S.J.Res. 5: A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-17 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

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

Plain 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.

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Official text

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

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 36 cosponsors

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Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tina Smith (D-MN)

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Words on this page, explained (1)

Joint resolution: In Texas, the type of measure the Legislature uses to propose a constitutional amendment (marked HJR or SJR). The governor does not sign or veto it; the voters decide. In Congress a joint resolution can also be used like a bill. In Florida, a joint resolution passed by three-fifths of the members of each chamber puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115sjres5.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/sjres>

Record fed-us-cong115-sjres5 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115