MO HCR40

Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the United States Constitution, which guarantees that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.

Notes that the ERA was sent to states for ratification on March 22, 1972, with Congress establishing a June 30, 1982 deadline by which 35 states ratified it.

Asserts that Congress may not have constitutional authority to place a deadline on the ratification process and that Article V of the U.S. Constitution allows Missouri to ratify the proposed amendment.

Directs the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the Archivist of the United States, the Vice President, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each member of Missouri's Congressional Delegation for publication in the Congressional Record.