Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

Bill: 118-hjres-25
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-31
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Due process and equal protection

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Women's rights
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Pressley. Petition No: 118-6. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2023062106?CongressNum=118">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution provides that the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, was ratified by three-fourths of the states and is therefore a valid constitutional amendment, regardless of any time limit that was in the original proposal. </p> <p>The Equal Rights Amendment was originally proposed to the states in 1972. The original proposal included a deadline for ratification of March 22, 1979; Congress subsequently extended the deadline to June 30, 1982. Although the requisite 38 states have ratified the amendment, three of these states did so after the deadlines, and five states subsequently rescinded their ratifications. The status of the amendment has been the subject of litigation.</p>

tv_txt: IA 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 25 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2023 Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Spanberger , Ms. Bush , Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Ms. Kamlager-Dove , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Ms. Matsui , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Keating , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Jacobs , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Sablan , Mr. Thanedar , Mr. Peters , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Torres of New York , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Adams , Mr. Bera , Mr. Carson , Mr. Kim of New Jersey , Ms. Craig , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Balint , Mr. Pascrell , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Pettersen , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Deluzio , Mr. Pappas , Ms. Houlahan , Mr. Allred , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Soto , Mr. Trone , Mr. Phillips , Mrs. Dingell , Ms. Ross , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Titus , Mr. Payne , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Evans , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Norton , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Swalwell , Mr. Pallone , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Connolly , Ms. Meng , Mr. Stanton , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Cuellar , Ms. Omar , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Auchincloss , Mr. Bowman , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Golden of Maine , Mr. Crow , Ms. Wexton , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Costa , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Neguse , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Morelle , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Chu , Ms. Brownley , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Manning , Ms. Porter , Mr. Mullin , Ms. Schrier , Mr. Mfume , Ms. Underwood , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mrs. Fletcher , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Mrs. Trahan , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Takano , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Levin , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mrs. Torres of California , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Aguilar , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Robert Garcia of California , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Casten , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Brown , Ms. Wild , Mrs. Lee of Nevada , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Ms. Hoyle of Oregon , and Ms. Clarke of New York ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

That notwithstanding any time limit contained in House Joint Resolution 208, 92d Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972, the article of amendment proposed to the States in that joint resolution is valid to all intents and purposes as part of the United States Constitution having been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States.