Oklahoma State Chamber, Farm Bureau challenge effort to raise minimum wage

OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposed state question to raise Oklahoma’s hourly minimum wage to $15 faces its first legal challenge.

The State Chamber of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legal Foundation asked the state’s high court on Monday to find the proposal unconstitutional for delegating state lawmakers’ power to officials at a federal agency.

Proposed State Question 832 proposes a staggered approach to raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029. After that, the measure proposes raising the minimum wage annually based on cost of living increases as measured by the U.S. Department of Labor’ Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.

The state’s hourly minimum wage is currently $7.25.

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