Rep. Constance A. Howard
Filed: 5/14/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3007




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3007, AS AMENDED, 
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by replacing paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of Sec. 5 of 
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Section 5 with the following:
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    "(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to 
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the contrary and cumulative with any rights to expungement of 
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criminal records, the Chief Judge of the circuit in which the 
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charge or charges were brought may have the official records of 
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the charges and disposition that are held by the arresting 
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authority, the Department, and the clerk of the circuit court 
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regarding an adult or minor prosecuted as an adult sealed if 
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the adult or minor prosecuted as an adult was:
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        (A) charged with one or more municipal ordinance 
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    violations or misdemeanors, and thereafter was either 
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    acquitted or released without being convicted; or
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        (B) regardless of the original charge or charges, 
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    placed on misdemeanor supervision; and
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            (i) at least 3 years have elapsed since the 
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        completion of the term of supervision for the last such 
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        event; and
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            (ii) the individual has not been convicted of a 
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        felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision for a 
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        misdemeanor during the period specified in clause (i); 
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        or
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        (C) regardless of the original charge or charges, 
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    placed on misdemeanor supervision or convicted of a 
 


 






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    municipal ordinance violation or a misdemeanor and the 
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    conviction was reversed.
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    However, all such records are nonetheless subject to 
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inspection and use by the court and inspection and use by law 
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enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys or other 
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prosecutors in carrying out the duties of their offices.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary

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and cumulative with any rights to expungement of criminal

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records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an adult 
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charged with a
violation of a municipal ordinance or a 
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misdemeanor is acquitted or released
without being convicted, 
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or if the person is convicted but the conviction is
reversed, 
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or if the person has
been placed on supervision for a 
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misdemeanor and has not been
convicted of a felony or 
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misdemeanor or placed on supervision for a
misdemeanor within 3 
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years after the acquittal or release or reversal of
conviction, 
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or the
completion of the terms and conditions of the 
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supervision, if the
acquittal, release, finding of not guilty, 
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or reversal of conviction occurred
on
or
after the
effective 
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date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the

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Chief Judge of the circuit in which the charge was brought may 
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have the
official records of the arresting authority, the

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Department, and the clerk of the circuit court sealed 3 years 
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after the
dismissal of the charge, the finding of not guilty, 
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the reversal of conviction,
or the
completion of the terms and 
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conditions of the supervision,
except those records are subject 
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to inspection and use by the court for the
purposes of 
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subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and felony violations 
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and
inspection and use by law enforcement agencies and State's 
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Attorneys or other
prosecutors in carrying out the duties of

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their offices.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (j), 
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this
This subsection (h) does not apply to persons placed on

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supervision for:
(1) a violation of Section 11-501 of the 
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Illinois Vehicle
Code or a similar provision of a local 
 


 






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ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor
violation of Article 11 of the 
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Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of
a
local 
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ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor
violation of Section 12-15, 12-30, 
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or 26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a
similar
provision of 
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a local ordinance; (4) a
misdemeanor violation that is a crime 
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of violence as defined in Section 2 of
the Crime Victims 
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Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance;

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(5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for 
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Animals Act; or
(6) any offense or attempted offense that would 
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subject a person to
registration under the Sex Offender 
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Registration Act."; and

 

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by replacing paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of Sec. 5 of 
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Section 5 with the following:
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    "(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to 
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the contrary and cumulative with any rights to expungement of 
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criminal records, the Chief Judge of the circuit in which the 
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charge or charges were brought may have the official records of 
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the charges and disposition that are held by the arresting 
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authority, the Department, and the clerk of the circuit court 
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regarding an adult or minor prosecuted as an adult sealed if:
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        (A) the adult or minor prosecuted as an adult has been 
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    convicted of one or more municipal ordinance violations or 
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    misdemeanors; and
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        (B) at least 4 years have elapsed since the last such 
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    conviction or term of any sentence, probation, or 
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    supervision, if any; and
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        (C) the individual, since the last such conviction or 
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    term of any sentence, probation or supervision, if any, has 
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    not been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on 
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    supervision for a misdemeanor.
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    However, all such records are nonetheless subject to 
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inspection and use by the court and inspection and use by law 
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enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys or other 
 


 






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prosecutors in carrying out the duties of their offices.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary

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and cumulative with any rights to expungement of criminal

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records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an adult 
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charged with a
violation of a municipal ordinance or a 
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misdemeanor is convicted of
a misdemeanor and has not been

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convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision 
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for a
misdemeanor within 4 years after the
completion of the 
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sentence, if the
conviction occurred on
or
after the
effective 
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date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the

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Chief Judge of the circuit in which the charge was brought may 
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have the
official records of the arresting authority, the

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Department, and the clerk of the circuit court sealed 4 years 
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after the
completion of the sentence,
except those records are 
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subject to inspection and use by the court for the
purposes of 
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subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and felony violations 
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and
inspection and use by law enforcement agencies and State's 
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Attorneys or other
prosecutors in carrying out the duties of

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their offices.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (j), 
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this
This subsection (i) does not apply to persons convicted 
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of:
(1) a violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle

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Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance; (2) a 
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misdemeanor
violation of Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 
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1961 or a similar provision of
a
local ordinance; (3) a 
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misdemeanor
violation of Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 of the 
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Criminal Code of 1961 or a
similar
provision of a local 
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ordinance; (4) a
misdemeanor violation that is a crime of 
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violence as defined in Section 2 of
the Crime Victims 
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Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance;

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(5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for 
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Animals Act; or
(6) any offense or attempted offense that would 
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subject a person to
registration under the Sex Offender 
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Registration Act."; and
 
 


 






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in subsection (j) of Sec. 5 of Section 5, by inserting after 
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"met." the following:
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"A person filing a petition to have his or her records sealed 
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for a Class 4 felony violation of Section 4 of the Cannabis 
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Control Act or for a Class 4 felony violation of Section 402 of 
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the Illinois Controlled Substances Act must attach to the 
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petition proof that the petitioner has passed a test taken 
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within the previous 30 days before the filing of the petition 
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showing the absence within his or her body of all illegal 
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substances in violation of either the Illinois Controlled 
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Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act."; and
 

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by inserting after the last line of subsection (k) of Sec. 5 of 
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Section 5 the following:
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    "(l) Criminal history records sealed as prescribed in 
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subsections (h), (i), and (j) shall not remain sealed to 
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employers, authorizing bodies, and government agencies when 
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State or federal law or regulation would otherwise prohibit 
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employment or licensure by the person had his or her criminal 
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history records not been sealed.  A felony record of arrest or 
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conviction shall not be sealed until the Department of State 
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Police has implemented the system to provide these records, 
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which shall be accomplished in no more than one year from the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General 
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Assembly.  Subject to the approval by the Illinois Commerce 
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Commission, an amount not to exceed $885,000 shall be 
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transferred from the Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure 
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Fund to the State Police Services Fund for the purpose of 
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establishing the computer system necessary for the 
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implementation of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General 
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Assembly."; and
 
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by relettering subsection "(l)" of Sec. 5 of Section 5 as 
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subsection "(m)"; and
 
 


 






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in the relettered subsection (m), by replacing "The Illinois 
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Department of Corrections shall conduct" with "Subject to 
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available funding, the Illinois Department of Corrections 
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shall conduct".