HJRES 33 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Introduced Jan 24, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Latest action · Feb 6, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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.

IntroducedJan 24, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

The amendment prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex.

Cosponsors 169

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2017 to Jul 10, 2018; 85 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	Jan 24, 2017
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-FL	Charlie Crist	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MD	John K. Delaney	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jan 24, 2017
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Jan 24, 2017
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz	Original	Jan 24, 2017
R-NY	Tom Reed	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Jan 24, 2017
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Feb 3, 2017
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Feb 3, 2017
D-IA	David Loebsack		Feb 3, 2017
D-GA	David Scott		Feb 3, 2017
D-CO	Jared Polis		Feb 3, 2017
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Feb 3, 2017
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Feb 3, 2017
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Feb 3, 2017
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Feb 3, 2017
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Feb 3, 2017
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Feb 3, 2017
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Feb 14, 2017
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Feb 14, 2017
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Mar 17, 2017
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Mar 17, 2017
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Apr 3, 2017
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Apr 25, 2017
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Apr 28, 2017
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jun 20, 2017
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Jun 27, 2017
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jul 11, 2017
D-TX	Al Green		Jul 24, 2017
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Oct 11, 2017
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Dec 14, 2017
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Dec 14, 2017
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Dec 14, 2017
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Dec 14, 2017
D-NV	Ruben J. Kihuen		Dec 14, 2017
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Dec 21, 2017
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Dec 21, 2017
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jan 29, 2018
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Mar 9, 2018
D-CA	Ami Bera		Mar 9, 2018
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Mar 9, 2018
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Mar 9, 2018
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Mar 9, 2018
D-NV	Dina Titus		Mar 9, 2018
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Mar 9, 2018
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Mar 9, 2018
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Mar 9, 2018
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 9, 2018
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Mar 9, 2018
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Mar 9, 2018
D-CA	John Garamendi		Mar 9, 2018
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Mar 9, 2018
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Mar 9, 2018
D-CA	Karen Bass		Mar 9, 2018
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 9, 2018
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Mar 9, 2018
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Mar 9, 2018
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 9, 2018
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 9, 2018
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Mar 9, 2018
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Mar 9, 2018
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Mar 9, 2018
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Mar 9, 2018
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Mar 9, 2018
D-FL	Darren Soto		Mar 13, 2018
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 13, 2018
D-WA	Adam Smith		Apr 18, 2018
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Jun 7, 2018
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Jun 7, 2018
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jun 14, 2018
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jun 21, 2018
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 21, 2018
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jun 21, 2018
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jun 21, 2018
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jun 21, 2018
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jun 27, 2018
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 27, 2018
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 27, 2018
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jun 27, 2018
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jun 27, 2018
D-GA	John Lewis		Jun 27, 2018
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jun 27, 2018
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Jun 27, 2018
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Jun 27, 2018
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jun 27, 2018
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jun 27, 2018
D-TX	Gene Green		Jun 28, 2018
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Jun 28, 2018
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Jun 28, 2018
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 10, 2018
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jul 10, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 24, 2017
	Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee	Referred Feb 6, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 6, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jan 24, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 24, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article V--Amendment. The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 13, January 24, 2017, page H690.

Related bills 3

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SJRES 6	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.	Related bill	Jan 20, 2017
HJRES 35	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 29, 2019
HJRES 52	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.	Reintroduction of	Jun 1, 2015

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 24, 2017Introduced in House

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