HB5217 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB104 19969 RTM 33419 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5217

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Katie Stuart

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2630/2.1	from Ch. 38, par. 206-2.1
20 ILCS 2630/3.4 new

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that information reported to the Illinois State Police under the Act is confidential and shall not be released unless expressly permitted by State or federal law. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall conduct a criminal history background check on an applicant if a qualified entity submits (1) a request to the Illinois State Police to perform a State and national background check on the applicant in a form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police that includes a statement containing the name, address, and date of birth appearing on a valid identification card or document issued by the State to the applicant; (2) a waiver on a form approved by the Illinois State Police that is signed by the applicant allowing the release of the State and national criminal history record information to the qualified entity; (3) the applicant's fingerprints in an electronic format that complies with the form and manner for requesting and furnishing criminal history record information prescribed by the Illinois State Police; and (4) any fee prescribed by the Illinois State Police. Provides that, upon positive identification, the Illinois State Police shall provide the qualified entity with records of the applicant's conviction of or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is a felony or any crime directly related to providing care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. Provides that any information received by a qualified entity under the provisions shall be used solely for internal purposes in determining the suitability of an applicant. Provides that a background check conducted under the provisions does not constitute compliance with any background check required by law. Provides that, if the Illinois State Police determines that the Illinois records provided to a qualified entity were inaccurate, then the Illinois State Police shall provide updated records to the qualified entity and the applicant. Defines terms. Makes other changes.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by changing Section 2.1 and by adding Section 3.4 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2630/2.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 206-2.1)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-459)

Sec. 2.1. For the purpose of maintaining complete and accurate criminal records of the Illinois State Police, it is necessary for all policing bodies of this State, the clerk of the circuit court, the Illinois Department of Corrections, the sheriff of each county, and State's Attorney of each county to submit certain criminal arrest, charge, and disposition information to the Illinois State Police for filing at the earliest time possible. Unless otherwise noted herein, it shall be the duty of all policing bodies of this State, the clerk of the circuit court, the Illinois Department of Corrections, the sheriff of each county, and the State's Attorney of each county to report such information as provided in this Section, both in the form and manner required by the Illinois State Police and within 30 days of the criminal history event. Specifically:

(a) Arrest Information. All agencies making arrests for offenses which are required by statute to be collected, maintained or disseminated by the Illinois State Police shall be responsible for furnishing daily to the Illinois State Police fingerprints, charges and descriptions of all persons who are arrested for such offenses. All such agencies shall also notify the Illinois State Police of all decisions by the arresting agency not to refer such arrests for prosecution. With approval of the Illinois State Police, an agency making such arrests may enter into arrangements with other agencies for the purpose of furnishing daily such fingerprints, charges and descriptions to the Illinois State Police upon its behalf.

(b) Charge Information. The State's Attorney of each county shall notify the Illinois State Police of all charges filed and all petitions filed alleging that a minor is delinquent, including all those added subsequent to the filing of a case, and whether charges were not filed in cases for which the Illinois State Police has received information required to be reported pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section. With approval of the Illinois State Police, the State's Attorney may enter into arrangements with other agencies for the purpose of furnishing the information required by this subsection (b) to the Illinois State Police upon the State's Attorney's behalf.

(c) Disposition Information. The clerk of the circuit court of each county shall furnish the Illinois State Police, in the form and manner required by the Supreme Court, with all final dispositions of cases for which the Illinois State Police has received information required to be reported pursuant to paragraph (a) or (d) of this Section. Such information shall include, for each charge, all (1) judgments of not guilty, judgments of guilty including the sentence pronounced by the court with statutory citations to the relevant sentencing provision, findings that a minor is delinquent and any sentence made based on those findings, discharges and dismissals in the court; (2) reviewing court orders filed with the clerk of the circuit court which reverse or remand a reported conviction or findings that a minor is delinquent or that vacate or modify a sentence or sentence made following a trial that a minor is delinquent; (3) continuances to a date certain in furtherance of an order of supervision granted under Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections or an order of probation granted under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act, or Section 5-615 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987; (4) judgments or court orders terminating or revoking a sentence to or juvenile disposition of probation, supervision or conditional discharge and any resentencing or new court orders entered by a juvenile court relating to the disposition of a minor's case involving delinquency after such revocation; and (5) in any case in which a firearm is alleged to have been used in the commission of an offense, the serial number of any firearm involved in the case, or if the serial number was obliterated, as provided by the State's Attorney to the clerk of the circuit court at the time of disposition.

(d) Fingerprints After Sentencing.

(1) After the court pronounces sentence, sentences a minor following a trial in which a minor was found to be delinquent or issues an order of supervision or an order of probation granted under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act, or Section 5-615 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for any offense which is required by statute to be collected, maintained, or disseminated by the Illinois State Police, the State's Attorney of each county shall ask the court to order a law enforcement agency to fingerprint immediately all persons appearing before the court who have not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The court shall so order the requested fingerprinting, if it determines that any such person has not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The law enforcement agency shall submit such fingerprints to the Illinois State Police daily.

(2) After the court pronounces sentence or makes a disposition of a case following a finding of delinquency for any offense which is not required by statute to be collected, maintained, or disseminated by the Illinois State Police, the prosecuting attorney may ask the court to order a law enforcement agency to fingerprint immediately all persons appearing before the court who have not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The court may so order the requested fingerprinting, if it determines that any so sentenced person has not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The law enforcement agency may retain such fingerprints in its files.

(e) Corrections Information. The Illinois Department of Corrections and the sheriff of each county shall furnish the Illinois State Police with all information concerning the receipt, escape, execution, death, release, pardon, parole, commutation of sentence, granting of executive clemency or discharge of an individual who has been sentenced or committed to the agency's custody for any offenses which are mandated by statute to be collected, maintained or disseminated by the Illinois State Police. For an individual who has been charged with any such offense and who escapes from custody or dies while in custody, all information concerning the receipt and escape or death, whichever is appropriate, shall also be so furnished to the Illinois State Police.

(f) Confidentiality of information. Information reported to the Illinois State Police under this Act is confidential and shall not be released unless expressly permitted by State or federal law.

(Source: P.A. 104-5, eff. 1-1-26.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-459)

Sec. 2.1. For the purpose of maintaining complete and accurate criminal records of the Illinois State Police, it is necessary for all policing bodies of this State, the clerk of the circuit court, the Illinois Department of Corrections, the sheriff of each county, and State's Attorney of each county to submit certain criminal arrest, charge, and disposition information to the Illinois State Police for filing at the earliest time possible. Unless otherwise noted herein, it shall be the duty of all policing bodies of this State, the clerk of the circuit court, the Illinois Department of Corrections, the sheriff of each county, and the State's Attorney of each county to report such information as provided in this Section, both in the form and manner required by the Illinois State Police and within 30 days of the criminal history event. Specifically:

(a) Arrest Information. All agencies making arrests for offenses which are required by statute to be collected, maintained or disseminated by the Illinois State Police shall be responsible for furnishing daily to the Illinois State Police fingerprints, charges and descriptions of all persons who are arrested for such offenses. All such agencies shall also notify the Illinois State Police of all decisions by the arresting agency not to refer such arrests for prosecution. With approval of the Illinois State Police, an agency making such arrests may enter into arrangements with other agencies for the purpose of furnishing daily such fingerprints, charges and descriptions to the Illinois State Police upon its behalf.

(b) Charge Information. The State's Attorney of each county shall notify the Illinois State Police of all charges filed and all petitions filed alleging that a minor is delinquent, including all those added subsequent to the filing of a case, and whether charges were not filed in cases for which the Illinois State Police has received information required to be reported pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section. With approval of the Illinois State Police, the State's Attorney may enter into arrangements with other agencies for the purpose of furnishing the information required by this subsection (b) to the Illinois State Police upon the State's Attorney's behalf.

(c) Disposition Information. The clerk of the circuit court of each county shall furnish the Illinois State Police, in the form and manner required by the Supreme Court, with all final dispositions of cases for which the Illinois State Police has received information required to be reported pursuant to paragraph (a) or (d) of this Section. Such information shall include, for each charge, all (1) judgments of not guilty, judgments of guilty including the sentence pronounced by the court with statutory citations to the relevant sentencing provision, findings that a minor is delinquent and any sentence made based on those findings, discharges and dismissals in the court; (2) reviewing court orders filed with the clerk of the circuit court which reverse or remand a reported conviction or findings that a minor is delinquent or that vacate or modify a sentence or sentence made following a trial that a minor is delinquent; (3) continuances to a date certain in furtherance of an order of supervision granted under Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections or an order of probation granted under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act, or Section 5-615 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987; (4) judgments or court orders terminating or revoking a sentence to or juvenile disposition of probation, supervision or conditional discharge, judgment or court orders of discharge from probation or conditional discharge, and any resentencing or new court orders entered by a juvenile court relating to the disposition of a minor's case involving delinquency after such revocation; and (5) in any case in which a firearm is alleged to have been used in the commission of an offense, the serial number of any firearm involved in the case, or if the serial number was obliterated, as provided by the State's Attorney to the clerk of the circuit court at the time of disposition. The Illinois State Police may provide reports of cases with missing disposition information to the clerk of the circuit court. Each clerk of the circuit court receiving a report of cases with missing disposition information shall respond within 30 days after receiving the report unless the volume of records in the report renders that timeline impracticable.

(d) Fingerprints After Sentencing.

(1) After the court pronounces sentence, sentences a minor following a trial in which a minor was found to be delinquent or issues an order of supervision or an order of probation granted under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act, or Section 5-615 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for any offense which is required by statute to be collected, maintained, or disseminated by the Illinois State Police, the State's Attorney of each county shall ask the court to order a law enforcement agency to fingerprint immediately all persons appearing before the court who have not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The court shall so order the requested fingerprinting, if it determines that any such person has not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The law enforcement agency shall submit such fingerprints to the Illinois State Police daily.

(2) After the court pronounces sentence or makes a disposition of a case following a finding of delinquency for any offense which is not required by statute to be collected, maintained, or disseminated by the Illinois State Police, the prosecuting attorney may ask the court to order a law enforcement agency to fingerprint immediately all persons appearing before the court who have not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The court may so order the requested fingerprinting, if it determines that any so sentenced person has not previously been fingerprinted for the same case. The law enforcement agency may retain such fingerprints in its files.

(e) Corrections Information. The Illinois Department of Corrections and the sheriff of each county shall furnish the Illinois State Police with all information concerning the receipt, escape, execution, death, release, pardon, parole, commutation of sentence, granting of executive clemency or discharge of an individual who has been sentenced or committed to the agency's custody for any offenses which are mandated by statute to be collected, maintained or disseminated by the Illinois State Police. For an individual who has been charged with any such offense and who escapes from custody or dies while in custody, all information concerning the receipt and escape or death, whichever is appropriate, shall also be so furnished to the Illinois State Police.

(f) Any entity required to report information concerning criminal arrests, charges, and dispositions pursuant to Section 2.1 or 5 of this Act shall respond to any notice advising the entity of missing or incomplete information or an error in the reporting of the information as follows:

(1) Responses shall be made within 30 days after the notice from the Illinois State Police unless the volume of records in the report renders that timeline impracticable.

(2) Responses shall include the missing or incomplete information, correction of the error or an explanation detailing the reason the information cannot be provided or corrected, and an estimated timeframe for compliance.

(g) Confidentiality of information. Information reported to the Illinois State Police under this Act is confidential and shall not be released unless expressly permitted by State or federal law.

(Source: P.A. 104-5, eff. 1-1-26; 104-459, eff. 6-1-26.)

(20 ILCS 2630/3.4 new)

Sec. 3.4. Criminal history background checks for qualified entities.

(a) The National Child Protection Act of 1993, as amended by the Volunteers for Children Act and the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2018 authorizes states to allow nationwide background checks for individuals who have access to children through qualified entities, including businesses and organizations under contract with qualified entities to work with vulnerable populations. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that in order to promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities, it is necessary and in the public interest to allow nationwide background checks as authorized by the National Child Protection Act of 1993, as amended by the Volunteers for Children Act and the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2018.

(b) As used in this Section:

"Applicant" includes any person who:

(1) is employed by or seeks employment with a qualified entity;

(2) is licensed or seeks licensure with a qualified entity;

(3) volunteers or seeks to volunteer with a qualified entity; or

(4) is contracted with or seeks to contract with a qualified entity to provide care or care placement services.

"Care" means the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.

"Qualified entity" means a business or organization, whether public, private, operated for profit, operated not for profit, or voluntary, which provides care or care placement services, including a business, organization, or governmental agency that licenses or certifies others to provide care or care placement services for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.

(c) The Illinois State Police shall conduct a State and national criminal history background check on an applicant if a qualified entity submits:

(1) a request to the Illinois State Police to perform a State and national background check on the applicant in a form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police, which includes a statement containing the name, address, and date of birth appearing on a valid identification card or document issued by the State to the applicant;

(2) a waiver on a form approved by the Illinois State Police that is signed by the applicant allowing the release of the State and national criminal history record information to the qualified entity;

(3) the applicant's fingerprints in an electronic format that complies with the form and manner for requesting and furnishing criminal history record information prescribed by the Illinois State Police; and

(4) any fee prescribed by the Illinois State Police.

(d) The Illinois State Police may charge a fee for conducting a background check under this Section. The fee shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the records check.

(e) The Illinois State Police shall ensure that the applicant is provided written notice of the applicant's right to obtain a copy of all records that the Illinois State Police shall provide to the qualified entity. If the Illinois State Police receives notice from the applicant that the applicant wants a copy of the records provided to the qualified entity, then the Illinois State Police shall provide the applicant with a copy of all the records that the Illinois State Police provided to the qualified entity.

(f) The Illinois State Police shall ensure that the applicant is provided written notice of the applicant's right to challenge any records that the Illinois State Police shall provide to the qualified entity and the procedures for correcting or updating the records. The Illinois State Police shall make a determination of the validity of a challenge concerning Illinois records made by the applicant. If the Illinois State Police determines that the Illinois records provided to a qualified entity were inaccurate, then the Illinois State Police shall provide updated records to the qualified entity and the applicant.

(g) A criminal background check conducted under this Section does not constitute compliance with any background check required by law.

(h) Upon positive identification, the Illinois State Police shall provide the qualified entity with records of the applicant's conviction of or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is a felony or crime directly related to providing care.

(i) Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to require the Illinois State Police to make an eligibility determination on behalf of any qualified entity.

(j) Any information received by a qualified entity under this Section shall be used solely for internal purposes in determining the suitability of an applicant. The dissemination of criminal history information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation beyond the authorized state agency or qualified entity is prohibited. All criminal record check information shall be confidential.

(k) The Illinois State Police may not be held liable, except for willful and wanton misconduct, for any inaccuracies contained in any records provided to qualified entities or applicants under this Section.

(l) Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to expand a government agency's or qualified entity's authority to access juvenile, sealed, or expunged records as established by State and federal law.

(m) Fingerprints submitted under this Section shall be transmitted through a livescan fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of Professional Regulations. The fingerprints submitted under this Section shall be checked against the records, now and hereafter filed, in the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history databases, including, but not limited to, civil, criminal, and latent fingerprint databases. The fingerprints shall be checked against the records in the Illinois State Police databases prior to being submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(n) Contractors who have or seek to have a contract with a qualified entity to provide care or care placement services meet the definition of "employed by" for the purposes of the National Child Protection Act of 1993, as amended by the Volunteers for Children Act and the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2018.

(o) The Illinois State Police may adopt rules to implement this Section.

Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other Public Act.