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FL H0513
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Failed
5/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Dotie Joseph
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AI Summary
- Florida's Legislature would ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the denial or abridgment of equality of rights under the law on account of sex by the United States or any state
- The ERA was originally approved by Congress on March 22, 1972, with a 7-year ratification deadline later extended to 1982, during which time 35 states ratified it
- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure in 2021 to retroactively eliminate the ratification deadline, with a companion measure introduced in the U.S. Senate
- The amendment would take effect two years after the date of ratification and grants Congress the power to enforce its provisions through appropriate legislation
- Certified copies of the resolution would be forwarded by Florida's Secretary of State to the U.S. President, U.S. Secretary of State, leaders of both chambers of Congress, and the Administrator of the General Services Administration
Legislative Description
Equal Rights for Men and Women
Last Action
Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee
5/5/2023
Committee Referrals
Civil Justice Subcommittee2/1/2023
Full Bill Text
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