Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3056: Relating to public record request fees.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: This Act tells a state agency not to charge a fee for public records when it is a member of the Legislative Assembly who makes the request. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Requires state agencies to waive fees for public records requests when the request is made by a member of the Legislative Assembly.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to public record request fees; amending ORS 192.324.
From the introduced text, January 10, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to public record request fees; amending ORS 192.324. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 192.324 is amended to read: 192.324. (1) A public body that is the custodian of any public record that a person has a right to inspect shall give the person, upon receipt of a written or (b) A reasonable opportunity to inspect or copy the public record. (2) If an individual who is identified in a public body's procedure described in subsection (7)(a) of this section receives a written request to inspect or receive a copy of a public record, the public body shall within five business days after receiving the request acknowledge receipt of the request or complete the public body's response to the request. An acknowledgment under this subsection (b) Inform the requester that the public body is not the custodian of the requested record; or (c) Notify the requester that the public body is uncertain whether the public body is the custodian of the requested record. (3) If the public record is maintained in a machine readable or electronic form, the public body shall provide a copy of the public record in the form requested, if available. If the public record is not available in the form requested, the …
Sponsors
- Dwayne Yunker (R, 3) · primary sponsor
- Edwin Diehl (R, 17) · primary sponsor
- Gerald Wright (R, 9)
- Todd Nash (R, 29)
- Noah Robinson (R, 2)
- David Smith (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Subjects: Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans
Common questions
- What is HB3056?
- HB3056 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to public record request fees.
- What does HB3056 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to public record request fees; amending ORS 192.324.
- What is the status of HB3056?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3056?
- Dwayne Yunker (R, 3), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3056?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3056
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