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HJR3 hearing urges Maryland to ratify the child labor constitutional amendment proposed in 1919
Summary
Sponsor told the committee the 1919 child labor amendment would give Congress the authority to limit labor of persons under 18; advocates cited renewed child-labor violations and urged Maryland to correct its historical vote against ratification.
Delegate Ruth presented House Joint Resolution 3 to the Rules Committee, urging Maryland to ratify the child labor amendment to the U.S. Constitution that Congress proposed in 1919.
"On June 19, 1924, over a hundred years ago, Congress proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow the federal government to regulate child labor," the sponsor said, recounting the…
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