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. Denver Riggleman
VA
5 Republican No
Rep. Robert C. Scott
VA
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Elaine Luria
VA
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Donald Beyer
VA
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Morgan Griffith
VA
9 Republican No
Rep. Abigail Spanberger
VA
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
VA
1 Republican No
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
VA
11 Democrat Yes
Sen. Peter Welch
VT
Democrat Not Voting
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler 3 Republican No
Rep. Rick Larsen 2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers 5 Republican No
Rep. Denny Heck 10 Democrat Yes
Rep. Dan Newhouse 4 Republican No
Rep. Suzan K. DelBene 1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Kim Schrier 8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Pramila Jayapal 7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Derek Kilmer 6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Adam Smith 9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mike Gallagher
WI
8 Republican No