The Oregon Sunshine Committee for Public Records Law Reform
This page is an archive of past committee meetings. Some older links may no longer available. For current and upcoming meeting information, visit the Public Records Reform page.
Previous Committee Meetings
September 17th, 2025
September 11th, 2025 – Subcommittee
July 16th, 2025
- Meeting Agenda
- Approve minutes from previous meeting
- FERPA
- Education records discussion
- Prior recommendations
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
May 21st, 2025
- Meeting Agenda
- Draft Minutes for Meeting on January 15, 2025
- Education Information Exemption Summaries
- Draft Comments from Legislative Review Subcommittee
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
March 19th, 2025
- Rescheduled
March 14th, 2025 – Legislation Review Subcommittee
March 7th, 2025 – Legislation Review Subcommittee
January 15th, 2025
- Discussion with Ms. Mortimer and judicial fitness and misconduct records
- Senate Bill 890 discussion
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
November 20th, 2024
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
October 31, 2024 – Special Projects Subcommittee
September 18, 2024
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Notice
- Draft Minutes for Meeting on July 17, 2024
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
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
- 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
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
May 9, 2024 – Special Projects Subcommittee
March 20, 2024
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- LE Misconduct Exemptions Recommendation (as adopted)
- Legislation Review Subcommittee Report on recently passed legislation:
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
March 15, 2024 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Prior Meeting Video for Reference – starts at about 47:45 and runs to about 5 minutes.
- State Comparison Teacher Misconduct Exemptions
- Patterson Complaint
- Scherer comment Sunshine Committee
- Meeting Video »
January 17, 2024
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- 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
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
January 12, 2024 – Special Projects Subcommittee
November 8, 2023
November 3, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
September 13, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Nik Chourey Presentation Summary
- Combined Exemption Spreadsheet
- Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemption Summaries
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
July 26, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemption Summaries
- Subcommittee Recommendations – Regulated Professions (non-healthcare)
- Meeting Video »
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.
- Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) Testimony
- Meeting Video »
May 17, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- DPSST Sunshine Committee Research
- Legislative Subcommittee Recommendations
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
April 5, 2023 – Legislation Review Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Final Legislative Subcommittee Recommendations
- Draft Legislative Subcommittee Recommendations
- Meeting Video »
March 29, 2023 – Legislation Review Subcommittee
March 15, 2023
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Regulated Professions (Non-Healthcare) Exemption Summaries
- Subcommittee Recommendations
- Jack Orchard Comments
- OPB Testimony
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
March 3, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Health and Criminal Investigatory Exemptions
- Subcommittee Draft Recommendations
- Meeting Video »
February 1, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee
January 18, 2023
November 30, 2022 – Special Projects Subcommittee
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- 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
- Meeting Video »
October 19, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- 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
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
August 24, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- 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
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
June 15, 2022
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Childress Letter
- Family Information Exemption Recommendations
- Health Information Exemption Summaries
- PHI Exemption Summaries for 1-20
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
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
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Legislative Review Recommendations
February 3, 2020 – Legislative Review Subcommittee
January 29, 2020
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- Exemption Summaries
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
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
- SPJ Comments
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
- Draft Recommendation regarding Personal Financial Exemptions
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
- Exemption Summaries
- Recommendation on PII to Sunshine Committee
- SPJ Comments
- Meeting Minutes
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
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Video »
January 23, 2019
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Report from Public Records Advocate
- Privacy – Proposed Decision Points
- Privacy – REVISED Proposed Decision Points
- Member Recommendations
- Public Comments
- Subcommittee Questions
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
November 21, 2018
- Meeting Cancelled
October 3, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Updated Public Records Exemption Summaries
- Written Testimony
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
July 18, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Sunshine Committee Criteria – Brent Walth Comments
- Oregon Sunshine Committee Report to Legislative Subcommittee
- Personal Contact Information Exemptions – Draft Proposal
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
May 16, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Draft Report to Legislature
- Draft Exemption Criteria Questionnaire
- Proposed Exemption Review Criteria
- Exemptions for Review
- Exemption Summaries
- Public Comments
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
March 21, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- MK Report on Organizing Exemption Review – March 7, 2018
- Economic Affairs Exemptions
- Exemptions with Court Cases and AG Orders
- Public Safety Exemptions
- Exemption Subcategories and Count – March 16, 2018
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
January 31, 2018
- Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Video »
Oregon Sunshine Committee Meeting, January 31, 2018
Oregon Sunshine Committee Meeting, January 31, 2018