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. Doug Lamborn
CO
5 Republican No
Rep. Denver Riggleman
VA
5 Republican No
Rep. Bill Huizenga
MI
4 Republican No
Rep. Dan Newhouse 4 Republican No
Rep. Glenn Thompson
PA
15 Republican No
Rep. Garret Graves
LA
6 Republican No
Rep. Brian Mast
FL
21 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Ron Estes
KS
4 Republican No
Rep. Ron Wright
TX
6 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Tom Graves
GA
14 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Thomas Massie
KY
4 Republican No
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
5 Republican No
Rep. Andy Barr
KY
6 Republican No
Rep. Doug LaMalfa
CA
1 Republican No
Rep. Tom Rice
SC
7 Republican No
Rep. Richard Hudson
NC
9 Republican No
Rep. Rob Woodall
GA
7 Republican No
Rep. Ken Calvert
CA
41 Republican No
Rep. Kay Granger
TX
12 Republican No
Sen. Roger Marshall
KS
Republican No