MN HF197

Urges Congress to pass House Resolution 25 and Senate Resolution 4 to officially recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.

Establishes that Virginia's ratification on January 27, 2020 completed the three-fourths state requirement needed for the ERA, which guarantees equality of rights under law regardless of sex.

Notes that the ERA will take effect two years after the last constitutionally necessary state ratification, meaning it should have taken effect on January 27, 2022.

Directs Minnesota's Secretary of State to transmit copies of this memorial to the President, Congress members, and leadership of both chambers of Congress.

Cites Minnesota's 1973 ratification of the ERA and argues that constitutional protection against sex discrimination is necessary because existing legislation and case law could be reversed or weakened without it.