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F L 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 United States Constitution relating 3
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 of Congress approved the Equal Rights 8
Amendment, and 9
WHEREAS, on March 22, 1972, this proposed amendment to the 10
United States Constitution was sent to the states for 11
ratification, and 12
WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution 13
authorizes the Florida Legislature to ratify proposed amendments 14
to the United States Constitution, and 15
WHEREAS, the provisions of the 1 972 Equal Rights Amendment 16
contained a 7-year period for ratification, a deadline the 17
United States Congress later extended to 1982 after 35 states 18
had ratified the amendment, and 19
WHEREAS, in 2021, the United States House of 20
Representatives passed a measu re to retroactively eliminate the 21
ratification deadline from the amendment, and the United States 22
Senate introduced a similar companion measure, and 23
WHEREAS, constitutional equality for men and women 24
continues to be timely in the United States and worldwi de, 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 Concurring: 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 Cong ress 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
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the 43
foregoing preamble and resolution be immediately forwarded by 44
the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, under the Great 45
Seal of this state, to the President of the United States, the 46
Secretary of State of the United States, the President of the 47
Senate of the United States, the Speaker of the House of 48
Representatives of the United States, and the Administrator of 49
the General Services Administration of the United States. 50