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Baltimore

Maryland law applies in Baltimore Baltimore is a local jurisdiction within Maryland, whose 15 researched instruments are listed on the Maryland page, not here. The law of Baltimore, described on this page below, applies here too.

All 1 named instruments researched to a stage, across one of the six areas of law we track: 1 repealed, withdrawn or blocked. As of 3 September 2026.

  1. AI law none researched
  2. Privacy law 1
  3. Scraping law none researched
  4. Cybersecurity law none researched
  5. Age gating law none researched
  6. News aggregation law none researched

in forceenacted but not yet in forceproposedrepealed, withdrawn or blocked

Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

Privacy law1 instrument, 1 repealed, withdrawn or blocked

Research summary (101 words)

Baltimore's face surveillance ban no longer binds.

Baltimore City Code Article 19, Subtitle 18 barred any person, including a private entity or an instrumentality of Baltimore's own city government, from obtaining, retaining, accessing, or using a face surveillance system or information derived from one within city limits, but the whole subtitle carried a sunset clause and automatically expired on December 31, 2022 because the City Council never voted the five-year extension the ordinance itself made available. The row is kept as a record of a law that once bound use of the technology in this city, not as a current duty.

Biometric privacy

Use of Face Surveillance Technology Prohibited

Baltimore City Code Art. 19, Subtitle 18, secs. 18-1 to 18-6, as enacted by Ordinance 21-038 (Council Bill 21-0001)City of Baltimore Legislative Information, official enacted text of Council Bill 21-0001 (Ordinance 21-038)

Repealed: no longer in force, effective 8 September 2021. Binds public and private bodies.

What this law does

This ordinance no longer binds; it expired on December 31, 2022 by its own sunset clause.

While in force, it barred any person in Baltimore City, including an instrumentality or unit of the city government itself, from obtaining, retaining, accessing, or using a face surveillance system or any information obtained from one; only a non-government violator faced the ordinance's own penalty, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to 12 months imprisonment, or both, with each day of violation a separate offense.

What it requires

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