119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 25, 2025
A joint resolution establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Latest action (Mar 25, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Mar 25, 2025)
This joint resolution provides that the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, was ratified by three-fourths of the states and is therefore a valid constitutional amendment, regardless of any time limit that was in the original proposal.
The Equal Rights Amendment was originally proposed to the states in 1972. The original proposal included a deadline for ratification of March 22, 1979; Congress subsequently extended the deadline to June 30, 1982. Although the requisite 38 states have ratified the amendment, three of these states did so after the deadlines, and five states subsequently rescinded their ratifications. The status of the amendment has been the subject of litigation.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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6 citations.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S. · lobbying firm or registrant: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$93,000
Spent on own lobbying
1.Support S.J. Res 38 and H.J. Res 80 which would remove the ratification timeline and affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in recognition of the 100-year anniver…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S. · lobbying firm or registrant: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Constitution
$140,000
Spent on own lobbying
1.Support S.J. Res 38 and H.J. Res 80 which would remove the ratification timeline and affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in recognition of the 100-year anniver…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$280,000
Spent on own lobbying
S.J.Res.38, H.J.Res.80 - Establishing Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S. · lobbying firm or registrant: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Constitution
$130,000
Spent on own lobbying
1.Support S.J. Res 38 and H.J. Res 80 which would remove the ratification timeline and affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in recognition of the 100-year anniver…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$260,000
Spent on own lobbying
S. 761, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025. S.J.Res.38, H.J.Res.80 - Expressing the sense of Congress that the Equal Rights Amendment has been validly ratified. General discussions on the Equal Rights Amendment and…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S. · lobbying firm or registrant: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Constitution
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
1.Support S.J. Res 38 and H.J. Res 80 which would remove the ratification timeline and affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in recognition of the 100-year anniver…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing