This policy analysis, released in October 2022, assesses the impact of the implementation of the contracting prohibitions applicable to states on the Covered State List, pursuant to Chapter 12X of the City’s Administrative Code. Chapter 12X prohibits City-funded travel to states with laws that reduced protections for the LGBT community against discrimination. This ordinance also prohibits City contracting with companies headquartered in these states, or where work on the contract would be performed in these states. The ordinance has been amended twice: in 2019 to expand the travel and contracting ban to include states with restrictive abortion laws; and in 2022 to include states with restrictive voting laws. The analysis estimates that the implementation of Chapter 12X has cost the City an additional $474,283 since FY 2017. Read the full policy analysis report.
