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. James Baird
IN
4 Republican No
Rep. Ron Estes
KS
4 Republican No
Rep. Sharice Davids
KS
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steven Watkins
KS
2 Republican No
Sen. Roger Marshall
KS
Republican No
Rep. John Yarmuth
KY
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Brett Guthrie
KY
2 Republican No
Rep. James Comer
KY
1 Republican No
Rep. Harold Rogers
KY
5 Republican No
Rep. Thomas Massie
KY
4 Republican No
Rep. Andy Barr
KY
6 Republican No
Rep. Mike Johnson
LA
4 Republican No
Rep. Steve Scalise
LA
1 Republican No
Rep. Garret Graves
LA
6 Republican No
Rep. Ralph Abraham
LA
5 Republican No
Rep. Clay Higgins
LA
3 Republican No
Rep. Cedric Richmond
LA
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
MA
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Seth Moulton
MA
6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
MA
7 Democrat Yes