House joint resolution · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Sponsor: Rep. Jackie Speier D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 38.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1339):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 38, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/38
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e480ee41c50fccae947c32a9ce40f577c4096fc515b0c594d88923195e43bcb
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
218 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 215 Democrats
2 of 218 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and 188 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
- H.R. 1773 (116th) Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
- H.J.Res. 79 (116th) Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
- H.R. 1132 (116th) San Francisco Bay Restoration Act
- H.Res. 114 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of the 17th day in May as "DIPG Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage research into cures…
- H.R. 8270 (116th) I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020
- H.Res. 1165 (116th) Condemning Azerbaijan's military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh and denouncing Turkish interference in the conflict.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.