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| 1 | 1 | 25 LC 33 9792 | |
| 2 | 2 | Senate Resolution 244 | |
| 3 | 3 | By: Senators Rhett of the 33rd and James of the 28th | |
| 4 | 4 | A RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 5 | Encouraging all states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and commending those states | |
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| 7 | 7 | which have already done so; and for other purposes.2 | |
| 8 | 8 | WHEREAS, in 1972, the 92nd Congress of the United States of America adopted a proposed3 | |
| 9 | 9 | Twenty-eighth Amendment, relating to equal rights, to the United States Constitution; and4 | |
| 10 | 10 | WHEREAS, to date, 38 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, which meets the5 | |
| 11 | 11 | requirements of ratification by three-fourths of the states; and6 | |
| 12 | 12 | WHEREAS, if all states ratified such amendment, it would serve as a show of support7 | |
| 13 | 13 | nationwide for the Equal Rights Amendment.8 | |
| 14 | 14 | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body9 | |
| 15 | 15 | encourage the remaining states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-eighth10 | |
| 16 | 16 | Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and commend those states which have11 | |
| 17 | 17 | already done so.12 | |
| 18 | 18 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed13 | |
| 19 | 19 | to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to other states.14 | |
| 20 | 20 | S. R. 244 | |
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