2019 – Standing Subcommittee
May 15, 2019
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- April 17 Legislative Review Committee Recommendations
- March 20 Recommendation on PII to Sunshine Committee
- March 20 Exemption Summaries
April 25, 2019 – New Subcommittee
April 17, 2019 – Legislative Review Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Legislative Review Committee Recommendations
- Bills That Affect Public Records and Government Disclosure Laws
- Draft Recommendations
April 11, 2019 – Legislative Review Subcommittee
March 20, 2019
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Exemption Summaries
- Recommendation on PII to Sunshine Committee
- SPJ Comments
March 15, 2019 – PII Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Deckelmann PII Recommendations
- Eakins PII Recommendations
- Walth PII Recomendations
- Draft Recommendation on PII to Sunshine Committee
February 22, 2019 – PII Subcommittee
February 1, 2019 – PII Subcommittee
January 23, 2019
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Report from Public Records Advocate
- Privacy – Proposed Decision Points
- Privacy – REVISED Proposed Decision Points
- Member Recommendations
- Public Comments
- Subcommittee Questions
November 21, 2018
- Meeting Cancelled
October 3, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Updated Public Records Exemption Summaries
- Written Testimony
July 18, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Sunshine Committee Criteria – Brent Walth Comments
- Oregon Sunshine Committee Report to Legislative Subcommittee
- Personal Contact Information Exemptions – Draft Proposal
May 16, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Draft Report to Legislature
- Draft Exemption Criteria Questionnaire
- Proposed Exemption Review Criteria
- Exemptions for Review
- Exemption Summaries
- Public Comments
March 21, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- MK Report on Organizing Exemption Review – March 7, 2018
- Exemption Subcategories and Count – March 16, 2018
January 31, 2018
Oregon Sunshine Committee Meeting, January 31, 2018
Oregon Sunshine Committee Meeting, January 31, 2018