Equal Rights for Men and Women

SCR 82 is a Florida Senate Concurrent Resolution formally ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. It directs Florida to endorse the 1972 proposed constitutional amendment, which would guarantee that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex." The resolution includes the full text of the ERA and references recent congressional efforts to remove the original 1982 ratification deadline. As a procedural measure, it does not create new policy but seeks to advance constitutional equality by adding Florida’s ratification to the amendment’s history.