City of Baltimore - File #: 18-0223

• File #: 18-0223
• Version: 0
• Name: Equity Assessment Program
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/16/2018
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 8/10/2018
• Enactment #: 18-160
• Title: Equity Assessment Program For the purpose of providing for the implementation of an Equity Assessment Program for Baltimore City, to be developed and overseen by the Department of Planning; requiring City agencies to assess existing and proposed policies and practices for disparate outcomes based on race, gender, or income and to proactively develop policies, practices, and investments to prevent and redress those disparate outcomes; defining certain terms; providing for the adoption of rules and regulations to carry out this Program; requiring certain notices and reports; and generally relating to the goal of eliminating structural and institutional racism and other forms of discrimination based on immutable characteristics.
• Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, Shannon Sneed, Bill Henry, President Young, Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock, Kristerfer Burnett, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger, Robert Stokes, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke, Eric T. Costello
• Indexes: Assessment, Equity, Program

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/17/2018	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
7/9/2018	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
6/25/2018	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
6/25/2018	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
6/13/2018	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
5/7/2018	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Parking Authority Board
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Wage Commission
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Labor Commissioner
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Environmental Control Board
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Commission on Sustainability
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Employees' Retirement System
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Board of Ethics
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Human Services
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Information Technology
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Employee Development
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Fire Department
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Transportation
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Recreation and Parks
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Planning Commission
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of General Services
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of the Comptroller
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
4/19/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
4/16/2018	0	City Council	Assigned
4/16/2018	0	City Council	Introduced

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: Councilmembers Scott and Sneed

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Equity Assessment Program
For the purpose of providing for the implementation of an Equity Assessment Program for Baltimore City, to be developed and overseen by the Department of Planning; requiring City agencies to assess existing and proposed policies and practices for disparate outcomes based on race, gender, or income and to proactively develop policies, practices, and investments to prevent and redress those disparate outcomes; defining certain terms; providing for the adoption of rules and regulations to carry out this Program; requiring certain notices and reports; and generally relating to the goal of eliminating structural and institutional racism and other forms of discrimination based on immutable characteristics.
body

By adding
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Executive Agencies
Section(s) 39-1 to 39-12, to be under the new subtitle designation,
“Subtitle 39. Equity Assessment Program”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Code

Article 1. Mayor, City Council, and Executive Agencies

Subtitle 39. Equity Assessment Program

§ 39-1. Definitions.

(a) In general.

In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) Agency.

“Agency” means any departme...