Office of the Oregon Public Records Advocate List of 2019 Public Records-Related Bills Bill Chief Sponsor(s) On Behalf Of Summary URL HB 2038 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Governor Kate Brown for Oregon Health Authority https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2038 HB 2051 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Governor Kate Brown for Oregon State Police HB 2065 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Governor Kate Brown for Department of Environmental Quality HB 2090 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. HB 2100 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Governor Kate Brown for Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine Governor Kate Brown for Oregon State Lottery HB 2282 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Exempts from disclosure the contents of bid proposals received by the Public Employee’s Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board until after a notice of intent to award a contract has been issued. Prohibits the disclosure of information received by the Department of State Police to their student safety tip line, information received while investigating tips received by the tip line and outcomes or actions taken in response to a tip received. This measure exempts from public disclosure any proprietary, financial, manufacturing or sales information or data collected from drug manufacturers by the Department of Environmental Quality in implementing the drug take-back program. This measure abolishes the peer review committee of the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine and eliminates the exemption from public disclosure for information provided to the committee in the performance of its duties. This measure exempts from disclosure the contents of bid proposals received by the Oregon State Lottery until after a notice of intent to award a contract has been issued. The measure also allows the Oregon State Lottery Commission to, by rule, exempt personally identifiable player data from public disclosure. Exempts from public disclosure the identity of an individual interviewed by an employee of the Secretary of State in connection with an audit. Exempts from public disclosure a report of waste, inefficiency or abuse and the resulting Secretary of State Dennis Richardson https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2051 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2065 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2090 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2100 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2282 HB 2321 Rep. Lively, Sen. Prozanski, Rep. Barker HB 2337 Rep. Stark, Sen. Gelser HB 2345 Rep. Power HB 2353 Rep. Power HB 2421 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. House Interim Committee on Business and Labor for Paul Terdal HB 2430 Rep. Power, Sen. Prozanski, Sen. Thatcher Public Records Advisory Council HB 2431 Rep. Power, Sen. Prozanski, Sen. Thatcher Public Records Advisory Council investigation while the investigation is ongoing. If no waste, inefficiency or abuse is found, then the protection from public disclosure does not end at the completion of the investigation. Exempts from required disclosure pursuant to public records request, home address, home phone number and other specified personal information of county juvenile department employees who primarily perform duties related to youth offenders confined in detention facilities. This measure exempts from public disclosure the identity of any foster parent or individual acting on behalf of a foster parent in the possession of the Foster Parent Ombudsman. Reduces public records request fees charged by state agencies by 50 percent if requester is member of news media, and waives fees entirely if request is narrowly tailored. Authorizes Attorney General, district attorney or court to award penalty to public records requester, plus reasonable attorney fees, if public body responds to request with undue delay or fails to be responsive to request. Exempts from public disclosure complaints filed with the Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding violations of the Insurance Code and information obtained while investigating or attempting to negotiate settlements regarding those complaints. Eliminates sunset date of Public Records Advisory Council. Requires each state agency to report to Attorney General, Public Records Advocate and public records subcommittee of Legislative Counsel Committee on number of public records requests received during preceding year, and number of those requests still outstanding after specified periods of time. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2321 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2337 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2345 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2353 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2421 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2430 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2431 HB 2462 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00 House Interim Committee on Judiciary for Oregon State Bar Military and Veterans Law Section House Interim Committee on Judiciary HB 2481 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00 HB 2492 Rep. Holvey, Sen. Prozanski HB 2574 Rep. McKeown Rep. Deborah Boone HB 2588 Rep. Power, Sen. Taylor Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum Exempts from public disclosure information contained in criminal court files regarding the defendant’s status as a servicemember if the defendant requests the information to be sealed within the court file. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2462 Defines "reports and records" for purposes of public records in child abuse investigations https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2481 Exempts from public disclosure information provided to the Secretary of State by the Department of Corrections for apportioning legislative districts based on the last-known addresses of inmates. This measure has an indeterminate open government impact. It is not clear what types of exempt records would be provided to the Department of Land Conservation and Development, whether the proposed electronic information system would serve only as a repository for records or if new records would be created by combining information from multiple sources. Even if new records were to be created by combining exempt and non-exempt information, it is not clear whether this measure creates a new exemption from the disclosure of public records or if it merely instructs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to always claim the existing exemption for exempt records of another agency found in ORS 192.355 (10). Measure exempts from public disclosure materials in the possession of the Department of Consumer and Business Services received in examining student loan servicers or investigating complaints by borrowers against student loan servicers. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2492 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2574 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2588 HB 2705 Rep. Rayfield HB 2706 Rep. Rayfield, Rep. Hayden, Sen. Monnes Anderson, Rep. KenyGuyer, Rep. Post, Rep. Stark, Sen. Hansell Rep. Rayfield HB 2710 Exempts from public disclosure information received by the Department of State Police concerning a person’s request to be added to or removed from the firearm Do Not Sell List. Exempts from public disclosure personally identifiable information about applicants for or enrollees in the COFA Dental Program. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2705 Exempts from public disclosure bank account records and other information provided to the Secretary of State or the Attorney General as part of an examination of a political committee’s compliance with reporting requirements or during an investigation of an allegation of an election law or rule violation. Exempts from public disclosure patient information collected from health care providers in compiling data for health planning programs. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2710 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2706 HB 2717 Rep. Nosse https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2717 SB 29 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Governor Kate Brown for Oregon Health Authority Exempts certain investigative reports received by the Health Licensing Office from public disclosure. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB29 SB 31 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Governor Kate Brown for Long Term Care Ombudsman https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB31 SB 74 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Governor Kate Brown for Oregon State Lottery Commission SB 105 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Senate Interim Committee on General Government and Accountability Makes information and records acquired by a high-risk team addressing safety risks facing highly vulnerable adults exempt from public disclosure except when necessary to carry out the purposes of the high-risk team. Exempts from disclosure the contents of bid proposals received by the Oregon State Lottery until after a notice of intent to award a contract has been issued. The measure also allows the Oregon State Lottery Commission to, by rule, exempt personally identifiable player data from public disclosure. Directs State Chief Information Officer, in consultation with Public Records Advocate and Office of Secretary of State, to conduct study relating to creating chief privacy officer position https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB74 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB105 and to report findings to Legislative Assembly no later than September 1, 2019. SB 155 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Senate Interim Committee on Education https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB155 Secretary of State Dennis Richardson Makes information and reports of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission detailing investigations of abuse or sexual conduct by school employees exempt from public disclosure unless the commission makes a final determination to take disciplinary action against the school employee. However, records received from the Department of Human Services pursuant to ORS 419B.035 would remain exempt from public disclosure regardless of the disposition of the investigation. Declares state policy for transparency regarding spending by all state agencies. SB 222 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 SB 223 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Secretary of State Dennis Richardson Prohibits state use of privately hosted electronic mail to conduct public business. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB223 SB 230 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Senate Interim Committee on Veterans and Emergency Preparedness https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB230 SB 276 Sen. Manning Jr, Sen. Prozanski, Rep. Fahey SB 279 Sen. Taylor, Rep. Power, Sen. Bentz, Sen. Knopp, Sen. Roblan Makes the names of veterans and their email addresses exempt from public disclosure when provided to the legislature at the request of a standing or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for use in communicating with veterans for legislative purposes. Exempts from public disclosure any financial, cost, production or sales data and records and lists of brands by specific manufacturer collected from stewardship organizations or mattress manufacturers by the Department of Environmental Quality in implementing the mattress stewardship program. Exempts from public disclosure materials in the possession of the Department of Consumer and Business Services received in examining student Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB222 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB276 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB279 loan servicers or investigating complaints by borrowers against student loan servicers. SB 358 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary for Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar SB 373 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 SB 454 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary for Disability Rights Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read for State Land Board SB 476 Sen. Gelser SB 481 Sen. Gelser, Sen. Wagner SB 520 Sen. Johnson SB 523 Sen. Johnson Makes information the Department of Revenue provides to the Oregon State Bar for disciplinary action related to persons admitted to practice law exempt from public disclosure unless the Oregon State Bar finds probable cause of a rule violation or the matter has been finally resolved by disciplinary board action, a diversion or agreement or an order of the Supreme Court. Exempts from public disclosure medical records maintained by the Psychiatric Security Review Board for individuals under the board’s jurisdiction. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB358 Exempts from public disclosure information supplied to the State Treasurer by the Employment Department for the disposition of unclaimed property. Restricts disclosure as public records of certain records maintained by Psychiatric Security Review Board https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB454 Prohibits the disclosure of information received by a law enforcement agency that was received from a petitioner or a family member or household member of the petitioner for the purpose of receiving notification of when a firearm will be returned to the respondent under the firearms surrender protocol. Exempts from public disclosure working papers of the Legislative Accountability Office and communications between a counsel of the Legislative Accountability Office and a member, a committee or staff of the Legislative Assembly. Exempts from public disclosure patient information used by the Department of Revenue to publish information regarding outstanding tax debts owed to the department. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB481 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB373 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB476 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB520 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB523 SB 542 Sen. Riley Exempts from public disclosure audit reports prepared by the Office of the Secretary of State of computer software used in voting machines. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB542 SB 597 Sen. Taylor, Rep. Stark https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB597 SB 605 Sen. Winters SB 609 Sen. Johnson Exempts from public disclosure the document submitted in a criminal case by the prosecutor which identifies the name of the victim of a sex crime when a pseudonym, initials or other signifier is used instead of the name of the victim in publicly available court records. Exempts from public disclosure records the State Ombudsman receives that are confidential in the hands of the legal custodian of the records. It also exempts from public disclosure matters related to complaints and investigations conducted by the State Ombudsman including, but not limited to, identities of complainants and witnesses. Finally, the measure exempts from public disclosure any conclusion or recommendation that the State Ombudsman makes available to an agency to facilitate a reply unless it has been publicly released by the State Ombudsman. Restates existing requirement that public records requester make request for records in writing. Requires requester to state how requester intends to use records. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB605 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB609