MO SCR5

Missouri's General Assembly ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits denial or abridgement of equality of rights under the law on account of sex.

The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to states for ratification on March 22, 1972, with a ratification deadline of June 30, 1982, at which time 35 states had ratified it.

Missouri argues Congress may lack constitutional authority to place a deadline on the ratification process and that current political, social, and economic conditions support ratification.

The Secretary of the Senate must send an inscribed copy of this resolution to the U.S. Archivist, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and each member of Missouri's Congressional Delegation for printing in the Congressional Record.