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 Sort descending Party Vote
Rep. Bill Huizenga
MI
4 Republican No
Rep. Hank Johnson
GA
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mike Johnson
LA
4 Republican No
Rep. Jim Jordan
OH
4 Republican No
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III
MA
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steve King
IA
4 Republican No
Rep. Ralph Abraham
LA
5 Republican No
Rep. Tom McClintock
CA
5 Republican No
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
NY
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Andy Biggs
AZ
5 Republican No
Rep. Ralph Norman
SC
5 Republican No
Rep. Ilhan Omar
MN
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mo Brooks
AL
5 Republican No
Rep. Susan Brooks
IN
5 Republican No
Rep. Mike Quigley
IL
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Denver Riggleman
VA
5 Republican No
Rep. Katherine Clark
MA
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers 5 Republican No
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II
MO
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Harold Rogers
KY
5 Republican No