Child Labor Amendment

[JesseKPhillips]

Author: Israel Moore Foster
Date: Apr 26, 1924

Presently, there being 50 states in the Union, the amendment will remain inoperative unless it is ratified by an additional 10 states to reach the necessary threshold of 38 states.

Having been approved by Congress, the proposed amendment was sent to the state legislatures for ratification and was ratified by the following states:

• Arkansas – June 28, 1924
• California – January 8, 1925
• Arizona – January 29, 1925
• Wisconsin – February 25, 1925
• Montana – February 11, 1927
• Colorado – April 28, 1931
• Oregon – January 31, 1933
• Washington – February 3, 1933
• North Dakota – March 4, 1933 (After State Senate rejection – January 28, 1925)
• Ohio – March 22, 1933
• Michigan – May 10, 1933
• New Hampshire – May 17, 1933 (After rejection – March 18, 1925)
• New Jersey – June 12, 1933
• Illinois – June 30, 1933
• Oklahoma – July 5, 1933
• Iowa – December 5, 1933 (After State House rejection – March 11, 1925)
• West Virginia – December 12, 1933
• Minnesota – December 14, 1933 (After rejection – April 14, 1925)
• Maine – December 16, 1933 (After rejection – April 10, 1925)
• Pennsylvania – December 21, 1933 (After rejection – April 16, 1925)
• Wyoming – January 31, 1935
• Utah – February 5, 1935 (After rejection – February 4, 1925)
• Idaho – February 7, 1935 (After State House rejection – February 7, 1925)
• Indiana – February 8, 1935 (After State Senate rejection – February 5, 1925 and State House rejection - March 5, 1925)
• Kentucky – January 13, 1937 (After rejection – March 24, 1926)
• Nevada – January 29, 1937
• New Mexico – February 12, 1937 (After rejection – 1935)
• Kansas – February 25, 1937 (After rejection – January 30, 1925)

The following fifteen state legislatures rejected the Child Labor Amendment and did not subsequently ratify it:

• Connecticut - 1925
• Delaware - 1925
• Florida - 1925
• Georgia - 1924
• Louisiana - 1924
• Maryland - 1927
• Massachusetts - 1925
• Missouri - 1925
• North Carolina - 1924
• South Carolina - 1925
• South Dakota - 1925, 1933 and 1937
• Tennessee - 1925
• Texas - 1925
• Vermont - 1925
• Virginia - 1926

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Labor_Amendment