SJRES 10 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.

Introduced Mar 22, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Edward M. Kennedy D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 15, 2002 Committee on the Judiciary referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 22, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2001 to Jul 11, 2002, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-DE	Joseph R. Biden Jr.	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MN	Mark Dayton	Original	Mar 22, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 22, 2001

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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 15, 2002Committee on the Judiciary referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Mar 22, 2001Introduced in Senate
Mar 22, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2777)
Mar 22, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2777)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

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