COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Friday rejected an Ohio Constitutional amendment proposal that would increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 by Jan. 1, 2028.
The petitioners are allowed to work on the issues Yost found with the proposal and resubmit it. The proposal is in the earliest phase of the long process to get on the ballot.
Under Ohio law, Yost was required to review the proposal to ensure it was a “fair and truthful statement” of the proposed amendment. He wrote in a letter to petitioners that the proposal included sections that were unclear, didn’t include or conflicted with relevant existing law and sections of the Ohio Constitution, among other issues.
The petitioners are a group of progressive Ohio activists: Prentiss Haney of Cincinnati, who is the co-executive director of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Taneisha Latoya Head of Cleveland; Kandiss Bondurant of Columbus, who is also part of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative; Linda Howard of Cleveland; and Katherine Paris of Shaker Heights, who founded Red Wine and Blue, which mobilizes suburban women to support Democratic candidates.
Ohio’s current minimum wage is $9.30 an hour, and $4.65 for tipped workers. Thanks to an amendment voters approved in 2006, the minimum wages increase each year with inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index. Last month, the state announced the minimum wage beginning Jan. 1 for non-tipped employees will be $10.10. It will be $5.05 for tipped...
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