City of Baltimore - File #: 21-0093

• File #: 21-0093
• Version: 0
• Name: Revising Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 6/8/2021
• In control: Baltimore City Council
• Final action: 12/6/2021
• Enactment #: 21-068
• Title: Revising Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities For the purpose of updating Article 1, Subtitle 8 {Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities} of the City Code to define certain terms; requiring a whistleblower to report their complaint to their agency’s personnel officer or to the Office of the Inspector General if the whistleblower has a reasonable and articulable belief that the personnel officer cannot competently investigate the covered disclosure; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to give written notice of investigation or a notice of declination to the whistleblower within 30 days of receipt of the complaint; requiring the Office of the Inspector General, if initiating an investigation, to send a Memorandum of Protected Activity to the whistleblower’s supervisor; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to provide recommendations for action in the Office’s written findings of an investigation and to give the written findings to the City Administrator, the age...
• Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, Administration City Council, Zeke Cohen, Kristerfer Burnett, Odette Ramos
• Indexes: Responsibility, Rights, Whistleblower

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/9/2021	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
10/18/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
10/4/2021	0	Rules and Legislative Oversight	Recommended Favorably
10/4/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
9/30/2021	0	Rules and Legislative Oversight	Recommended Favorably	Pass
9/13/2021	0	Rules and Legislative Oversight	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Administrator
6/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Office of the Inspector General
6/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
6/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
6/11/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
6/8/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced
6/8/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
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City of Baltimore
Council Bill 21-0093
(First Reader)

Introduced by: Councilmember Dorsey
At the request of: The Administration
A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Revising Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities
For the purpose of updating Article 1, Subtitle 8 {Whistleblower Rights and Responsibilities} of the City Code to define certain terms; requiring a whistleblower to report their complaint to their agency’s personnel officer or to the Office of the Inspector General if the whistleblower has a reasonable and articulable belief that the personnel officer cannot competently investigate the covered disclosure; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to give written notice of investigation or a notice of declination to the whistleblower within 30 days of receipt of the complaint; requiring the Office of the Inspector General, if initiating an investigation, to send a Memorandum of Protected Activity to the whistleblower’s supervisor; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to provide recommendations for action in the Office’s written findings of an investigation and to give the written findings to the City Administrator, the agency head, and the whistleblower; requiring the City Administrator to hold a meeting with the agency head and the Inspector General to discuss the recommendations within a certain amount of time; providing possible remedies in case of a violation of this subtitle; and conforming and clarifying related provisions.
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By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Sections 8-1, 8-6, 8-7
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By re-numbering current
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, ...