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MO SCR40
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits denial or abridgement of equality of rights under law on account of sex
- Acknowledges the amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972, and sent to states for ratification with a deadline of June 30, 1982
- Notes that 35 states ratified the amendment before the deadline and questions whether Congress had constitutional authority to impose a ratification deadline
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to the U.S. Archivist, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and Missouri's Congressional delegation for printing in the Congressional Record
- Finds the amendment meaningful and needed, asserting that current political, social, and economic conditions support ratification
Legislative Description
Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
1/25/2010
Committee Referrals
Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics1/25/2010
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