Clarifying that the 1972 ratification by the 62nd Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, of the proposed 1972 Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was only valid through March 22, 1979.

HCR 57 is a concurrent resolution clarifying that Texas' 1972 ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) expired on March 22, 1979 - the original deadline set by Congress for states to approve the amendment. It states that Texas’ ratification, recorded in Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1, was only valid until that deadline and does not extend to later ratifications by other states (like Nevada, Illinois, or Virginia after 2017). The resolution objectively documents Texas’ historical position on the ERA’s timeline, with no current legal or policy impact.