HJRES 40
110th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional amendments
Equality before the law
Law
Sex discrimination
Women
Women's rights
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 27, 2007
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits denying or abridging equality of rights under the law by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Related & companion bills
1
Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
46
D
Carson, André
D
Larson, John B.
D
Welch, Peter
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Larsen, Rick
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
D
Castor, Kathy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Clyburn, James E.
D
Costa, Jim
D
Cuellar, Henry
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
DeGette, Diana
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Doggett, Lloyd
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
D
Green, Al
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Matsui, Doris O.
D
McCollum, Betty
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Neal, Richard E.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Pallone, Frank
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Sherman, Brad
D
Smith, Adam
D
Thompson, Mike
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
D
Waters, Maxine
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 40: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HJRES-40/
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