; (17) Michigan (May 22, 1972); (18) Maryland (May 26, 1972); (19) Massachusetts (June 21, 1972); (20) Kentucky (June 27, 1972); (21) Pennsylvania (September 27, 1972); (22) California (November 13, 1972); (23) Wyoming (January 26, 1973); (24) South Dakota (February 5, 1973); (25) Oregon (February 8, 1973); (26) Minnesota (February 8, 1973); (27) New Mexico (February 28, 1973); (28) Vermont (March 1, 1973); (29) Connecticut (March 15, 1973); (30) Washington (March 22, 1973); (31) Maine (January 18, 1974); (32) Montana (January 25, 1974); (33) Ohio (February 7, 1974); (34) North Dakota (February 3, 1975); (35) Indiana (January 18, 1977); (36) Nevada (March 22, 2017); (37) Illinois (May 30, 2018); and (38) Virginia (January 27, 2020); Whereas Article V of the United States Constitution does not impose a deadline for the ratification of an amendment; Whereas the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution was approved by two-thirds of each House of Congress and 203 years later it was finally ratified by three-fourths of the States; Whereas the 27th Amendment was certified and published by the Administration of George H.W. Bush as part of the United States Constitution; Whereas, following publication of the 27th Amendment, Congress moved to affirm it as part of the United States Constitution; Whereas the 14th Amendment was certified and published as part of the United States Constitution in 1868 despite 2 States purporting to rescind their ratifications; Whereas the States that purported to rescind their ratifications of the 14th Amendment (Ohio and New Jersey) were counted among the ratifying States; Whereas Tennessee attempted to rescind its ratification of the 19th Amendment but its attempt was ignored and the 19th Amendment was certified and published on August 26, 1920