Action Alert: Monday, May 13 the MN House is voting on the ERA – please show up!
The Equal Rights Amendment is getting a vote on the House Floor on Monday, May 13 at 11am. Depending on the outcome of the Floor Session there may be a few more crucial sessions – although Monday is important because Representatives can bring amendments to the floor. Some amendments may try to qualify who deserves equal rights and who doesn’t as well as decide if all people deserve equal rights all the time. We’re talking about bodily autonomy and human autonomy.
The Senate passed the ERA last session. The House has a different version of the resolution so there are several possible scenarios. The House could pass the new version and then work with the Senate on an agreed version and each body vote on it again. Or the House could defer to the Senate version on Monday. Or it might not pass.
The anti-ERA crowd have been at the Capitol in force, and they will be back. Please join us at the Capitol to show support for the ERA.
Schedule for the day:
9am Gender Justice ERA Rally: Rotunda
9:30am House Press Conference: Basement Press Room
10:30am do visibility: House Chamber
Session could go long, so please join us at any time. Your presence will make us stronger. Wear green or white to show your true colors.
Not able to join us in person?
Call, email, write to, or visit your state senator and representative to ask them to pass the Equal Rights Amendment bill in Minnesota. (Find your legislator online.) Also, you can watch the meeting remotely.