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. F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
5 Republican No
Rep. Glenn Grothman
WI
6 Republican No
Rep. Bryan Steil
WI
1 Republican No
Rep. Mark Pocan
WI
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Gwen Moore
WI
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ron Kind
WI
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Carol Miller
WV
1 Republican No
Rep. David McKinley
WV
1 Republican No
Rep. Alex Mooney
WV
2 Republican No
Rep. Liz Cheney
WY
At Large Republican No