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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 35 By: Hicks
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act ;
amending 40 O.S. 2021, Section 197.2, which relates
to the establishment of minimum wages ; increasing
minimum wage amount; 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 197.2, 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 their health or morals and it
shall be unlawful to employ workers in any in dustry 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
Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) an hour or the current federal minimum
wage, whichever is greater, for all hours worked.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-831 CAD 12/17/2024 10:53:33 AM