City of Baltimore
Baltimore City Code

§ 23-3. Prohibited conduct.

A person may not:

(1) vandalize religious property that is owned, leased, or used by any religious entity;

(2) obstruct, or attempt to obstruct by force or threat of force, a person in the free exercise of that person's religious beliefs;

(3) harass or commit a crime on a person or damage the property of a person because of that person's race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation;

(4) harass or commit a crime on an institution or damage the property of an institution:

(i) because of the institution's contacts or association with a person or group of a particular race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation; or

(ii) where there is evidence that exhibits animosity on the part of the person committing the act against a person or group because of that person's or group's race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation;

(5) vandalize or burn or attempt to burn any object on the property of a person because of that person's race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation;

(6) vandalize or burn or attempt to burn any object on the property of an institution:

(i) because of the institution's contacts or association with a person or group of a particular race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation; or

(ii) where there is evidence that exhibits animosity on the part of the person committing the act against a person or group because of that person's or group's race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation.