# 118-hjres-82: Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay.

118-hjres-82, Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay., is a 118th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO); status Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 118-hjres-82
- Congress: 118
- Title: Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced: 2023-07-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Cosponsors: 131
- Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay.

## Cosponsors (131)

- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2023-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2023-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2023-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2023-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2024-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2024-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2024-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2024-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2024-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2024-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2024-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2024-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2024-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2024-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2024-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2024-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2024-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2024-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2024-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2024-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2024-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jeff [D-NC-14] (D-NC), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nickel, Wiley [D-NC-13] (D-NC), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Manning, Kathy E. [D-NC-6] (D-NC), 2024-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2024-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2024-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2024-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2024-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2024-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2024-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2024-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2024-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2024-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2024-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2024-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2024-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 118-hr-14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023
- 118-hr-11: Freedom to Vote Act
- 118-hr-15: Equality Act
- 118-hr-3899: American Family Act
- 118-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act
- 118-hr-1088: Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [118-hjres-82 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/82)

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- [118-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-15)
- [118-hr-3899: American Family Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-3899)
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