Subtitle 17 – Retaliation for Human Trafficking Reports
Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.
Balt., Md., Code art. 11, § 17-1 (2026)
§ 17-1 Definitions.LinkCopy Citation
(a)In general.
In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
(b)Covered employer.
“Covered employer” means any person that employs 5 or more full-time equivalent employees in the City of Baltimore.
(c)Human trafficking.
“Human trafficking” means:
(1)
sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform a commercial sex act has not attained 18 years of age; or
(2)
the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
History: Ord. 15-359
History: Ord. 16-503
History: Ord. 22-125
Balt., Md., Code art. 11, § 17-2 (2026)
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Reserved
Balt., Md., Code art. 11, § 17-3 (2026)
§ 17-3 Retaliation or discrimination prohibited.LinkCopy Citation
A covered employer may not take or refuse to take a personnel action or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against any person as a reprisal for the person’s having made a good-faith report of a suspected act of human trafficking to that person’s employer or any appropriate agency.
History: Ord. 15-359
Balt., Md., Code art. 11, § 17-4 to 17-5 (2026)
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Reserved
Balt., Md., Code art. 11, § 17-6 (2026)
§ 17-6 Criminal penalties.LinkCopy Citation
Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both fine and imprisonment for each offense.
History: Ord. 15-359