HJRES 28 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

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

Latest action · Apr 28, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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. IntroducedFeb 26, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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 105

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2021 to Sep 28, 2022; 95 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ILBill FosterOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-GACarolyn BourdeauxOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-GADavid ScottOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-PADwight EvansOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-HIEd CaseOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYGrace MengOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-COJason CrowOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-VAJennifer WextonOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-TNJim CooperOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAJim CostaOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYKathleen M. RiceOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NCKathy E. ManningOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ORKurt SchraderOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-TXLizzie FletcherOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MALori TrahanOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ILMarie NewmanOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAMike LevinOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CARo KhannaOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-AZTom O'HalleranOriginalFeb 26, 2021
R-NYTom ReedOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalFeb 26, 2021
D-MEChellie PingreeMar 3, 2021
D-NJJosh GottheimerMar 11, 2021
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyMar 26, 2021
D-CTJoe CourtneyJul 9, 2021
D-ILSean CastenSep 22, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonSep 24, 2021
D-MNAngie CraigSep 27, 2021
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthDec 23, 2021
D-MDAnthony G. BrownMar 15, 2022
D-NJDonald NorcrossSep 28, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 26, 2021
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Apr 28, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  2. Feb 26, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Feb 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H860H.J. Res. 28—Feb 26, 2021

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

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 37, February 26, 2021, page H860.

Related bills 3

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

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.

  1. Feb 26, 2021Introduced in House

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