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 Sort ascending District Party Vote
Rep. Christopher H. Smith
NJ
4 Republican No
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster
NH
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Chris Pappas
NH
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
NE
1 Republican No
Rep. Don Bacon
NE
2 Republican No
Rep. Adrian Smith
NE
3 Republican No
Rep. Kelly Armstrong
ND
At Large Republican No
Sen. Ted Budd
NC
Republican No
Rep. Richard Hudson
NC
9 Republican No
Rep. Greg Murphy
NC
3 Republican No
Rep. George Holding
NC
2 Republican No
Rep. Alma Adams
NC
12 Democrat Not Voting
Rep. Dan Bishop
NC
8 Republican No
Rep. David E. Price
NC
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mark Meadows
NC
11 Republican No
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry
NC
10 Republican No
Rep. Virginia Foxx
NC
5 Republican No
Rep. G. K. Butterfield
NC
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mark Walker
NC
6 Republican No
Rep. David Rouzer
NC
7 Republican No