Fallin Signs 23 Special Session Bills
Fallin signs 23 lawsuit-reform bills into law
BY BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Mary Fallin has signed 23 lawsuit reforms bills into law.
The action came Tuesday after lawmakers adjourned a special session Monday that began Sept. 3 following a June opinion by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The opinion tossed out a 2009 law because it violated the Constitutional prohibition on including more than one subject in a bill.
Fallin called lawmakers into a special session to pass individual bills addressing the various sections of House Bill 1603, the 2009 measure.
Nineteen passed with emergencies, meaning they became effective immediately. The remainder of the laws will take effect 90 days from Monday and before lawmakers return to regular session in February.
“Four bills did not get the emergency clause, but 19 did, so we are thrilled,” Fallin said. “They will be in effect before next session.”