Two states needed to ratify ERA for it to become law

Name: Two states needed to ratify ERA for it to become law
Uploaded: 2017-03-27T22:21:23.000Z
Duration: 2 min 14 s
Description: Forty years after they opted not to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, North Carolina lawmakers are being called on to reconsider the amendment in light of a vote in Nevada.

Forty years after they opted not to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, North Carolina lawmakers are being called on to reconsider the amendment in light of a vote in Nevada.

Posted 3/27/2017, 10:21:23 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:47 PM

EVICT AFTER A DEVASTATING

WAREHOUSE FIRE IN DECEMBER.

>>> A RENEWED PUSH FOR LAWMAKERS

TO RATIFY THE PROPOSED EQUAL

RIGHTS AMENDMENT.

THIS COMES NEARLY 45 YEARS AFTER

CONGRESS SENT IT TO THE STATES.

WHY THE RENEWED INTEREST?

>> Reporter: ANOTHER STATE

RECENTLY RE -- SOME SEE THE

WOMEN'S MARCHES IN JANUARY AS A

CATALYST.

ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HAS

TO BE APPROVED BY THREE QUARTERS

OF THE STATE.

38 OUT OF 50 STATES MUST VOTE

FOR THE MEASURE.

YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH YOU MAY

REMEMBER CONGRESS INCIDENT EQUAL

RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO THE STATES.

AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A CLAUSE

GIVING STATES TEN YEARS TO REACH

THOSE VOTES.

YOU GET TO 1982, JUST 35 STATES

HAVE APPROVED IT.

FAST FORWARD TO JUST LAST WEEK.

THE LEGTURE IN THE STATE OF

NEVADA APPROVED IT.

THAT MEANS THE TWO MORE STATES

VOTE TO RATIFY IT.

SOME LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THERE'S A

WAY TO ADD IT TO THE

CONSTITUTION.

THAT'S WHERE NORTH CAROLINA

COMES IN THE PICTURE.

WE'RE ONE OF 14 WHO HAVE NOT

APPROVED.

NORTH CAROLINA VOTED SEVERAL

TIMES BACK IN THE 70S.

EVERY SINGLE TIME IT FAILED TO

PASS.

THE NEED FOR THE AMENDMENT IS

GREAT TODAY AS IT WAS THEN.

REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN FISHER SAYS

WOMEN WORKERS STILL FACE A MAJOR

PAY GAP.

THEY MAKE 80 CENT TO THE DOLLAR

A MAN MAKES.

A LAN LA TIN KNOW WOMAN MAKES 48

CENTS TO THE DOLLAR.

>> THE ERA WOULD MAKE THIS 100%

ILLEGAL.

THIS INSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

WOULD PROTECT WOMEN, FAMILIES

AND GIVE THEM A WELL-DESERVED

BRIGHTER FINANCIAL FUTURE.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL LAW

THAT SENT OUT THE AMENDMENT FOR

RATIFICATION HAS A -- HAD A

DEADLINE OF 1982.

SUPREME COURTERS SAY THAT

DATED -- DATE SUPPORTERS SAY

THAT COULD BE CHANGED.

THEY'VE NEVER GOTTEN A HEARING

IN COMMITTEE AND BACKERS SAY THE

RECENT RISE IN ACTIVISM FOR

WOMEN, SHOULD ENCOURAGE

LAWMAKERS TO TAKE IT UP THIS

TIME.

WE'LL SEE.

>> WE WILL SEE.

AND IT'S INTERESTING HOW THOSE

SIGNS LOOK THE SAME FROM ALL