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 Sort descending State District Party Vote
Rep. Ed Perlmutter
CO
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Scott Perry
PA
10 Republican No
Rep. Scott Peters
CA
50 Democrat Yes
Rep. Collin C. Peterson
MN
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Dean Phillips
MN
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Chellie Pingree
ME
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mark Pocan
WI
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Katie Porter
CA
47 Democrat Yes
Rep. Bill Posey
FL
8 Republican No
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
MA
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. David E. Price
NC
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mike Quigley
IL
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jamie Raskin
MD
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. John Ratcliffe
TX
4 Republican No
Rep. Tom Reed
NY
23 Republican Yes
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler
PA
14 Republican No
Rep. Tom Rice
SC
7 Republican No
Rep. Kathleen Rice
NY
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Cedric Richmond
LA
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Denver Riggleman
VA
5 Republican No