IL HJR0094

Urges President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States without delay.

Argues that the seven-year ratification deadline placed in Congress's 1972 proposal resolution lacks constitutional force because it was not included in the amendment's text itself, citing precedent from the Madison Amendment's 203-year ratification period.

Notes that as of January 27, 2020, three-fourths of the states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, meeting the constitutional requirement for adoption.

Urges Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment and calls on other states to pass similar resolutions supporting this action.

Contends that ratification cannot be rescinded based on historical precedent and dictionary definitions establishing ratification as permanent and irrevocable.