Bill Status of HB 67   96th General Assembly

Short Description:  CRIM ID-EXPUNGE-20 YRS

House Sponsors
Rep. LaShawn K. Ford-Dennis M. Reboletti-Annazette Collins-Constance A. Howard

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 2630/5from Ch. 38, par. 206-5

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act to the contrary and cumulative with any rights to expungement or sealing of criminal records, whenever a person has been convicted of or placed on supervision for an offense, other than a capital offense, or for a violation of an ordinance of a unit of local government and 20 years has elapsed since the completion of the person's sentence or term of supervision and the person has not been convicted of or placed on supervision for any misdemeanor or felony offense or misdemeanor ordinance violation within such period, he or she may, upon verified petition to the chief judge of the circuit where the person had been convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge at the defendant's trial, have a court order entered expunging the record of arrest from the official records of the arresting authority and order that the records of the clerk of the circuit court and the Department of State Police be sealed until further order of the court upon good cause shown or as otherwise provided by law, and the name of the defendant obliterated from the official index requested to be kept by the circuit court clerk in connection with the arrest and conviction for the offense for which he had been charged, but the order shall not affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Limits the expungement to drug possession offenses if 10 years have elapsed since the completion of the person's sentence or term of supervision and the person has not been convicted of or placed on supervision for a felony or misdemeanor offense or misdemeanor ordinance violation during such period.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/8/2009HousePrefiled with Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
  1/14/2009HouseFirst Reading
  1/14/2009HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/4/2009HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  3/5/2009HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  3/5/2009HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote
  3/5/2009HouseDo Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 004-003-000
  3/5/2009HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
  3/31/2009HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
  3/31/2009HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/1/2009HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  4/1/2009HouseSecond Reading - Standard Debate
  4/1/2009HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate
  4/1/2009HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
  4/2/2009HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
  4/2/2009HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
  4/2/2009HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
  4/3/2009HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

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