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States that ratified pre-certification

The Congress proposed this amendment on September 25, 1789 and the following states ratified the amendment:

1. Maryland (December 19, 1789)
2. North Carolina (December 22, 1789, re-ratified July 4, 1989)
3. South Carolina (January 19, 1790)
4. Delaware (January 28, 1790)
5. Vermont (November 3, 1791)
6. Virginia (December 15, 1791)
7. Kentucky (June 27, 1792; this came to light after the amendment was adopted, as noted in the paragraph at the end of this list.)
8. Ohio (May 6, 1873)
9. Wyoming (March 6, 1978)
10. Maine (April 27, 1983)
11. Colorado (April 22, 1984)
12. South Dakota (February 21, 1985)
13. New Hampshire (March 7, 1985)
14. Arizona (April 3, 1985)
15. Tennessee (May 28, 1985)
16. Oklahoma (July 1, 1985)
17. New Mexico (February 14, 1986)
18. Indiana (February 24, 1986)
19. Utah (February 25, 1986)
20. Arkansas (March 13, 1987)
21. Montana (March 17, 1987)
22. Connecticut (May 13, 1987)
23. Wisconsin (July 15, 1987)
24. Georgia (February 2, 1988)
25. West Virginia (March 10, 1988)
26. Louisiana (July 7, 1988)
27. Iowa (February 9, 1989)
28. Idaho (March 23, 1989)
29. Nevada (April 26, 1989)
30. Alaska (May 6, 1989)
31. Oregon (May 19, 1989)
32. Minnesota (May 22, 1989)
33. Texas (May 25, 1989)
34. Kansas (April 5, 1990)
35. Florida (May 31, 1990)
36. North Dakota (March 25, 1991)
37. Missouri (May 5, 1992)
38. Alabama (May 5, 1992)
39. Michigan (May 7, 1992)
40. New Jersey (May 7, 1992)
41. Illinois (May 12, 1992)

The Archivist of the United States certified that the amendment's ratification was completed on May 7, 1992, with Michigan being the 38th state to ratify. It later came to light that the Kentucky General Assembly had ratified all 12 amendments during that state's initial month of statehood, technically making Alabama the 38th state to ratify the amendment and finalize its addition to the Constitution. Nonetheless, the federal government's official record still holds that Michigan was the 38th state to ratify the amendment.

States that ratified post-certification

1. California (June 26, 1992)
2. Rhode Island (June 10, 1993)
3. Hawaii (April 29, 1994)[12]
4. Washington (April 6, 1995)
* Kentucky (March 21, 1996) (re-ratification, had previously ratified on June 27, 1792)

States that have not ratified the amendment

1. Massachusetts
2. Mississippi
3. Nebraska
4. New York
5. Pennsylvania