; (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 Constitution does not impose a deadline for the ratification of an article of amendment; Whereas the 27th Amendment to the 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 to the Constitution was certified and published by the Administration of George H. W. Bush as part of the Constitution; Whereas, following publication of the 27th Amendment, Congress moved to affirm it as part of the Constitution; Whereas the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was certified and published as part of the 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 to the Constitution but its attempt was ignored and the 19th Amendment was certified and published on August 26, 1920