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2306 JOINT RESOLUTIONS
legislation to initiate the process of amending the Constitution;
and
WHEREAS, The State of Maryland reaffirms its commitment to
the belief that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of sex"; and
WHEREAS, In April 1972, the Maryland General Assembly passed
an ERA to the Declaration of Rights of the Maryland Constitution
which was ratified by the voters of Maryland; and
WHEREAS, In April 1972, the General Assembly of Maryland
also ratified the Federal Equal Rights Amendment, being among the
first states to so ratify; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the
United States Congress is urged to again approve the passage of
the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution so
that it may be submitted to the states for ratification; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the
Maryland Congressional Delegation: Senators Charles McC. Mathias,
Jr. and Paul S. Sarbanes, Senate Office Building, Washington,
D.C. 20510; and Representatives Royden P. Dyson, Clarence D.
Long, Barbara A. Mikulski, Marjorie S. Holt, Steny H. Hoyer,
Beverly B. Byron, Parren J. Mitchell, and Michael D. Barnes,
House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515.
Signed May 31, 1983.
No. 29*
(House Joint Resolution No. 1)
A House Joint Resolution concerning
The Equal Rights Amendment
FOR the purpose of urging the United States Congress to again
pass the Equal Rights Amendment so that it may be submitted
to the states for ratification.
WHEREAS, Equality is a basic constitutional right which must
be guaranteed all Americans; and
WHEREAS, The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) recognizes the
fundamental dignity and individuality of each human being by
requiring that governments treat each person, male or female, as
a citizen under the law without regard to gender; and
* Also signed by the Governor
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