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MI HCR0003
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/22/2023
Primary Sponsor
Laurie Pohutsky
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AI Summary
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Calls on the Archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
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States that the Equal Rights Amendment has achieved ratification by three-fourths of the states, with Virginia becoming the thirty-eighth ratifying state in 2020, meeting the constitutional requirement for amendment adoption.
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Argues that state attempts to rescind ratification are legally ineffective under Article V and historical precedent, citing examples from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments where the federal government disregarded rescission attempts.
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Calls on the United States Congress to declare the Equal Rights Amendment ratified and directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the Archivist and Michigan's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution calling on the Archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and calling on the United States Congress to declare the Equal Rights Amendment ratified.
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
3/23/2023