City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0377

• File #: 19-0377
• Version: 0
• Name: Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/22/2019
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/23/2019
• Enactment #: 19-308
• Title: Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities For the purpose of prohibiting retaliation against whistleblowers for making covered disclosures; defining certain terms; establishing the Whistleblower Board; providing for the appointment, term, and service of Whistleblower Board members; authorizing the Whistleblower Board to adopt implementing rules, regulations, and procedures; establishing complaint procedures for whistleblowers; authorizing the Office of the Inspector General to investigate whistleblower complaints; detailing remedies and disciplinary action the Whistleblower Board can take when ruling on a whistleblower retaliation case; establishing judicial and appellate review; requiring training for supervisors and employees; and mandating that the Office of the Inspector General creates an administrative manual to further detail procedures relating whistleblower complaints.
• Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Robert Stokes, Sr., Brandon M. Scott, Eric T. Costello, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Zeke Cohen, Kristerfer Burnett, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, John T. Bullock, Shannon Sneed
• Indexes: Responsibility, Rights, Whistleblower

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/4/2019	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
10/7/2019	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
9/23/2019	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
9/23/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
9/17/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
8/19/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/11/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
5/6/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/25/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of the Inspector General
4/25/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
4/25/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
4/25/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
4/22/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
4/22/2019	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: Councilmember Dorsey


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
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Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities
For the purpose of prohibiting retaliation against whistleblowers for making covered disclosures; defining certain terms; establishing the Whistleblower Board; providing for the appointment, term, and service of Whistleblower Board members; authorizing the Whistleblower Board to adopt implementing rules, regulations, and procedures; establishing complaint procedures for whistleblowers; authorizing the Office of the Inspector General to investigate whistleblower complaints; detailing remedies and disciplinary action the Whistleblower Board can take when ruling on a whistleblower retaliation case; establishing judicial and appellate review; requiring training for supervisors and employees; and mandating that the Office of the Inspector General creates an administrative manual to further detail procedures relating whistleblower complaints.
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By repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Subtitle 8, to be under the amended subtitle designation,
“Subtitle 8. Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities”
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:

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