The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Leonore Heavey.
DIGEST
SCR 2 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Morrell
Ratifies amendment to the U.S. Constitution providing for equal rights as follows:
(1)Equality of rights under law shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or any state on
account of sex.
(2)Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions hereof.
(3)This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Memorializes Congress to remove or extend in perpetuity the ratification deadline stated in the 1972
Congressional joint resolution's resolving clause, but not in the amendment itself, if it deems
necessary, for the Equal Rights Amendment to be added to the Constitution of the United States.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental
Affairs to the original bill
1. Makes technical changes to allow the resolution to comport to the Joint Resolution
approved by the 92
nd
Congress on March 22, 1979.