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 State District Sort descending Party Vote
Sen. Ben Ray Luján
NM
Democrat Yes
Sen. Roger Marshall
KS
Republican No
Sen. Markwayne Mullin
OK
Republican Not Voting
Sen. Ted Budd
NC
Republican No
Sen. Peter Welch
VT
Democrat Not Voting
Rep. Kelly Armstrong
ND
At Large Republican No
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester
DE
At Large Democrat Yes
Rep. Liz Cheney
WY
At Large Republican No
Rep. Greg Gianforte
MT
At Large Republican No
Rep. Don Young
AK
At Large Republican No
Rep. Dusty Johnson
SD
At Large Republican No
Rep. John B. Larson
CT
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. David McKinley
WV
1 Republican No
Rep. Carol Miller
WV
1 Republican No
Rep. Jack Bergman
MI
1 Republican No
Rep. Richard E. Neal
MA
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Rob Bishop
UT
1 Republican No
Rep. Donald W. Norcross
NJ
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
OR
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Tom O'Halleran
AZ
1 Democrat Yes