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SJRES 24 105th Congress Senate Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitutional amendments Equality before the law Law Sex discrimination Women

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.

Introduced: March 20, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 1998
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property.
Mar 20, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 20, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2706)
Mar 20, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.

What's happening now May 15, 1998

Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 66 Identical bill Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 26, 1997
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 20, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 24: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-24/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 24: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-24/.
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S.J. Res. 24, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-24/.
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[S.J. Res. 24: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-24/)
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