Executive sessions
| Sunshine Laws |
| How to Make Records Requests |
| Sunshine Litigation |
| Sorted by State, Year and Topic |
| Sunshine Nuances |
| Deliberative Process Exemption |
This list represents common reasons to call executive sessions. Many states have additional exemptions, and most states formulate their exemptions in unique ways.
Personal Privacy (Including Employees): This includes exemptions for employee discipline, hiring, firing, promotions and any other exemptions concerning individuals including students, hospital patrons and others where the release of the information would violate a reasonable right to privacy.
Attorney-Client Privilege/Litigation: This category includes all exemptions for situations involving attorney-client privilege and other exemptions for pending litigation strategy.
Security/Police Information: This includes direct security exemptions to protect infrastructure as well as police-related exemptions to protect police officers, undercover agents, informants and police tactics and investigations.
Purchase or Sale of Property: This includes all exemptions that protect the discussion of the pending sale or purchase of real property.
Union Negotiations: This protects labor negotiations including collective bargaining meetings and meetings about collective bargaining tactics.
Licensing Exams/Decisions: This protects discussions of extending or revoking a state-issued license as well as discussions about licensing examinations.
Exempt under other laws: This usually includes exemptions for the state open records law and any applicable federal laws but may be broadly written to include any other applicable state laws as well.
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