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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3316
Sponsored by Representative SCHARF
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: The Act makes laws that would require video recordings of certain labor negotiations.
The Act would take effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).
Requires video recordings of labor negotiations conducted by or on behalf of certain public
bodies.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to video recordings of certain labor negotiations; amending section 2, chapter 47, Oregon
Laws 2024; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2, chapter 47, Oregon Laws 2024, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. (1) This section applies to any meeting of the governing body of the following public
bodies and any labor negotiations conducted by or on behalf of the following public bodies :
(a) A common or union high school district;
(b) An education service district;
(c) A community college district; or
(d) A public university described in ORS 352.002.
(2) A public body subject to this section must:
(a) Notwithstanding ORS 192.650, make a video recording of all of its meetings and labor ne-
gotiations; and
(b) Within seven days following [ the] a meeting or labor negotiations , post a video recording
of the meeting or labor negotiations on the public body’s website or social media site.
(3) If the facilities of the public body lack broadband Internet access, the public body may
comply with this section by posting an audio recording of governing body meetings , and any labor
negotiations, on the public [ body] body’s website or social media site.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to:
(a) Any meeting or portion of a meeting that is conducted in executive session; or
(b) A school district with a resident average daily membership of less than 50 students.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, subsections (2) and (3) of this section
apply to labor negotiations conducted by or on behalf of a public body, regardless of whether
the negotiations are conducted in open meetings or in executive session.
SECTION 2.
This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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.
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