State lawmakers have taken another step toward approving a federal constitutional amendment that says rights can’t be abridged or denied “on account of sex.”A state House panel today approved a bill that would make Illinois the 37th out of 38 required states to approve a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, decades after the original deadline for the so-called Equal Rights Amendment expired.The measure, Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 4, was approved by the House Human Services …