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This resolution ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that was originally passed by Congress on March 22, 1972. The ERA seeks to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex, with its core provision stating that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The proposed amendment would give Congress the power to enforce these rights through legislation and would take effect two years after its ratification. In this specific resolution, the Arizona Legislature formally endorses the amendment and commits to ratifying it, with instructions for the Secretary of State to transmit a copy of the resolution to the President of the United States Senate and the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The original congressional proposal required ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures within seven years, a deadline that has been historically contested and extended through subsequent legal and political efforts.

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