CA SJR12

Urges Congress to pass House Resolution 891, which would recognize that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has met ratification requirements and designate it as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.

Notes that Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the ERA on January 27, 2020, meeting the three-fourths majority requirement for constitutional amendments.

States that the ERA guarantees equality of rights under the law shall not be denied on account of sex, and authorizes Congress to enforce its provisions through appropriate legislation.

Argues the ERA is necessary because the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause has not been interpreted to protect against sex discrimination with the same strength, and existing gender equality legislation could be weakened or reversed.

Specifies the amendment would take effect two years after the final required state ratification, which occurred January 27, 2020, and directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies to the President, Vice President, and Congress.