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 Party Sort ascending Vote
Rep. Steven J. Chabot
OH
1 Republican No
Rep. Kevin Hern
OK
1 Republican No
Rep. Tim Walberg
MI
5 Republican No
Rep. Rob Bishop
UT
1 Republican No
Rep. Debbie Lesko
AZ
8 Republican No
Rep. John Rutherford
FL
5 Republican No
Rep. Steven Palazzo
MS
4 Republican No
Rep. Ann Wagner
MO
2 Republican No
Rep. Dan Bishop
NC
8 Republican No
Rep. Ross Spano
FL
15 Republican No
Rep. John Curtis
UT
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Fred Keller
PA
12 Republican No
Rep. Mike Gallagher
WI
8 Republican No
Rep. Pete Olson
TX
22 Republican No
Rep. Jefferson Van Drew
NJ
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Scott Perry
PA
10 Republican No
Rep. Tom McClintock
CA
5 Republican No
Rep. Gus Bilirakis
FL
12 Republican No
Rep. Matt Gaetz
FL
1 Republican No
Rep. John Katko
NY
24 Republican No