THE BILL ITSELF
SCR 82
Equal Rights for Men and Women
Florida Senate - 2026 SCR 82 By Senator Berman 26-00321-26 202682__
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Senate Concurrent Resolution
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A concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed
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amendment to the United States Constitution relating
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to equal rights for men and women.
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WHEREAS, during the Second Session of the 92nd Congress of
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the United States of America, by a constitutional majority of
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two-thirds, both houses of Congress approved the Equal Rights
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Amendment, and
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WHEREAS, on March 22, 1972, this proposed amendment to the
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United States Constitution was sent to the states for
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ratification, and
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WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution
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authorizes the Florida Legislature to ratify proposed amendments
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to the United States Constitution, and
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WHEREAS, the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment contained a 7-year
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period for ratification, a deadline the United States Congress
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later extended to 1982 after 35 states ratified the amendment,
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and
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WHEREAS, in 2021, the United States House of
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Representatives passed a measure to eliminate retroactively the
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ratification deadline from the amendment, and the United States
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Senate introduced a companion measure, and
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WHEREAS, constitutional equality for men and women
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continues to be timely in the United States and worldwide, and
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many other nations have achieved constitutional equality for men
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and women, NOW, THEREFORE,
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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida, the House
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of Representatives Concurring:
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That the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the
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United States set forth below is ratified by the Legislature of
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the State of Florida.
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“ARTICLE ____
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SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be
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denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
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account of sex.
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SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by
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appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
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SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after
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the date of ratification.”
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the
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foregoing preamble and resolution be immediately forwarded by
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the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, under the Great
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Seal of this state, to the President of the United States, the
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Secretary of State of the United States, the President of the
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Senate of the United States, the Speaker of the House of
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Representatives of the United States, and the Administrator of
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the General Services Administration of the United States.