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Twenty-first Amendment
Proposed on February 20, 1933.  Ratified on December 5, 1933.

Sect. 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Sect. 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

Sect. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Order of State Ratification

 

Michigan April 10, 1933 Wisconsin Apr 25, 1933
Rhode Island May 8, 1933 Wyoming May 25, 1933
New Jersey Jun 1, 1933 Delaware Jun 24, 1933
Indiana Jun 26, 1933 Massachusetts Jun 26, 1933
New York Jun 27, 1933 Illinois Jul 10, 1933
Iowa Jul 10, 1933 Connecticut Jul 11, 1933
New Hampshire Jul 11, 1933 California Jul 24, 1933
West Virginia Jul 25, 1933 Arkansas Aug 1, 1933
Oregon Aug 7, 1933 Alabama Aug 8, 1933
Tennessee Aug 11, 1933 Missouri Aug 29, 1933
Arizona Sep 5, 1933 Nevada Sep 5, 1933
Vermont Sep 23, 1933 Colorado Sep 26, 1933
Washington Oct 3, 1933 Minnesota Oct 10, 1933
Idaho Oct 17, 1933 Maryland Oct 18, 1933
Virginia Oct 25, 1933 New Mexico Nov 2, 1933
Florida Nov 14, 1933 Texas Nov 24, 1933
Kentucky Nov 27, 1933 Ohio Dec 5, 1933
Pennsylvania Dec 5, 1933 Utah Dec 5, 1933
Maine Dec 6, 1933 Montana Aug 6, 1934
Denotes last state required for ratification.

Court Cases

44 Liquormart vs. Rhode Island

References and Articles

Analysis of the 21st Amendment
States' Core Powers Under the 21st Amendment
Twenty-first Amendment Enforcement Act
HR 2031 RFS. Twenty-first Amendment Enforcement Act
Challenging the 21st Amendment
House OKs Net Booze Limits
U.S. House Passes 21st Amendment Enforcement Act