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
Rep. David Kustoff
TN
8 Republican No
Rep. Debbie Lesko
AZ
8 Republican No
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
MA
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Donald Beyer
VA
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Dan Bishop
NC
8 Republican No
Rep. Kevin Brady
TX
8 Republican No
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr.
NJ
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
NY
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steve Cohen
TN
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Doug Collins
GA
9 Republican No
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
IL
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Adam Smith 9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Darren Soto
FL
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Paul Gosar
AZ
9 Republican No
Rep. Al Green
TX
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Morgan Griffith
VA
9 Republican No
Rep. Josh Harder
CA
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Trey Hollingsworth
IN
9 Republican No
Rep. Richard Hudson
NC
9 Republican No
Rep. Marcy Kaptur
OH
9 Democrat Yes