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There were several post that stated that King did not want a special session. Here is an excerted one.

Schiavo life fight waged in Tampa court, state capitol
herald tribune/ap ^ | 10-20-03 | VICKIE CHACHERE

Posted on 10/20/2003 1:00 PM PDT by MarMema

TAMPA, Fla. --

A watchdog agency for the disabled pleaded Monday with a federal judge to keep a brain-damaged woman in the process of starving to death alive long enough to investigate a claim that she is being abused by her husband.

The court argument came on a day of frantic activity from Tampa to Tallahassee by backers of Bob and Mary Schindler's efforts to keep their daughter Terri Schiavo alive and reverse a court order which is allowing their son-in-law to end her life with last week's removal of a feeding tube...

...In Tallahassee, some lawmakers who gathered for the special session on economic development issues on Monday discussed trying to pass legislation that could save Schiavo's life.

House Speaker Johnnie Byrd, R-Plant City, said negotiations were under way to see if some kind of a moratorium could be passed Monday to keep Schiavo alive.

Lawmakers were eyeing "moratorium on the removal of nutrition and hydration from those who do not have a written directive and where there's a contest among the family about how to deal with this," Byrd said.

Senate President Jim King, R-Jacksonville, said he was not in favor of taking up the Schiavo case.

"Our family prays that the members, including Senate President Jim King, will put any politics aside and approve this bill for the sake of Terri's life and also for the sake of future Terri Schiavos," said sister Suzanne Carr.