Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB2003 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2024

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) 
 
SENATE BILL 2003 	By: Garvin 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to civil procedure; requiring court 
to schedule certain conference; re quiring court to 
enter scheduling order; requiring scheduling order to 
establish times for certain procedur es; prohibiting 
modification of scheduling order; provi ding 
exception; providing for codification; and provi ding 
an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 193 of Title 12, unless there is 
created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows: 
As soon as any civil case is at issue, the court shall schedule 
any conference it deems appropriate and enter a scheduling order 
which establishes to the extent feasible, the time: 
1.  To join other parties and to amend the pleadings; 
2.  To file and hear moti ons; 
3.  To complete discovery pursuant to Section 3226 of Title 12 
of the Oklahoma Statutes; 
4.  To have a medical examination o f a party;   
 
 
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5.  For conferences before trial, a pretrial conference, and 
trial; 
6.  To file proposed findings of fact and co nclusions of law; 
and 
7.  To accomplish any other matters appropriate in the 
circumstances of the case. 
The scheduling order shall be entered as soon as feasible after 
the case is at issue.  A schedule shall not be modified except upon 
written application by couns el and by leave of the judge assigned to 
the case upon a showing of good cause. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall be come effective November 1, 2024. 
 
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