SB 438 — NC Adopt ERA.

FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA MarSESSION 24, 2025 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 438 Short Title:

438 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15105-LR-68B Short Title:

Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO RATIFY THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

and Whereas, the 92nd Congress of the United States of America, at its second session, in both houses, bybya a constitutional majoritymajorityof of two-thirds thereof, adopted the followingfollowingproposition proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States of America in the following words, to wit:

and *DRS15105-LR-68B**S438-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Whereas, James Madison and other leaders made clear to the state ratifying conventions for the federal Constitution that ratification cannot be conditioned on amendments and, once made, a ratification is final and cannot be rescinded;

and Whereas, at the state ratifying convention for the federal Constitution held in Hillsborough in summer of 1788, North Carolina delegates sought a bill of individual rights to be added to the federal Constitution and voted 184 to 84 to neither ratifyratifynor nor reject the document;

and Page 2 DRS15105-LR-68BSenate Bill 438-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Whereas, the federal Equal Rights Amendment is a foundational constitutional guarantee in North Carolina and nationally, since it affirms that constitutional rights are held equally by all persons regardless of sex;

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