Oregon Sunshine Committee

Oregon Sunshine Committee Meeting, January 31, 2018

In 2017, with the input of the Attorney General’s Public Records Law Reform Task Force, the Oregon legislature passed the most significant improvements to public records access since our law was first enacted. One of those new laws, HB 2101, created the Oregon Sunshine Committee. Like the name suggests, its job is to make sure that Oregon’s sunshine laws are working. A large part of that task involves reviewing the hundreds of exemptions that can keep government information out of public hands, with the goal of creating a more transparent government.

On this page, you can find information about the work of the Oregon Sunshine Committee. Regular meetings are currently scheduled on the third Wednesday of every odd-numbered month (January, March, May, etc.) The Sunshine Committee generally meets in Room 373 of the Oregon State Capitol at 1:00 PM. Agendas and meeting materials are accessible from this page.

Next Sunshine Committee Meeting

Sunshine Committee Members

HB 2101 requires committee members to represent a variety of sectors or interest groups.

• Selena Deckelmann, Director of Engineering at Mozilla Firefox
• Eileen Eakins, Law Office of Eileen Eakins, LLC
• Charlie Fisher, OSPIRG State Director
• Karin Johnson, City Recorder for Independence
• Adrienne Roark, VP and General Manager at KPTV Fox 12
• Morgan Smith, Polk City Counsel
• Brent Walth, UO journalism professor
• Christian Wihtol, Senior Editor at the Register Guard
• Emily Matasar, Government Accountability Attorney, Office of Governor Kate Brown
• Mary Beth Herkert, State Archivist, Office of Secretary of State Dennis Richardson
• Michael Kron, Special Counsel, Office of Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum
• Representative Karin Power of Milwaukie (ex officio)
• Representative Carl Wilson of Grants Pass (ex officio)
• Senator Brian Boquist of Dallas (ex officio)
• Senator Floyd Prozanski of Eugene (ex officio)

Contact

SunshineCommittee@doj.state.or.us

Public Records Law Reform Resources

• Search the database of public records exemptions »
• Read more about the Attorney General’s Public Records Reform »

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Related Information

• File a public records request with the Oregon DOJ »
• File a public records appeal with the Oregon DOJ (PDF) »
• Search the database of public records exemptions »