HB 635

Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence

Sponsor: N. Scott Phillips (District 10)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the RoadStatus: Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a police officer to document all reasons for a traffic stop or other stop on a citation or police report resulting from the stop; establishing that certain evidence obtained during a traffic stop or other stop in violation of certain provisions may be or is inadmissible in certain proceedings; authorizing a police officer to enforce certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law only as a secondary action; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 31FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 26UnfavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Brown, Sebastianlobbyist	ACLU MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Griffin, Gus	Boys to Men	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burbank, Chris	Center for Policing Equity	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Leon, Charmin	Center for Policing Equity	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lampel, Anita	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Silver, Joanna	Joanna Silver	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Love, Dayvon	Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle	Oral
FAV	Boddie-Willis, Cynthia	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Jheanelle	Legislative Black Caucus of MD Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dartigue, Natasha	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FAV	Holmes, Tia	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jawando, Will	Montgomery County Councilmember	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeLong, Michael	Montgomery County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	James, Keisha	National Lawyers Guild - National Police Accountability Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Levi, Deborah	Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	SWASC, UM	Social Work Advocates for Social Change	Written (PDF)
FAV	Grimes, Sethlobbyist	Takoma Park Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoefner, Ferd	Takoma Park Presbyterian Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Neath, Scarlet	The Policing Project at NYU School of Law	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bodah, Daniel	Vera Institute of Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cichowski, Carol	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Phillips, Delegate Phillipslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Diaz, Jordy	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Phillips, N. Scott	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rhodes, Heidi	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	STERN, CAROL	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shifrin, Jo	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stubblefield, Robert	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Veiga, Robert	Individual	Oral
FAV	Williams Jr., Thomas "Chuck"	Individual	Oral
UNF	ATKINSON, OBRIEN	Anne Arundel County FOP 70	Oral
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Breeding, Travis	Caroline County Commissioners Office	Written (PDF)
UNF	Collins, Reuben	Charles County Government	Written (PDF)
UNF	Flaherty, Sean	City of Hagerstown	Written (PDF)
UNF	Shier, Michael	FOP	Oral
UNF	consoli, angelo	FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State Lodge	Written (PDF)
UNF	Carpenter, Sherrice	Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 89	Position only
UNF	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Morris, David	Maryland Chiefs of Police Association	Oral
UNF	Bailey Thupari, Angelica	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
UNF	Gilbert, Patrick	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Franklin, Daniel	Morningside Police Department	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Wieland, Tom	Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.	Position only
UNF	Gill, Brian	State Law Enforcement Officers Labor Alliance	Position only
UNF	Cannon, John	Wicomco County MD	Written (PDF)
UNF	Crisafulli, Matthew	Worcester County Sheriffs Office	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bertino, Chip	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dohrn, Sonia	Individual	Position only
UNF	Ennis, Ella	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Greenfield, Michael	Individual	Position only
UNF	Jordan, Jeramie	Individual	Oral
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
UNF	Schwarz, Mimi	Individual	Oral
UNF	Sybert, Christine	Individual	Position only
FWA	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FWA	Weeks, Jed	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Westervelt, Patricia	Maryland Department of Transportation	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

ACLU MDFAV 1

Anne Arundel County FOP 70UNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Boys to MenFAV 1

Caroline County Commissioners OfficeUNF 1

Center for Policing EquityFAV 2

Charles County GovernmentUNF 1

City of HagerstownUNF 1

FOPUNF 1

FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgeUNF 1

Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 89UNF 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 1

Joanna SilverFAV 1

Leaders of a Beautiful StruggleFAV 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandFAV 1

Legislative Black Caucus of MD IncFAV 1

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandUNF 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERFAV 1

Maryland State PoliceINFO 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

Montgomery County CouncilmemberFAV 1

Montgomery County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Morningside Police DepartmentUNF 1

National Lawyers Guild - National Police Accountability ProjectFAV 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralINFO 1

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.UNF 1

Social Work Advocates for Social ChangeFAV 1

State Law Enforcement Officers Labor AllianceUNF 1

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

Takoma Park Presbyterian ChurchFAV 1

The Policing Project at NYU School of LawFAV 1

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformFAV 1

Vera Institute of JusticeFAV 1

Wicomco County MDUNF 1

Worcester County Sheriffs OfficeUNF 1

YearFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBrown, SebastianACLU MDRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

FAVGrimes, SethTakoma Park MobilizationRegistered for: Washington Area Bicyclist Association

UNFJackson, SamiraLicensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandRegistered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs…