{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-192.650","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 192.650","heading":"Recording or written minutes required; content; fees.","body":"(1) The governing body of a public body shall provide for the sound, video or digital recording or the taking of written minutes of all its meetings. Neither a full transcript nor a full recording of the meeting is required, except as otherwise provided by law, but the written minutes or recording must give a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting and the views of the participants. All minutes or recordings shall be available to the public within a reasonable time after the meeting, and shall include at least the following information:\n      (a) All members of the governing body present;\n      (b) All motions, proposals, resolutions, orders, ordinances and measures proposed and their disposition;\n      (c) The results of all votes and, except for public bodies consisting of more than 25 members unless requested by a member of that body, the vote of each member by name;\n      (d) The substance of any discussion on any matter; and\n      (e) Subject to ORS 192.311 to 192.478 relating to public records, a reference to any document discussed at the meeting.\n      (2) Minutes of executive sessions shall be kept in accordance with subsection (1) of this section. However, the minutes of a hearing held under ORS 332.061 shall contain only the material not excluded under ORS 332.061 (2). Instead of written minutes, a record of any executive session may be kept in the form of a sound or video tape or digital recording, which need not be transcribed unless otherwise provided by law. If the disclosure of certain material is inconsistent with the purpose for which a meeting under ORS 192.660 is authorized to be held, that material may be excluded from disclosure. However, excluded materials are authorized to be examined privately by a court in any legal action and the court shall determine their admissibility.\n      (3) A reference in minutes or a recording to a document discussed at a meeting of a governing body of a public body does not affect the status of the document under ORS 192.311 to 192.478.\n      (4) A public body may charge a person a fee under ORS 192.324 for the preparation of a transcript from a recording.","path":["05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use","19. Miscellaneous Matters Related to Government and Public Affairs","Chapter 192 — Records; Public Reports and Meetings"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors192.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:12Z","sha256":"0f1533346312b3e60ada6f549ada526bb74be799d0d8783c89e80e1ee716dce3","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-192.640","next":"us-or/ors-192.655"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}