SJRES 5 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

Introduced Jan 17, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 17, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This joint resolution eliminates the time limit for ratification of the equal rights amendment (prohibits discrimination on account of sex) proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972. The amendment shall be part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2017 to May 24, 2018, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJan 17, 2017
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJan 17, 2017
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJan 17, 2017
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 17, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 17, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HJRES 53Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.Identical billFeb 8, 2017

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.

  1. Jan 17, 2017Introduced in Senate

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