The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), first proposed in 1923, is an amendment to the United States Constitution that guarantees equality of rights under the law for all persons regardless of sex.
As of January 27, 2020, the ERA has satisfied the requirements of Article V of the Constitution for ratification (passage by two-thirds of each house of Congress and approval by three-fourths of the states).
Leading constitutional scholars agree that the ERA is now part of the Constitution. Because of issues raised about its unique ratification process (explained on the Frequently Asked Questions page), the Archivist of the United States has not yet taken the final ministerial step of publishing the ERA in the Federal Register with certification of its ratification as the 28thAmendment.
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”
Has your state ratified the ERA?
Find out which states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, and when they did.
How Can You Help?
We give you the tools you need to be an effective advocate for the ERA. Check out our ERA Toolkit for ready-to-post social media items, white papers, presentations, and much more to help you ratify the ERA to the U.S. Constitution. All items are FREE for you to download!
REMOVING THE TIME LIMIT
When the 117th U.S. Congress convened in full for the first time on Thursday, January 21, 2021 resolutions with bipartisan support were introduced to remove the time limit placed upon the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972.
On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove the time limit with a vote of 222-204 on HJ Res 17. Attention now turns to the U.S. Senate and moving SJ Res 1 to the floor for a vote.
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