SB 292

Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence

Sponsor: Charles E. Sydnor, III (District 44)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the RoadStatus: Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (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 30FavorableUNF 13UnfavorableINFO 4Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Brown, Sebastianlobbyist	ACLU MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burbank, Chris	Center for Policing Equity	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Leon, Charmin	Center for Policing Equity	Oral
FAV	Lampel, Anita	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zeimer, Matanlobbyist	Jews United for Justice	Oral
FAV	Silver, Joanna	Joanna Silver	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jackson, Edward	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dartigue, Natasha	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FAV	Cordially, Dan	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holmes, Tia	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Levi, Deborah	Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	Sydnor III, Charles E.	Senator Charles E. Sydnor III	Written (PDF)
FAV	Grimes, Sethlobbyist	Takoma Park Mobilization	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	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bodah, Dan	Vera Institute of Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bodah, Daniel	Vera Institute of Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brewster, Mark	Young Democrats of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cichowski, Carol	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Diaz, Jordy	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Head, Katherine	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	James, Rashad	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	John, Beverly	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Noel, Ruth	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rhodes, Heidi	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	STERN, CAROL	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Sydnor, Senator Sydnorlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Shifrin, Jo	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Soreng, Nancy	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Brandt, Erin	Anne Arundel County Police Department	Oral
UNF	Rodriguez, Daniel	Anne Arundel County Police Dept.	Oral
UNF	Cohen, Elliot	Baltimore City Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 3	Oral
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral
UNF	consoli, angelo	FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State Lodge	Oral
UNF	Krulock, Grant	Harford County Sheriff's Office	Oral
UNF	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Morris, David	Maryland Chiefs of Police Association	Oral
UNF	Boatwright, Clyde	Maryland Fraternal Order of Police	Oral
UNF	Williamson, Marot	Maryland State's Attorney Association	Oral
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
UNF	Dykes, Jamie	Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico County	Oral
UNF	Jordan, Jeramie	Individual	Oral
INFO	Mickler, Matt	Maryland Department of Transportation	Written (PDF)
INFO	Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative, MECJ	Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative	Written (PDF)
INFO	Traynor, Owen	Maryland State Police	Written (PDF)
INFO	Brown, Anthony	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

ACLU MDFAV 1

Anne Arundel County Police DepartmentUNF 1

Anne Arundel County Police Dept.UNF 1

Baltimore City Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 3UNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Bridge Maryland, IncFAV 1

Center for Policing EquityFAV 2

FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgeUNF 1

Harford County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 2

Joanna SilverFAV 1

Law Enforcement Action PartnershipFAV 1

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandUNF 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

Maryland Equitable Justice CollaborativeINFO 1

Maryland Fraternal Order of PoliceUNF 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERFAV 1

Maryland State PoliceINFO 1

Maryland State's Attorney AssociationUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralINFO 1

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico CountyUNF 1

Senator Charles E. Sydnor IIIFAV 1

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 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 2

Young Democrats of MarylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBrown, SebastianACLU MDRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

FAVZeimer, MatanJews United for JusticeRegistered for: Jews United for Justice

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…