1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 332 By: Boren
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to minimum wage; amending 40 O.S.
7 2011, Sections 197.2, 197.3 and 197.5, which relate
8 to minimum wage, Commissioner of Labor, and employees
8 covered by the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act; deleting
9 language; modifying references; changing from federal
9 minimum wage to a state minimum wage; directing the
10 Commissioner of Labor to enforce state minimum wage;
10 establishing a schedule of minimum wage increases;
11 tying minimum wage to Consumer Price Index after
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12 declaring an emergency.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 40 O.S. 2011, Section 197.2, is
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17 amended to read as follows:
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18 Section 197.2. It shall be unlawful to employ workers in any
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19 industry or occupation within the State of Oklahoma under conditions
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20 of labor detrimental to their health or morals and it shall be
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21 unlawful to employ workers in any industry within the State of
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22 Oklahoma at wages which are not adequate for their maintenance.
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23 Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act, no
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24 employer within the State of Oklahoma shall pay any employee a wage
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 1 of less than the current federal state minimum wage for all hours
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2 worked.
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3 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 40 O.S. 2011, Section 197.3, is
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4 amended to read as follows:
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5 Section 197.3. A. The Wage and Hour Commission is hereby
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6 terminated and all powers and duties of such Commission are
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7 transferred to the Commissioner of Labor. All personnel, funds,
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8 financial obligations and encumbrances, records, equipment,
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9 furniture, fixtures, files and supplies under the control of the
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10 Wage and Hour Commission are transferred to the Commissioner of
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11 Labor as of the effective date of this act on July 1, 1978.
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12 B. The Commissioner of Labor shall establish, pursuant to this
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13 act, such enforce standards of this state’s minimum wages and
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14 establish conditions of labor for employees within the State of
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15 Oklahoma as shall be reasonable and not detrimental to health and
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16 morals.
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17 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 40 O.S. 2011, Section 197.5, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 197.5. Every employer shall pay to each of his or her
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20 employees who have reached eighteen (18) years of age wages at a
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21 rate of not less than Two Dollars ($2.00) the federal minimum wage
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22 of Seven Dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) per hour on January
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23 1, 2021, until December 31, 2021. Regardless of other provisions of
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24 the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act, every Beginning January 1, 2022, the
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 1 state minimum wage shall be Eight Dollars and fifty cents ($8.50)
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2 per hour. Beginning on January 1, 2023, the state minimum wage
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3 shall be Nine Dollars and seventy-five cents ($9.75) per hour.
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4 Beginning on January 1, 2024, the state minimum wage shall be Eleven
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5 Dollars ($11.00) per hour. Beginning January 1, 2025, the state
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6 minimum wage shall be Thirteen Dollars ($13.00) per hour. Beginning
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7 January 1, 2026, the state minimum wage shall be Fifteen Dollars
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8 ($15.00) per hour. Beginning on January 1, 2027, and every January
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9 1 thereafter, the state minimum wage shall increase according to the
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10 Consumer Price Index (CPI) percentage increase from the prior year.
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11 Every employee of the State of Oklahoma or any lessee or
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12 concessionaire thereof is hereby specifically covered by the
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13 Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act and the minimum wage per hour set by this
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14 section.
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15 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
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16 SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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17 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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18 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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19 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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