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. Lori Trahan
MA
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Richard E. Neal
MA
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
MA
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Seth Moulton
MA
6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
MA
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Katherine Clark
MA
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
MD
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Andy Harris
MD
1 Republican No
Rep. David Trone
MD
6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer
MD
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Anthony Brown
MD
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jamie Raskin
MD
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. John Sarbanes
MD
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jared Golden
ME
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Chellie Pingree
ME
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Tim Walberg
MI
5 Republican No
Rep. Fred Upton
MI
6 Republican No
Rep. Jack Bergman
MI
1 Republican No
Rep. Andy Levin
MI
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Elissa Slotkin
MI
7 Democrat Yes