Editing Child Labor Amendment (section)

===Renewed ratification attempts and expressions of support===
In 2021 and 2022, a concurrent resolution to ratify the Child Labor Amendment passed in the Hawaii Senate with bipartisan support but stalled in the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]].<ref name="Hawaii 2021" >{{Cite web
 |url= https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SCR&billnumber=99&year=2021
 |title=SCR99 SD1 HD1 (2021)
 |work=[[Hawaii State Legislature]]
 |access-date=8 July 2022
}}</ref><ref name="Hawaii 2022" >{{Cite web
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 |title=SCR8 (2022)
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}}</ref> In 2024, a resolution to ratify the amendment passed in the Connecticut House of Representatives but was not brought up for a vote in the [[Connecticut Senate]].<ref name="Kamphausen 2024">{{cite web | last=Kamphausen | first=Hudson | title=House Votes Yes On Federal Child Labor Amendment, Waits For Senate | website=CT News Junkie | date=2024-05-01 | url=https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2024/05/01/house-votes-yes-on-federal-child-labor-amendment-waits-for-senate/ | access-date=2024-05-05}}</ref><ref name="Connecticut" >{{Cite web |url= https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HJ00217&which_year=2024 |title=RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES PERMITTING CONGRESS TO REGULATE CHILD LABOR |work=[[Connecticut General Assembly]] |access-date=8 March 2024 }}</ref> Since 2018, ratification resolutions have also been introduced in [[New York State Legislature|New York]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York State Assembly {{!}} Bill Search and Legislative Information|url=https://www.nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A06245&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Committee&nbspVotes=Y&Floor&nbspVotes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y&LFIN=Y&Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript=Y|access-date=2020-07-14|website=www.nyassembly.gov}}</ref> [[Rhode Island General Assembly|Rhode Island]],<ref name="Rhode Island" >{{Cite web
 |url= https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText21/SenateText21/S0438.pdf
 |title=2021 - S0438
 |work=[[Rhode Island Senate]]
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}}</ref> [[Nebraska Legislature|Nebraska]],<ref name="Nebraska" >{{Cite web
 |url= https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50145
 |title=LR5 – Legislative resolution to ratify an amendment to the Constitution to the United States relating to regulation of child labor
 |work=[[Nebraska Legislature]]
 |access-date=6 January 2023
}}</ref> and [[Maryland House of Delegates|Maryland]],<ref name="Maryland">{{cite web | title=HJ0007 | website=Maryland General Assembly | url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HJ0007?ys=2024RS | access-date=2024-03-17}}</ref> as was a resolution in [[Minnesota Legislature|Minnesota]] reaffirming that state's ratification from 1933.<ref name="Minnesota">{{Cite web |url= https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3275&ssn=0&y=2023 |title=HF 3275 |work=[[Minnesota Legislature]] |access-date=8 March 2024 }}</ref>

In 2024, the [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]] adopted&mdash;without action of the [[New Hampshire Senate]]&mdash;a unicameral House Resolution reaffirming support for the 1933 ratification of the Child Labor Amendment by the full [[New Hampshire General Court]] which, despite its judicial sound, is the official name of New Hampshire's legislature.  That unicameral House Resolution was formally received on November 14, 2024, by the United States Senate&mdash;as noted in the ''[[Congressional Record]]'' of that date&mdash;and was duly referred to the Senate's Committee on the Judiciary as reflected in the ''Record''.

Supporters of ratification, such as [[University of San Diego School of Law]] professor Jessica Heldman and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' columnist [[Michael Hiltzik]], have argued that the amendment could strengthen existing federal child labor protections, especially with some states loosening their child labor laws in recent years.<ref name="Heldman 2023">{{cite web | last=Heldman | first=Jessica K. | title=There is More Work to Be Done to Eliminate Oppressive Child Labor | website=American Constitution Society | date=2023-05-10 | url=https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/there-is-more-work-to-be-done-to-eliminate-oppressive-child-labor/ | access-date=2024-03-17}}</ref><ref name="Hiltzik 2023">{{cite web | last=Hiltzik | first=Michael | title=Column: The carnage from the rollback of child labor laws is just starting | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2023-07-24 | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-07-24/the-carnage-from-the-rollback-of-child-labor-laws-is-just-starting | access-date=2024-03-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104042615/https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-07-24/the-carnage-from-the-rollback-of-child-labor-laws-is-just-starting | archive-date=2024-01-04}}</ref><ref name="v029">{{cite magazine | title=The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment | magazine=TIME | date=2024-05-13 | url=https://time.com/6970389/child-labor-amendment-forgotten/ | access-date=2024-05-14}}</ref> Nebraska State Senator [[Carol Blood]], who introduced a resolution to ratify the amendment, stated that it would only be "ratifying what is already in law", and making a statement that Nebraska "missed an opportunity to do better".<ref name="Wendling 2023">{{cite web | last=Wendling | first=Zach | title=Supporters of child labor resolution say it could make Nebraska 'new champion' • Nebraska Examiner | website=Nebraska Examiner | date=2023-03-03 | url=https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/supporters-of-child-labor-resolution-say-it-could-make-nebraska-new-champion/ | access-date=2024-03-25}}</ref> In Connecticut, a ratification resolution was supported by the state's [[AFL-CIO]] chapter and other [[labor union|union]] leaders.<ref name="Melita 2024">{{cite web | last=Melita | first=Rick | title=Revisiting Child Labor Laws in the New Gilded Age: A Call for Action | website=CT News Junkie | date=2024-03-04 | url=https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2024/03/04/op-ed-revisiting-child-labor-laws-in-the-new-gilded-age-a-call-for-action/ | access-date=2024-03-17}}</ref><ref name="Connecticut Testimony">{{cite web |url=https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HJ-00217&doc_year=2024 |title=Testimony For Bill Number HJ-00217 In All Committees | date=2024-03-25
 |website=Connecticut General Assembly |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325130433/https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HJ-00217&doc_year=2024 |access-date=2024-03-25 |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |quote=}}</ref> The amendment is supported by the [[Child Labor Coalition]].<ref name="w429">{{cite web | title=Put Maryland on the Correct Side of History: Ratify the Child Labor Amendment of 1924 | url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/cmte_testimony/2024/hru/1EreC8FqGIiL6PCx9HE4qUXtkoIOraVNr.pdf | website=Maryland General Assembly| author=Children's Advocacy Institute | access-date=2024-05-09}}</ref>

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