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. Christopher H. Smith
NJ
4 Republican No
Rep. Greg Stanton
AZ
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ron Estes
KS
4 Republican No
Rep. Mike Thompson
CA
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. William Timmons
SC
4 Republican No
Rep. Jesús García
IL
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Bruce Westerman
AR
4 Republican No
Rep. Vicky Hartzler
MO
4 Republican No
Rep. Jim Himes
CT
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steven Horsford
NV
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Bill Huizenga
MI
4 Republican No
Rep. Hank Johnson
GA
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mike Johnson
LA
4 Republican No
Rep. Jim Jordan
OH
4 Republican No
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III
MA
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steve King
IA
4 Republican No
Rep. Thomas Massie
KY
4 Republican No
Rep. Ben McAdams
UT
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Betty McCollum
MN
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt
AL
4 Republican No