Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

House Joint Resolution 25 aims to formally recognize the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by removing the original ratification deadlines set by Congress. If passed, the resolution would declare the ERA valid despite the fact that the final three states required for the three-fourths majority ratified it after the 1982 deadline. For citizens, this would provide a permanent constitutional guarantee that legal rights cannot be denied or abridged on account of sex, creating a clearer legal standard for challenging sex-based discrimination in areas such as employment, healthcare, and education.