State Question 832, Initiative Petition
Vote figures not taken from an official source (OK State Election Board results site not machine-readable via curl); Ballotpedia via search reports 281,386 Yes (45%) / 349,102 No (55%) — unofficial, not stored in result.
Ballot title (written for a 2025 start: "$9 per hour beginning in 2025") was not updated for the 2026 vote; reproduced verbatim.
Election date 2026-06-16 per Ballotpedia via search; NCSL says "earlier 2026 (Primary)".
Oklahoma publishes no pro/con arguments; SQ 832 page prints generic yes/no lines (recorded).
fiscal_impact is the fiscal sentence inside the official ballot title.
Ballot title text from text layer of SOS file.
This measure amends the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act ("OMWA") under the Oklahoma Statutes to increase the state minimum wage. Employers must pay employees at least $9 per hour beginning in 2025, increasing $1.50 annually for a final rate of $15 per hour in 2029. Beginning in 2030 and continuing indefinitely, the minimum wage would automatically increase annually 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; the minimum wage increase would continue with any successor agency or index. Such increase would also not require approval from Congress or the Oklahoma Legislature. This measure eliminates several 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 age 18; farm and agricultural workers; domestic service workers; newspaper vendors or carriers; and feedstore employees. Effectively, eliminating these exemptions results in current employees not covered by the OMWA now being entitled to the minimum wage. The measure also repeals title 40, section 197.5 Federal and state employees will not be covered under the OMWA. Volunteers; employers with ten or fewer employees and grossing $100,000 or less; some employees of carriers engaged in interstate commerce; employees working in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity; outside salesmen; and reserve deputy sheriffs will remain excluded from the OMWA's coverage. Because counties, municipalities, and school districts are not excluded, a fiscal impact on the State will result, possibly necessitating in a revenue increase by new taxes or elimination of existing services. The measure will be effective the January 1 following approval and will not apply retroactively. SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED? FOR THE PROPOSAL – YES AGAINST THE PROPOSAL – NO
A “YES” vote is a vote in favor of this measure.
A “NO” vote is a vote against this measure.
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Because counties, municipalities, and school districts are not excluded, a fiscal impact on the State will result, possibly necessitating in a revenue increase by new taxes or elimination of existing services.
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Both columns use the same layout. Text is quoted from the official state guide. Views expressed belong to the argument authors.