---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equal Pay for Equal Work - Inquiring About Wages - Prohibition on Adverse Action"
description: "Equal Pay for Equal Work - Inquiring About Wages - Prohibition on Adverse Action"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 14"
citation: "Maryland HB 14 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Queen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135ab7b3-e87f-40f9-86eb-1f40c25509cc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0014?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ac02f51d639d0bce7b5553b81ba99361b5207c720d5424e92ffa217aafd4dfc9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 14 (2020) — Equal Pay for Equal Work - Inquiring About Wages - Prohibition on Adverse Action

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Equal Pay for Equal Work - Inquiring About Wages - Prohibition on Adverse Action** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_25_hb0014t.pdf)
2. **First - Equal Pay for Equal Work - Inquiring About Wages - Prohibition on Adverse Action** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0014f.pdf)
3. **Third - Equal Pay for Equal Work - Inquiring About Wages - Prohibition on Adverse Action** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0014t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **31–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Queen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/135ab7b3-e87f-40f9-86eb-1f40c25509cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).