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 ascending District Party Vote
Rep. Tom Emmer
MN
6 Republican No
Rep. Haley Stevens
MI
11 Democrat Yes
Rep. Brenda Lawrence
MI
14 Democrat Yes
Rep. Fred Upton
MI
6 Republican No
Rep. Justin Amash
MI
3 Independent Independent No
Rep. Bill Huizenga
MI
4 Republican No
Rep. Elissa Slotkin
MI
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Rashida Tlaib
MI
12 Democrat Yes
Rep. John Moolenaar
MI
2 Republican No
Rep. Dan Kildee
MI
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Paul Mitchell
MI
10 Republican No
Rep. Tim Walberg
MI
5 Republican No
Rep. Debbie Dingell
MI
6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Andy Levin
MI
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jack Bergman
MI
1 Republican No
Rep. Chellie Pingree
ME
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jared Golden
ME
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jamie Raskin
MD
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Andy Harris
MD
1 Republican No
Rep. John Sarbanes
MD
3 Democrat Yes