101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4009

 

Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II - Kambium Buckner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-915

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the juvenile law enforcement records of a person who before his or her 18th birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis are subject to automatic expungement. Provides that the law enforcement agency who initiated the violation shall automatically expunge, on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile law enforcement records of a person eligible under this provision. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the process for access, review, and confirmation of the automatic expungement by the law enforcement agency. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or in the absence of a court order on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile court records of a person who before his or her 18th birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis in the clerk's possession or control and which contains the final satisfactory disposition which pertain to a person eligible under this provision. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Section 5-915 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/5-915)
7    Sec. 5-915. Expungement of juvenile law enforcement and
8juvenile court records.
9    (0.05) (Blank).
10    (0.1) (a) The Department of State Police and all law
11enforcement agencies within the State shall automatically
12expunge, on or before January 1 of each year, all juvenile law
13enforcement records relating to events occurring before an
14individual's 18th birthday if:
15        (1) one year or more has elapsed since the date of the
16    arrest or law enforcement interaction documented in the
17    records;
18        (2) no petition for delinquency or criminal charges
19    were filed with the clerk of the circuit court relating to
20    the arrest or law enforcement interaction documented in the
21    records; and
22        (3) 6 months have elapsed since the date of the arrest
23    without an additional subsequent arrest or filing of a

 

 

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1    petition for delinquency or criminal charges whether
2    related or not to the arrest or law enforcement interaction
3    documented in the records.
4    (b) If the law enforcement agency is unable to verify
5satisfaction of conditions (2) and (3) of this subsection
6(0.1), records that satisfy condition (1) of this subsection
7(0.1) shall be automatically expunged if the records relate to
8an offense that if committed by an adult would not be an
9offense classified as Class 2 felony or higher, an offense
10under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or Criminal Code
11of 2012, or an offense under Section 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
1212-15, or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
13    (0.15) If a juvenile law enforcement record meets paragraph
14(a) of subsection (0.1) of this Section, a juvenile law
15enforcement record created:
16        (1) prior to January 1, 2018, but on or after January
17    1, 2013 shall be automatically expunged prior to January 1,
18    2020;
19        (2) prior to January 1, 2013, but on or after January
20    1, 2000, shall be automatically expunged prior to January
21    1, 2023; and
22        (3) prior to January 1, 2000 shall not be subject to
23    the automatic expungement provisions of this Act.
24Nothing in this subsection (0.15) shall be construed to
25restrict or modify an individual's right to have his or her
26juvenile law enforcement records expunged except as otherwise

 

 

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1may be provided in this Act.
2    (0.16) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
3Section, commencing 180 days after the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the juvenile law
5enforcement records of a person who before his or her 18th
6birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult
7would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis
8Control Act or a criminal violation of Section 3.5 of the Drug
9Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis are subject
10to automatic expungement. The law enforcement agency who
11initiated the violation shall automatically expunge, on or
12before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile law
13enforcement records of a person eligible under this subsection
14(0.16). The law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the
15process for access, review, and confirmation of the automatic
16expungement by the law enforcement agency.
17    (0.2) (a) Upon dismissal of a petition alleging delinquency
18or upon a finding of not delinquent, the successful termination
19of an order of supervision, or the successful termination of an
20adjudication for an offense which would be a Class B
21misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, or a petty or business
22offense if committed by an adult, the court shall automatically
23order the expungement of the juvenile court records and
24juvenile law enforcement records. The clerk shall deliver a
25certified copy of the expungement order to the Department of
26State Police and the arresting agency. Upon request, the

 

 

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1State's Attorney shall furnish the name of the arresting
2agency. The expungement shall be completed within 60 business
3days after the receipt of the expungement order.
4    (b) If the chief law enforcement officer of the agency, or
5his or her designee, certifies in writing that certain
6information is needed for a pending investigation involving the
7commission of a felony, that information, and information
8identifying the juvenile, may be retained until the statute of
9limitations for the felony has run. If the chief law
10enforcement officer of the agency, or his or her designee,
11certifies in writing that certain information is needed with
12respect to an internal investigation of any law enforcement
13office, that information and information identifying the
14juvenile may be retained within an intelligence file until the
15investigation is terminated or the disciplinary action,
16including appeals, has been completed, whichever is later.
17Retention of a portion of a juvenile's law enforcement record
18does not disqualify the remainder of his or her record from
19immediate automatic expungement.
20    (0.3) (a) Upon an adjudication of delinquency based on any
21offense except a disqualified offense, the juvenile court shall
22automatically order the expungement of the juvenile court and
23law enforcement records 2 years after the juvenile's case was
24closed if no delinquency or criminal proceeding is pending and
25the person has had no subsequent delinquency adjudication or
26criminal conviction. The clerk shall deliver a certified copy

 

 

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1of the expungement order to the Department of State Police and
2the arresting agency. Upon request, the State's Attorney shall
3furnish the name of the arresting agency. The expungement shall
4be completed within 60 business days after the receipt of the
5expungement order. In this subsection (0.3), "disqualified
6offense" means any of the following offenses: Section 8-1.2,
79-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-3.1,
810-4, 10-5, 10-9, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60,
911-6, 11-6.5, 12-2, 12-3.05, 12-3.3, 12-4.4a, 12-5.02, 12-6.2,
1012-6.5, 12-7.1, 12-7.5, 12-20.5, 12-32, 12-33, 12-34, 12-34.5,
1118-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-6, 19-3, 19-6, 20-1, 20-1.1, 24-1.2,
1224-1.2-5, 24-1.5, 24-3A, 24-3B, 24-3.2, 24-3.8, 24-3.9,
1329D-14.9, 29D-20, 30-1, 31-1a, 32-4a, or 33A-2 of the Criminal
14Code of 2012, or subsection (b) of Section 8-1, paragraph (4)
15of subsection (a) of Section 11-14.4, subsection (a-5) of
16Section 12-3.1, paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) of
17Section 12-6, subsection (a-3) or (a-5) of Section 12-7.3,
18paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of Section 12-7.4,
19subparagraph (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section
2012-9, subparagraph (H) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of
21Section 24-1.6, paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section
2225-1, or subsection (a-7) of Section 31-1 of the Criminal Code
23of 2012.
24    (b) If the chief law enforcement officer of the agency, or
25his or her designee, certifies in writing that certain
26information is needed for a pending investigation involving the

 

 

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1commission of a felony, that information, and information
2identifying the juvenile, may be retained in an intelligence
3file until the investigation is terminated or for one
4additional year, whichever is sooner. Retention of a portion of
5a juvenile's juvenile law enforcement record does not
6disqualify the remainder of his or her record from immediate
7automatic expungement.
8    (0.31) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
9Section, commencing 180 after the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the clerk of the
11circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or in the
12absence of a court order on or before January 1 and July 1 of
13each year, the juvenile court records of a person who before
14his or her 18th birthday has committed an act which if
15committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation
16under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of
17Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect
18to cannabis in the clerk's possession or control and which
19contains the final satisfactory disposition which pertain to a
20person eligible under this subsection (0.31).
21    (0.4) Automatic expungement for the purposes of this
22Section shall not require law enforcement agencies to
23obliterate or otherwise destroy juvenile law enforcement
24records that would otherwise need to be automatically expunged
25under this Act, except after 2 years following the subject
26arrest for purposes of use in civil litigation against a

 

 

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1governmental entity or its law enforcement agency or personnel
2which created, maintained, or used the records. However, these
3juvenile law enforcement records shall be considered expunged
4for all other purposes during this period and the offense,
5which the records or files concern, shall be treated as if it
6never occurred as required under Section 5-923.
7    (0.5) Subsection (0.1) or (0.2) of this Section does not
8apply to violations of traffic, boating, fish and game laws, or
9county or municipal ordinances.
10    (0.6) Juvenile law enforcement records of a plaintiff who
11has filed civil litigation against the governmental entity or
12its law enforcement agency or personnel that created,
13maintained, or used the records, or juvenile law enforcement
14records that contain information related to the allegations set
15forth in the civil litigation may not be expunged until after 2
16years have elapsed after the conclusion of the lawsuit,
17including any appeal.
18    (0.7) Officer-worn body camera recordings shall not be
19automatically expunged except as otherwise authorized by the
20Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.
21    (1) Whenever a person has been arrested, charged, or
22adjudicated delinquent for an incident occurring before his or
23her 18th birthday that if committed by an adult would be an
24offense, and that person's juvenile law enforcement and
25juvenile court records are not eligible for automatic
26expungement under subsection (0.1), (0.2), or (0.3), the person

 

 

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1may petition the court at any time for expungement of juvenile
2law enforcement records and juvenile court records relating to
3the incident and, upon termination of all juvenile court
4proceedings relating to that incident, the court shall order
5the expungement of all records in the possession of the
6Department of State Police, the clerk of the circuit court, and
7law enforcement agencies relating to the incident, but only in
8any of the following circumstances:
9        (a) the minor was arrested and no petition for
10    delinquency was filed with the clerk of the circuit court;
11        (a-5) the minor was charged with an offense and the
12    petition or petitions were dismissed without a finding of
13    delinquency;
14        (b) the minor was charged with an offense and was found
15    not delinquent of that offense;
16        (c) the minor was placed under supervision under
17    Section 5-615, and the order of supervision has since been
18    successfully terminated; or
19        (d) the minor was adjudicated for an offense which
20    would be a Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, or a
21    petty or business offense if committed by an adult.
22    (1.5) The Department of State Police shall allow a person
23to use the Access and Review process, established in the
24Department of State Police, for verifying that his or her
25juvenile law enforcement records relating to incidents
26occurring before his or her 18th birthday eligible under this

 

 

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1Act have been expunged.
2    (1.6) (Blank).
3    (1.7) (Blank).
4    (1.8) (Blank).
5    (2) Any person whose delinquency adjudications are not
6eligible for automatic expungement under subsection (0.3) of
7this Section may petition the court to expunge all juvenile law
8enforcement records relating to any incidents occurring before
9his or her 18th birthday which did not result in proceedings in
10criminal court and all juvenile court records with respect to
11any adjudications except those based upon first degree murder
12or an offense under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012 if
13the person is required to register under the Sex Offender
14Registration Act at the time he or she petitions the court for
15expungement; provided that: (a) (blank); or (b) 2 years have
16elapsed since all juvenile court proceedings relating to him or
17her have been terminated and his or her commitment to the
18Department of Juvenile Justice under this Act has been
19terminated.
20    (2.5) If a minor is arrested and no petition for
21delinquency is filed with the clerk of the circuit court at the
22time the minor is released from custody, the youth officer, if
23applicable, or other designated person from the arresting
24agency, shall notify verbally and in writing to the minor or
25the minor's parents or guardians that the minor shall have an
26arrest record and shall provide the minor and the minor's

 

 

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1parents or guardians with an expungement information packet,
2information regarding this State's expungement laws including
3a petition to expunge juvenile law enforcement and juvenile
4court records obtained from the clerk of the circuit court.
5    (2.6) If a minor is referred to court, then, at the time of
6sentencing, or dismissal of the case, or successful completion
7of supervision, the judge shall inform the delinquent minor of
8his or her rights regarding expungement and the clerk of the
9circuit court shall provide an expungement information packet
10to the minor, written in plain language, including information
11regarding this State's expungement laws and a petition for
12expungement, a sample of a completed petition, expungement
13instructions that shall include information informing the
14minor that (i) once the case is expunged, it shall be treated
15as if it never occurred, (ii) he or she may apply to have
16petition fees waived, (iii) once he or she obtains an
17expungement, he or she may not be required to disclose that he
18or she had a juvenile law enforcement or juvenile court record,
19and (iv) if petitioning he or she may file the petition on his
20or her own or with the assistance of an attorney. The failure
21of the judge to inform the delinquent minor of his or her right
22to petition for expungement as provided by law does not create
23a substantive right, nor is that failure grounds for: (i) a
24reversal of an adjudication of delinquency; , (ii) a new trial;
25or (iii) an appeal.
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1    (2.8) (Blank).
2    (3) (Blank).
3    (3.1) (Blank).
4    (3.2) (Blank).
5    (3.3) (Blank).
6    (4) (Blank).
7    (5) (Blank).
8    (5.5) Whether or not expunged, records eligible for
9automatic expungement under subdivision (0.1)(a), (0.2)(a), or
10(0.3)(a) may be treated as expunged by the individual subject
11to the records.
12    (6) (Blank).
13    (6.5) The Department of State Police or any employee of the
14Department shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for
15failure to expunge any records of arrest that are subject to
16expungement under this Section because of inability to verify a
17record. Nothing in this Section shall create Department of
18State Police liability or responsibility for the expungement of
19juvenile law enforcement records it does not possess.
20    (7) (Blank).
21    (7.5) (Blank).
22    (8)(a) (Blank). (b) (Blank). (c) The expungement of
23juvenile law enforcement or juvenile court records under
24subsection (0.1), (0.2), or (0.3) of this Section shall be
25funded by appropriation by the General Assembly for that
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1    (9) (Blank).
2    (10) (Blank).
3(Source: P.A. 99-835, eff. 1-1-17; 99-881, eff. 1-1-17;
4100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-285, eff. 1-1-18; 100-720, eff.
58-3-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-987, eff. 7-1-19; 100-1162,
6eff. 12-20-18; revised 7-16-19.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.