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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 163 By: Young
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to labor; 40 O.S. 2021, Sectio n
197.2, which relates to the Oklahoma Mi nimum Wage
Act; increasing minimum wage amount; providing for
additional increase over certain time period;
updating statutory language; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 40 O.S. 2021, Section 1 97.2, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 197.2. It shall be unlawful to employ workers in any
industry or occupation within the State of Oklahoma this state under
conditions of labor detrimental to t heir health or morals and it
shall be unlawful to em ploy workers in any indu stry within the State
of Oklahoma this state at wages which are not adequate for their
maintenance. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Minimum
Wage Act, no employer within the State of Oklahoma employers of this
state shall pay any employee employees a wage of not less than
Thirteen Dollars ($13.00) an hour with an increase of fifty cents
($0.50) per year over a five-year period after the effective date of
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this act or the current federal minimum wage, whichever is greater,
for all hours worked.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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