With a deadline this week for some bills to be out of House and Senate Committees, the week could see some late night sessions for legislators. One news site is even suggesting there will be a lot of sack lunches prevalent at the capitol this week.

One of those measures is the Workers’ compensation bill to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee, according to the state capitol political news website NonDoc. The measure could have a large impact on any energy-related operation in the state.

Rep. Chris Kannady’s HB 2367 is one of 49 bills scheduled to be heard in Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee. Like we said earlier, bring a snack.

Kannady’s bill would walk back certain portions of the 2013 workers’ compensation reforms which critics say have not done enough to compensate workers for on-the-job injuries.

A NonDoc article recently detailed proposed specifics as well as a State Chamber of Oklahoma pamphlet which called attempts to alter Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system “disturbing.” Kannady has since said negotiations are progressing with the State Chamber.

From the article, the nearly 200-page bill would “authorize medical tests, surgeries, injections, counseling and physical therapy as ‘continuing medical maintenance’ for individual claimants.” It would also classify “mental injury” for first responders as a compensable injury.

Among the other 49 Judiciary Committee bills is HB 1909 by Brad Boles (R-Marlow). It would, with consent of a guardian, put monies confiscated from arrested minors into a college savings fund.