SJRES 7 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

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

Introduced Mar 15, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Edward M. Kennedy D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 15, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2745)

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 15, 2005
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 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2005 to Sep 6, 2006, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Mar 15, 2005
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Mar 15, 2005

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
Mar 15, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2745)
Mar 15, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2744-2745)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HJRES 37	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.	Related bill	Apr 4, 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Mar 15, 2005Introduced in Senate

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