Fallin: Special Session ‘An Option I’m Looking At’
Fallin says special session possible
BY RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Friday, July 12, 2013
A special legislative session to address lawsuit reform and “maybe some other issues” remains a possibility, Gov. Mary Fallin said Friday.
“A special session is an option I am looking at,” she said in response to an audience question at a Tulsa Regional Chamber luncheon. “I’ve talked to the speaker and the pro tem about the possibility of a special session to fix what I consider one of our most important pieces of legislation.”
In June, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled a 2009 lawsuit reform bill unconstitutional under the so-called single-subject rule. It also tossed a related 2011 law requiring expert certification of merit for professional negligence cases.