Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence

SB 292 requires police officers to document all reasons for traffic stops on citations or reports and to state their name, ID number, and agency to drivers at the start of a stop. It establishes that officers can only enforce vehicle registration violations as a "secondary" action - meaning they must have stopped a driver for another reason first. If officers fail to follow these rules, evidence collected during the stop becomes inadmissible in court, and the officer may face disciplinary action. The bill directly affects drivers during traffic stops and sets new standards for officer conduct and evidence handling in Maryland.