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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, In 1972, the Ninety-second Congress of the United
3States of America, at its Second Session, in both houses, by a
4constitutional majority of two-thirds, adopted the following
5proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States of
6America:
7        "JOINT RESOLUTION RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
8    REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
9    IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED (TWO-THIRDS OF EACH HOUSE CONCURRING
10    THEREIN), That the following article is proposed as an
11    amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which
12    shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the
13    Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of
14    three-fourths of the several States within seven years
15    from the date of its submission by the Congress:
16            "ARTICLE ______
17            Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall
18        not be denied or abridged by the United States or by
19        any State on account of sex.
20            Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to
21        enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of
22        this article.
23            Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two
24        years after the date of ratification.""; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United
2States sets forth a two-step amending procedure; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The first step of the Article V amending
4procedure is proposal of an amendment either by two-thirds
5vote of both houses of Congress or by a convention called by
6application of two-thirds of the States; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The second and final step of the Article V
8amending procedure is ratification of an amendment by
9three-fourths of the States; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States does not
11limit the time for States to ratify an amendment; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The time limit within the internal resolution
13used by Congress in 1972 to propose the Equal Rights Amendment
14is, thus, without force or effect; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The so-called Madison Amendment, relating to
16Compensation of Members of Congress, is the Twenty-Seventh
17Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
 
18    WHEREAS, In 1789, by two-thirds vote of each house of the
19First Congress, the Madison Amendment completed the proposal
20step of Article V; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Approximately 203 years later, the Madison
2Amendment completed the ratification step of Article V through
3ratification by three-fourths of the States; and
 
4    WHEREAS, In 1992, having met the requirements of Article
5V, the Madison Amendment was published and certified by the
6Administration of President George H.W. Bush as the
7Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United
8States; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Following publication of the Madison Amendment,
10Congress affirmed the Madison Amendment as the Twenty-Seventh
11Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
 
12    WHEREAS, As of January 27, 2020, three-fourths of the
13States have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In contrast to the Madison Amendment which took
15203 years to ratify, the Equal Rights Amendment took a mere 48
16years to ratify; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The Equal Rights Amendment now meets the
18requirements of Article V of the Constitution of the United
19States to be added as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment; therefore,
20be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
2HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
3SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the General Assembly urges the
4Administration of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to publish
5and certify without delay the Equal Rights Amendment as the
6Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
7States; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That the General Assembly urges the Congress of
9the United States to pass a joint resolution, affirming the
10Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the
11Constitution of the United States; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That the General Assembly calls on other States
13to join in this action by passing the same or similar
14resolutions; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
16transmitted to the President and Vice President of the United
17States, to Members of the United States Congress, and to the
18Archivist of the United States.