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. Joe Wilson
SC
2 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Frederica Wilson
FL
24 Democrat Yes
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
VA
1 Republican No
Rep. Steve Womack
AR
3 Republican No
Rep. Rob Woodall
GA
7 Republican No
Rep. Ron Wright
TX
6 Republican Not Voting
Rep. John Yarmuth
KY
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ted Yoho
FL
3 Republican No
Rep. Don Young
AK
At Large Republican No
Rep. Lee Zeldin
NY
1 Republican No