Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits law enforcement from making traffic stops for lower-level violations such as vehicle registration issues or an unlit taillight.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a peace officer from stopping or detaining the operator of a motor vehicle or bicycle for a low-level infraction (Sec. 3). 

• Specifies that a violation of these provisions is not grounds for a defendant to move for return of property or to suppress evidence (Sec. 3). 

• Authorizes law enforcement peace officers who do not have grounds to stop a vehicle or bicycle, but can determine the identity of the owner, to send a citation or warning letter to the owner at their residence (Sec. 3). 

• Authorizes local authorities to enforce a nonmoving or equipment violation of the Vehicle Code through government employees who are not peace officers. (Sec. 4).

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