First Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
LLS NO. R23-0855.01 Katelyn Guderian x3205
SJR23-006
Senate Committees House Committees
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-006
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ONCERNING THE EFFORT TO ACKNO WLEDGE AND ENSHRINE IN THE101
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ONSTITUTION THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.102
WHEREAS, This year marks the 100th anniversary of when the1
Equal Rights Amendment ("ERA") was initially proposed in Congress.2
Many things about American life have changed since then. It took 1003
years, but there is now widespread bipartisan support of the Equal Rights4
Amendment; and5
WHEREAS, The strides made over these past 100 years are not6
inconsequential, but are still piecemeal when compared to the7
straightforward declaration of the ERA, which simply states: "Equality of8
rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States9
or by any state on account of sex"; and10
HOUSE
Final Reading
March 2, 2023
SENATE
Final Reading
March 1, 2023
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Cutter and Buckner, Bridges, Coleman, Danielson, Exum, Fenberg, Fields, Ginal,
Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kolker, Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Priola,
Roberts, Rodriguez, Sullivan, Winter F., Zenzinger
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Froelich and English, Amabile, Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Daugherty, deGruy
Kennedy, Dickson, Duran, Garcia, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Hamrick, Herod, Jodeh, Joseph, Kipp,
Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, McCluskie, McCormick,
McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, Ortiz, Parenti, Ricks, Sharbini, Sirota, Snyder, Story, Titone,
Valdez, Velasco, Vigil, Weissman, Willford, Woodrow, Young
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, We know that women's rights on multiple levels are1
still being challenged. Bodily autonomy, equal pay, and protection from2
sexual harassment are still being denied; and3
WHEREAS, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, the Brennan Center's Women4
and Democracy Fellow, noted that the ERA would empower Congress "to5
enforce gender equity through legislation and, more generally, the6
creation of a social framework to formally acknowledge systemic biases7
that permeate and often limit women's daily experiences"; and8
WHEREAS, Among 193 United Nations member states, 85% have9
a provision in their constitution that specifically addresses gender10
equality, and 60% have a provision that prohibits discrimination on the11
basis of sex; and12
WHEREAS, The ERA would transform what is currently implicit13
into the unambiguous and strengthen the bedrock of our most dearly held14
American value, that all people are created equal. As one of the first15
states to allow women to vote, several years before the 19th amendment16
gave all women in America this right, Colorado has proudly stood by and17
for women. The ERA has been duly ratified by the 38 required states. It18
is long past time to fill the full measure of this storied history, and with19
Virginia's vote last year, the last of the 38 required, it is time to enshrine20
the ERA into the U.S. Constitution; and21
WHEREAS, Coloradans and all American women deserve this22
basic protection of their inherent freedom; now, therefore,23
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General24
Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives25
concurring herein:26
(1) That women have fought long and hard to have their rights27
recognized;28
(2) That women and those identifying as women are still subject29
to pay, pregnancy, and other forms of discrimination; and30
(3) That, having received the ratification of the 38 states required,31
it is time for the United States Congress to pass the Equal Rights32
Amendment.33
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