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FL O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
House Concurrent Resolution 1
A concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed 2
amendment to the Constitution of the United States 3
relating to equal rights for men and women. 4
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WHEREAS, during the Second Session of the 92nd Congress of 6
the United States of America, by a constitutional majority of 7
two-thirds, both houses approved the Equal Rights Amendment, and 8
WHEREAS, on March 22, 1972, this proposed amendment to the 9
Constitution of the United States was sent to the states for 10
ratification, and 11
WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution 12
authorizes the Legislature of Florida to ratify proposed 13
amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and 14
WHEREAS, the provisions of the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment 15
contained a 7-year period for ratification, a deadline the 16
United States Congress later extended to 1982 after 35 states 17
had ratified the amendment, and 18
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2021, the United States House of 19
Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 17 to 20
retroactively eliminate the ratification deadline from the 21
amendment, and a companion bill, Senate Joint Resolution 1, has 22
been introduced in the United States Senate, and 23
WHEREAS, constitutional equality for men and women 24
continues to be timely in the United States and worldwide, and 25
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many other nations have achieved constitutional equality for men 26
and women, NOW, THEREFORE, 27
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Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 29
Florida, the Senate C oncurring: 30
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That the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the 32
United States set forth below is ratified by the Legislature of 33
the State of Florida. 34
"ARTICLE ____ 35
"SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be 36
denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on 37
account of sex. 38
"SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, 39
by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. 40
"SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two years 41
after the date of ratification." 42
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the 44
foregoing preamble and resolution be immediately forwarded by 45
the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, under the Great 46
Seal of this state, to the President of the United States, th e 47
Secretary of State of the United States, the President of the 48
Senate of the United States, the Speaker of the House of 49
Representatives of the United States, and the Administrator of 50
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the General Services Administration of the United States. 51