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S.J.Res. 4: A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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S.J.Res. 4: A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

118th Congress · introduced 2023-01-24 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Latest: Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 4 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 99) entered in Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-01-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 99 (2023): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, SJRES4 (2023-04-27), Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 4 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 99) entered in Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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Official text

A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118sjres4.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/sjres>

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Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 53 cosponsors

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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA)

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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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Record fed-us-cong118-sjres4 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118