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. Thomas Massie
KY
4 Republican No
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
5 Republican No
Rep. Kay Granger
TX
12 Republican No
Rep. Doug LaMalfa
CA
1 Republican No
Rep. Tom Rice
SC
7 Republican No
Rep. Rob Woodall
GA
7 Republican No
Rep. Gus Bilirakis
FL
12 Republican No
Rep. Richard Hudson
NC
9 Republican No
Sen. Roger Marshall
KS
Republican No
Rep. Darin M. LaHood
IL
16 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Steve Womack
AR
3 Republican No
Rep. Andy Biggs
AZ
5 Republican No
Rep. Van Taylor
TX
3 Republican No
Rep. Kenny Marchant
TX
24 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Austin Scott
GA
8 Republican No
Rep. Paul Gosar
AZ
9 Republican No
Rep. David Kustoff
TN
8 Republican No
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler
PA
14 Republican No
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
VA
1 Republican No
Rep. Lance Gooden
TX
5 Republican No