Urges U.S. Congress to pass Equal Rights Amendment.

This New Jersey Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR 97) is a symbolic resolution urging the U.S. Congress to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). It does not create new laws or directly affect any specific group; instead, it formally requests Congress act on the ERA, which was first proposed in 1923 and last reintroduced in 2017 by several U.S. Senators including New Jersey's Cory Booker and Bob Menendez. The resolution cites the ERA's goal of guaranteeing constitutional equality under the law regardless of sex, noting it was passed by Congress in 1972 but fell short of ratification by the required number of states. Copies of the resolution will be sent to New Jersey's congressional delegation as part of this symbolic advocacy effort.