ASSEMBLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 55

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MARCH 11, 2019

      The Assembly Women and Children Committee reports favorably Senate Joint Resolution No. 55.

      This resolution urges the United States Congress to pass the Equal Rights Amendment as reintroduced by Senators Bob Menendez, Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, Ben Cardin, Chris Coons, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Ed Markey in order to affirm this country’s commitment to equal rights for women and to introduce the idea of sex equality as a fundamental principle in the United States Constitution.

      As reported by the committee, Senate Joint Resolution No. 55 is identical to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 88 which was also reported by the committee on this date.