How an Amendment is Proposed and Ratified
To start, there are only two way by which an amendment may be proposed. The first is for a bill to pass with a two-thirds (2/3) vote from both houses of Congress. The second is that 2/3 of the states' legislatures request a Constitutional Convention where one or more amendments will be proposed. The second method has never been use, only the method through which the amendment is submitted through Congress.
Now, to ratify (to prove it, make it real, make it so) an amendment that gets passed in its proposal, three-fourths (3/4) of a states' legislatures must choose to ratify the amendment. It will then become a permanent part of the Constitution. However, there is a time limit for the states to ratify the amendment- seven years, or else the amendment fails to be ratified.
Now, to ratify (to prove it, make it real, make it so) an amendment that gets passed in its proposal, three-fourths (3/4) of a states' legislatures must choose to ratify the amendment. It will then become a permanent part of the Constitution. However, there is a time limit for the states to ratify the amendment- seven years, or else the amendment fails to be ratified.