Retaliation for Human Trafficking Reports

Baltimore City Code art. 11, div. II, subtit. 17

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Baltimore City Code, Article 11, § 17-1 Definitions.

§ 17-1. Definitions. (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. (d) {Repealed} (Ord. 22-125; Ord. 16-503; Ord. 15-359.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 11, § 17-2 {Reserved}

Baltimore City Code, Article 11, § 17-3 Retaliation or discrimination prohibited.

§ 17-3. Retaliation or discrimination prohibited. 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. (Ord. 15-359.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 11, §§ 17-4 to 17-5 {Reserved}

Baltimore City Code, Article 11, § 17-6 Criminal penalties.

§ 17-6. Criminal penalties. 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. (Ord. 15-359.)

Source: City of Baltimore Department of Legislative Reference, City of Baltimore Law Library (codes.baltimorecity.gov; Open Law Library bulk XML)URL: https://codes.baltimorecity.gov/us/md/cities/baltimore/code/11/II/17Fetched: 10/25/2026