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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1077
Sponsored by Senator THATCHER (at the request of Society of Professional Journalists, SB417 Work Group)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Tells PRAC to study public records. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8).
Requires the Public Records Advisory Council to study public records. Directs the council to
submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public records not
later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public records.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Public Records Advisory Council shall study public records. The council
shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommen-
dations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
public records no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 855