Oregon's Serial Meetings Law is Still Unclear (For Now)

In recent months, members of governing bodies subject to Oregon’s Public Meetings Law (“OPML”) have faced uncertainty about what the Oregon Government Ethics Commission (“OGEC”) considers to be a serial communication in violation of the OPML. OGEC has taken an expansive view of what constitutes an illegal serial meeting, and during the 2026 short session, the Legislature stepped in attempting to narrow the field.... By: Miller Nash LLP