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Or. Rev. Stat. § 192.690 (2026)

Exceptions to ORS 192.610 to 192.705

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      192.690 Exceptions to ORS 192.610 to 192.705. (1) ORS 192.610 to 192.705 do not apply to any of the following:

      (a) Deliberations of the Psychiatric Security Review Board or the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.

      (b) Deliberations of state agencies conducting hearings on contested cases in accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183.

      (c) Deliberations of the Workers’ Compensation Board or the Employment Appeals Board of similar hearings on contested cases.

      (d) Meetings of the state lawyers assistance committee operating under the provisions of ORS 9.568.

      (e) Meetings of the personal and practice management assistance committees operating under the provisions of ORS 9.568.

      (f) Meetings of county child abuse multidisciplinary teams required to review child abuse cases in accordance with the provisions of ORS 418.747.

      (g) Meetings of child fatality review teams required to review child fatalities in accordance with the provisions of ORS 418.785.

      (h) Meetings of peer review committees in accordance with the provisions of ORS 441.055.

      (i) Mediation conducted under ORS 36.252 to 36.268.

      (j) Any judicial proceeding.

      (k) Meetings of the Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors or its designated committee regarding candidates for the position of president of the university or regarding sensitive business, financial or commercial matters of the university not customarily provided to competitors related to financings, mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures or related to the sale or other disposition of, or substantial change in use of, significant real or personal property, or related to health system strategies.

      (L) Oregon Health and Science University faculty or staff committee meetings.

      (m) Meetings of Transfer Council subcommittees that are established under ORS 350.426 and that relate to the common course numbering system and the coordination, establishment, alignment, effectiveness and maintenance of foundational curricula or unified statewide transfer agreements.

      (n) Communications between or among members of a governing body that are:

      (A) Purely factual or educational in nature and that convey no deliberation or decision on any matter that might reasonably come before the governing body;

      (B) Not related to any matter that, at any time, could reasonably be foreseen to come before the governing body for deliberation and decision; or

      (C) Nonsubstantive in nature, such as communication relating to scheduling, leaves of absence and other similar matters.

      (2) Because of the grave risk to public health and safety that would be posed by misappropriation or misapplication of information considered during such review and approval, ORS 192.610 to 192.705 shall not apply to review and approval of security programs by the Energy Facility Siting Council pursuant to ORS 469.530. [1973 c.172 §9; 1975 c.606 §41b; 1977 c.380 §19; 1981 c.354 §3; 1983 c.617 §4; 1987 c.850 §3; 1989 c.6 §18; 1989 c.967 §§12,14; 1991 c.451 §3; 1993 c.18 §33; 1993 c.318 §§3,4; 1995 c.36 §§1,2; 1995 c.162 §§62b,62c; 1999 c.59 §§45a,46a; 1999 c.155 §4; 1999 c.171 §§4,5; 1999 c.291 §§25,26; 2005 c.347 §5; 2005 c.562 §23; 2007 c.796 §8; 2009 c.697 §11; 2011 c.708 §26; 2017 c.442 §25; 2019 c.141 §12; 2023 c.417 §2; 2024 c.95 §43; 2025 c.384 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1981–2016 · leading case: Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp. Dist. of Oregon v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, 368 P.3d 50 (Or. Ct. App. 2016).
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Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp. Dist. of Oregon v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, 368 P.3d 50 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 6× “610 to ORS 192.690 that decisions of governing bodies be arrived at openly.”
Miller v. Water Wonderland Improvement Dist., 918 P.2d 849 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “610 to ORS 192.690 govern public meetings. ORS 192.”
Oregonian Publ'g Co. v. Oregon State Bd. of Parole, 769 P.2d 795 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 11× “610 to ORS 192.690, that ordered it to open “information-gathering” portions of its meetings to the public.”
Frohnmayer v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 660 P.2d 1061 (Or. 1983). “Section 2 of that measure proposed an amendment of ORS 192.690 to exempt deliberations of the directors of SAIF from the requirements of the Public Meetings Law, and section 19 again proposed amendment of ORS 656.”
Spray v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, 627 P.2d 25 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). “ORS 192.690 provides, in pertinent part, "(1) [The Open Meetings Law] shall not apply to deliberations * * * of state agencies conducting hearings on contested cases in accordance with the provisions of [the Administrative Procedures Act], the review of the Workers’ Compensation…”
Pre-Hosp. Med. Servs., Inc. v. Malheur Cnty., 896 P.2d 585 (Or. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 4× “610 to ORS 192.690, and that, if notice *497 was not given, defendants violated ORS 192.”
Harris v. Nordquist, 771 P.2d 637 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). “610 to ORS 192.690, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief.”
McKay v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, 788 P.2d 476 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). “610 et seq, applies to the Board, but ORS 192.690(1) specifically excludes “deliberations * * * of state agencies conducting hearings on contested cases.”
Rivas v. Bd. of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision, 369 P.3d 1239 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “ORS 192.690(1) states that “ORS 192.610 to 192.”
Collins v. Klamath Cnty., 941 P.2d 559 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “610 to ORS 192.690, and an analogous local provision, by recessing the public hearing briefly to confer with the county’s legal counsel.”
Sheets v. Knight, 759 P.2d 307 (Or. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “610 to ORS 192.690. Defendants moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim and for judgment on the pleadings.”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Institutional Animal Care & Use Comm. of the Univ. of Oregon, 794 P.2d 1224 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). “610 to ORS 192.690. The remedial provisions of ORS 192.”
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— Or. Rev. Stat. § 192.690(1) — 3 cases
McKay v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, 788 P.2d 476 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). “610 et seq, applies to the Board, but ORS 192.690(1) specifically excludes “deliberations * * * of state agencies conducting hearings on contested cases.”
Rivas v. Bd. of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision, 369 P.3d 1239 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “ORS 192.690(1) states that “ORS 192.610 to 192.”
Gilmore v. Bd. of Psychologist Examiners, 725 P.2d 400 (Or. Ct. App. 1986).
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