§ 29-1. Purpose and intent.

It is the intent of the City of Baltimore to avoid becoming a passive participant in private sector commercial discrimination by refusing to engage in business with business firms that discriminate in the solicitation, selection, hiring, or treatment of vendors, suppliers, subcontractors, or commercial customers on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or disability by providing a procedure for receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints of discrimination filed against business firms that have submitted a bid or proposal for, have been selected to engage in, or are engaged in doing business with the City.