State Question 832 is best known for its proposed path to a $15 minimum wage. But the measure also includes a mechanism for what happens after that.
Under the official ballot title, Oklahoma’s minimum wage would rise on a schedule to $15 per hour in 2029. Beginning in 2030, it would then increase annually based on changes in the cost of living as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, or any successor index.
The ballot title says those annual increases would continue indefinitely and would not require approval from Congress or the Oklahoma Legislature…