Delaware General Assembly

Passed 6/7/18

The 150th General Assembly must pass this for it to become part of the Constitution.

3/27/18

Longhurst

Sen. Hansen, Henry, Townsend

Reps. Baumbach, Bennett, Bentz, Bolden, Brady, Heffernan, Hudson, Jaques, J. Johnson, Q. Johnson, Keeley, Kowalko, Lynn, Mulrooney, Osienski, Paradee, Potter, Ramone, Schwartzkopf, M. Smith, Viola, K. Williams
Sen. Bushweller, Cloutier, Ennis, Lopez, Marshall, McBride, McDowell, Poore, Sokola, Walsh

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EQUAL RIGHTS.

This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by the requisite number of states by the 1982 deadline. Delaware, however, was one of the first states to ratify the Amendment. About half of the states across the country have passed Equal Rights Amendments to their state constitutions in order to provide protection against discrimination based on sex. Without an Equal Rights amendment, women's rights and protections are limited. This Amendment is necessary to correct a constitutional shortcoming, reduce sex-based disparities and to codify our State's value of equality.

81:271

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A First Leg amendment must be approved by the next General Assembly to become part of the Constitution. A Second Leg amendment becomes part of the Constitution upon passage of both Chambers of the subsequent General Assembly.

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