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 Sort descending District Party Vote
Rep. Joe Cunningham
SC
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ralph Norman
SC
5 Republican No
Rep. William Timmons
SC
4 Republican No
Rep. Jeffrey Duncan
SC
3 Republican No
Rep. Tom Rice
SC
7 Republican No
Rep. James E. Clyburn
SC
6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Joe Wilson
SC
2 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Dusty Johnson
SD
At Large Republican No
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
TN
3 Republican No
Rep. Mark Green
TN
7 Republican No
Rep. John Rose
TN
6 Republican No
Rep. Phil Roe
TN
1 Republican No
Rep. Jim Cooper
TN
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. David Kustoff
TN
8 Republican No
Rep. Scott DesJarlais
TN
4 Republican No
Rep. Tim Burchett
TN
2 Republican No
Rep. Steve Cohen
TN
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Filemon Vela
TX
34 Democrat Yes
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
TX
30 Democrat Yes
Rep. Roger Williams
TX
25 Republican No