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. 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. Kendra Horn
OK
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer
MD
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Doug Lamborn
CO
5 Republican No
Rep. Robert E. Latta
OH
5 Republican No
Rep. Al Lawson
FL
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. John Lewis
GA
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ralph Abraham
LA
5 Republican No
Rep. Tom McClintock
CA
5 Republican No
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
NY
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Andy Biggs
AZ
5 Republican No
Rep. Ralph Norman
SC
5 Republican No
Rep. Ilhan Omar
MN
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mo Brooks
AL
5 Republican No
Rep. Susan Brooks
IN
5 Republican No