HJRES 80 · in committee · major
Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- civil rights
What this bill does
- This resolution declares the Equal Rights Amendment ratified and valid as a constitutional amendment.
- It affects all Americans by potentially adding sex discrimination protections to the Constitution.
- It resolves legal disputes over whether the amendment met ratification requirements despite past deadlines.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would courts interpret and apply sex discrimination protections if the ERA were added to the Constitution?
- 02
What specific laws or policies would change if sex discrimination became a constitutionally protected right?
- 03
What are the arguments for and against treating the ERA as ratified despite the original deadline having passed?
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Sponsor · D-MA-7
Ayanna Pressley
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
219/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-24
Joining the bill

Ed Case
D-HI-1 · original

Jim Costa
D-CA-21 · original

Janelle S. Bynum
D-OR-5 · original

Shontel M. Brown
D-OH-11 · original

Becca Balint
D-VT · original

Suzanne Bonamici
D-OR-1 · original

Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3 · original

Gabe Amo
D-RI-1 · original

Ami Bera
D-CA-6 · original

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
D-VA-8 · original

Nikki Budzinski
D-IL-13 · original

Emanuel Cleaver
D-MO-5 · original
+ 207 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-24 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-03-24 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-24 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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