“This measure would amend the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act (“OMWA”) to increase the state minimum wage. Employers would be required to pay employees at least $9 per hour beginning in 2025, $10.50 per hour beginning 2026, $12 per hour beginning in 2027, $13.50 per hour beginning in 2028, and $15 per hour beginning in 2029. Beginning in 2030, the minimum wage would increase yearly based on the increase in the cost of living, if any, as measured by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This measure would eliminate a number of exemptions in the current OMWA, including the exemptions for employers subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, part-time employees, certain students and individuals under the age of 18, certain farm and agricultural workers, domestic service workers, newspaper vendors or carriers, and feedstore employees.

Under this measure, federal and state employees would not be covered under the OMWA. Some employers with ten or fewer employees, as well as certain other types of employees and volunteers, would remain exempt. The measure provides for liberal construction, non-retroactivity, severability, and an effective date of the January 1 following approval by the People.”