Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 173.230 (2026)

Confidential nature of matters handled by committee’s staff

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

      173.230 Confidential nature of matters handled by committee’s staff. (1) The Legislative Counsel or any employee of the Legislative Counsel Committee may not reveal to any person not an employee of the committee the contents or nature of any matter before the Legislative Counsel in the official capacity of the Legislative Counsel, if the person bringing the matter before the Legislative Counsel or employee designates the matter as confidential. Matters not designated as confidential may be revealed only as prescribed by the rules of the committee.

      (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Legislative Counsel may provide a copy of a draft measure to the Legislative Fiscal Officer and the Legislative Revenue Officer.

      (3) The provision by the Legislative Counsel of a copy of a draft measure under subsection (2) of this section is not a waiver of privilege under ORS 40.225. [1953 c.492 §14; 1961 c.167 §30; 1999 c.117 §7; 2001 c.45 §4]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2022 · leading case: Chaimov v. Dept. of Admin. Servs., 520 P.3d 406 (Or. 2022).
Chaimov v. Dept. of Admin. Servs., 520 P.3d 406 (Or. 2022). · cites it 2× “) The statute on which he relies, ORS 173.230(1), arguably contemplates such disclosure, providing, in part: “The Legislative Counsel or any employee of the Legislative Counsel Committee may not reveal to any per- son not an employee of the committee the contents or nature of…”
Chaimov v. Dept. of Admin. Servs., 498 P.3d 830 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “ORS 173.230 provides: “(1) The Legislative Counsel or any employee of the Legislative Counsel Committee may not reveal to any per- son not an employee of the committee the contents or nature of any matter before the Legislative Counsel in the official capacity of the Legislative…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 173.230(1) — 2 cases
Chaimov v. Dept. of Admin. Servs., 520 P.3d 406 (Or. 2022). “) The statute on which he relies, ORS 173.230(1), arguably contemplates such disclosure, providing, in part: “The Legislative Counsel or any employee of the Legislative Counsel Committee may not reveal to any per- son not an employee of the committee the contents or nature of…”
Chaimov v. Dept. of Admin. Servs., 498 P.3d 830 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “ORS 173.230 provides: “(1) The Legislative Counsel or any employee of the Legislative Counsel Committee may not reveal to any per- son not an employee of the committee the contents or nature of any matter before the Legislative Counsel in the official capacity of the Legislative…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.