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 ascending State District Party Vote
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester
DE
At Large Democrat Yes
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
OR
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Rob Bishop
UT
1 Republican No
Rep. Dan Bishop
NC
8 Republican No
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
GA
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Gus Bilirakis
FL
12 Republican No
Rep. Andy Biggs
AZ
5 Republican No
Rep. Donald Beyer
VA
8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jack Bergman
MI
1 Republican No
Rep. Ami Bera
CA
6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Joyce Beatty
OH
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Karen Bass
CA
37 Democrat Yes
Rep. Nanette Barragán
CA
44 Democrat Yes
Rep. Andy Barr
KY
6 Republican No
Rep. Jim Banks
IN
3 Republican No
Rep. Troy Balderson
OH
12 Republican No
Rep. James Baird
IN
4 Republican No
Rep. Don Bacon
NE
2 Republican No
Rep. Brian Babin
TX
36 Republican No
Rep. Cynthia Axne
IA
3 Democrat Yes