Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment

Feb. 13, 2020 | H.J. Res. 79

This joint resolution would remove the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would add the following amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” In 2020, the thirty-eighth state ratified the ERA, which satisfies the requirement that three-fourths of the states must vote to ratify constitutional amendments, but the deadline for ratification has passed. This joint resolution passed the House on Feb. 13, 2020.

This is Good for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 232
NAYs: 183

Legislator Sort descending State District Party Vote
Rep. Martha Roby
AL
2 Republican No
Rep. Phil Roe
TN
1 Republican No
Rep. Harold Rogers
KY
5 Republican No
Rep. Mike D. Rogers
AL
3 Republican No
Rep. Francis Rooney
FL
19 Republican No
Rep. John Rose
TN
6 Republican No
Rep. Max Rose
NY
11 Democrat Yes
Rep. Harley Rouda
CA
48 Democrat Yes
Rep. David Rouzer
NC
7 Republican No
Rep. Chip Roy
TX
21 Republican No
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard
CA
40 Democrat Yes
Rep. Raul Ruiz
CA
25 Democrat Yes
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
MD
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Bobby L. Rush
IL
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. John Rutherford
FL
5 Republican No
Rep. Tim Ryan
OH
13 Democrat Yes
Rep. Linda T. Sánchez
CA
38 Democrat Yes
Rep. John Sarbanes
MD
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steve Scalise
LA
1 Republican No
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon
PA
5 Democrat Yes