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This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.J.Res. 17 as passed House on Mar 17, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Mar 17, 2021
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment
Passed
222 Yea 204 Nay 4 not voting
Party-line vote 4 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.J.Res. 17 and vote against it. 195 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.J.Res. 17 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
46 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.