(Richmond, VA) — The Virginia Assembly is passing the Equal Rights Amendment that prohibits discrimination based on sex. Both chambers passed the amendment that fulfills a promise kept by Democrats who seized control of the legislature last year. Virginia is now the 38th state to ratify the ERA to become part of the U.S. Constitution. That’s the number needed to ratify the amendment and make it part of the Constitution, however the Department of Justice earlier this week issued a statement saying the time limit to adopt that amendment has passed. This passage comes just days after Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn became the first female House Speaker in the 401-year history of the Virginia state legislature.