July 16th, 2025

• Meeting Agenda

• • Approve minutes from previous meeting
  • FERPA
  • Education records discussion
    • Prior recommendations
  • Judicial fitness special projects subcommittee report back
  • Agenda for September in-person meeting

• 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 Video »

March 19th, 2025

• Rescheduled

March 14th, 2025 – Legislation Review Subcommittee

•  Subcommittee Meeting Agenda 
•  Subcommittee Meeting Draft Comments 

March 7th, 2025 – Legislation Review Subcommittee

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Video »

January 15th, 2025

• Meeting Agenda
  • Opening of the meeting
  • Review/approve minutes from last meeting
  • Discussion with Ms. Mortimer and judicial fitness and misconduct records
  • Senate Bill 890 discussion
  • Process during the current legislative session
  • Discussion about Committee Vacancies
  • Other non-listed items if necessary
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video »

November 20th, 2024

• Meeting Agenda
  • Call to Order
  • Approval of the minutes from Sept. 18, 2024
  • 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.
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video »

October 31, 2024 – Special Projects Subcommittee

• Subcommittee Meeting Notice
• Subcommittee Meeting Agenda

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Video »

March 20, 2024

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
  • Meeting Minutes
  • LE Misconduct Exemptions Recommendation (as adopted)
  • Legislation Review Subcommittee Report on recently passed legislation:
    • SB1576; SB1596; HB4002; HB4081; HB4031; HB4149
• Meeting Video »

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
  • 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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemption Summaries

November 8, 2023

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video »
• Combined Exemption Spreadsheet (6.23)

November 3, 2023 – Special Projects Subcommittee

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Video »
• Regulated Healthcare Profession Exemption Summaries

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Video »

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Video »

January 18, 2023

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video »

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Family Information Exemption Summaries

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Bulk Data Recommendations
• SPJ Comments

October 3, 2019 – Standing Subcommittee

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Reference Materials

September 25, 2019

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video »
• SPJ Comments

August 19, 2019 – Legislation Review Subcommittee

• Meeting Notice/Agenda

July 17, 2019

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Family Information Exemption Summaries
• Signing Letter

June 12, 2019 – Standing Subcommittee

• Meeting Notice/Agenda

May 15, 2019

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• April 17 Legislative Review Committee Recommendations
• March 20 Recommendation on PII to Sunshine Committee
  • Revised PII Subcommittee Recommendation – Exemptions
  • Revised PII Subcommittee Recommendation – Other Issues
• March 20 Exemption Summaries
  • Draft Recommendation regarding Personal Financial Exemptions

April 25, 2019 – New Subcommittee

• Meeting Notice/Agenda

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda

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

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• PII Subcommittee Tasker

February 1, 2019 – PII Subcommittee

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Video »

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
  • Avery Horton Comments
  • Patrick Beck Comments
  • Heidi Morin Comments
  • Eileen Eakins Comments

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
  • Economic Affairs Exemptions
  • Exemptions with Court Cases and AG Orders
  • Public Safety Exemptions
• Exemption Subcategories and Count – March 16, 2018

January 31, 2018

• Meeting Notice/Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video »