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 District Party Sort descending Vote
Rep. Ron Wright
TX
6 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Louie Gohmert
TX
1 Republican No
Rep. Jefferson Van Drew
NJ
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Trent Kelly
MS
1 Republican No
Rep. Scott Perry
PA
10 Republican No
Rep. Ralph Abraham
LA
5 Republican No
Rep. French Hill
AR
2 Republican No
Rep. Rob Woodall
GA
7 Republican No
Rep. Bob Gibbs
OH
7 Republican No
Rep. Fred Upton
MI
6 Republican No
Rep. Mike Bost
IL
12 Republican No
Rep. Rodney Davis
IL
13 Republican Yes
Rep. Mark Meadows
NC
11 Republican No
Rep. Lloyd Smucker
PA
11 Republican No
Rep. Steve Womack
AR
3 Republican No
Rep. Greg Gianforte
MT
At Large Republican No
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
26 Republican No
Rep. Clay Higgins
LA
3 Republican No
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
VA
1 Republican No
Rep. Michael R. Turner
OH
10 Republican No