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. Sharice Davids
KS
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Rosa DeLauro
CT
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Adrian Smith
NE
3 Republican No
Rep. Jeffrey Duncan
SC
3 Republican No
Rep. Dwight Evans
PA
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. A. Drew Ferguson
GA
3 Republican No
Rep. Thomas Suozzi
NY
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
TN
3 Republican No
Rep. Van Taylor
TX
3 Republican No
Rep. Scott Tipton
CO
3 Republican No
Rep. Ruben Gallego
AZ
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Lori Trahan
MA
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Michael Guest
MS
3 Republican No
Rep. Steve Womack
AR
3 Republican No
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler 3 Republican No
Rep. Clay Higgins
LA
3 Republican No
Rep. John Yarmuth
KY
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ted Yoho
FL
3 Republican No
Rep. Andy Kim
NJ
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ron Kind
WI
3 Democrat Yes