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. Bill Huizenga
MI
4 Republican No
Rep. Tom Graves
GA
14 Republican Not Voting
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
5 Republican No
Rep. Peter T. King
NY
2 Republican No
Rep. Ron Estes
KS
4 Republican No
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
3 Republican No
Rep. Ken Calvert
CA
41 Republican No
Rep. Kay Granger
TX
12 Republican No
Rep. Steve King
IA
4 Republican No
Rep. Andy Barr
KY
6 Republican No
Rep. Tom Rice
SC
7 Republican No
Rep. Richard Hudson
NC
9 Republican No
Rep. Van Taylor
TX
3 Republican No
Rep. Frank D. Lucas
OK
3 Republican No
Rep. Bradley Byrne
AL
1 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Austin Scott
GA
8 Republican No
Rep. Jim Banks
IN
3 Republican No
Rep. Paul Gosar
AZ
9 Republican No
Rep. Troy Balderson
OH
12 Republican No
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler
PA
14 Republican No