A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
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.
- IntroducedJan 17, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Jan 17, 2017 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jan 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Jan 24, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jan 24, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Jan 24, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jan 24, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Feb 2, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Feb 2, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Feb 16, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Oct 16, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | May 24, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 17, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jan 17, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2055 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Apr 11, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1539, S1540 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2045 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Mar 28, 2017 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJRES 6 | A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 25, 2019 |
| SJRES 15 | A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. | Reintroduction of | May 7, 2015 |
| HJRES 53 | Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. | Identical bill | Feb 8, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
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 17, 2017Introduced in Senate
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