Full Text of HR0755 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Many people believe that if they are released | 3 | | after being mistakenly arrested and the
charges are dropped or | 4 | | dismissed without any court date being set, they will not have | 5 | | an arrest record; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Even in the case of a mistaken arrest, the | 7 | | damaging documents are not
automatically removed; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands of innocent Americans who | 9 | | are mistakenly arrested are still haunted by arrest records; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, An arrest record can ruin an innocent individual's | 12 | | chance to get into college or
secure employment, loans, and | 13 | | housing; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, An arrest record is an ugly stain for law-abiding | 15 | | citizens who, in some cases,
found themselves arrested for | 16 | | circumstances beyond their control; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, When an individual answers questions about an | 18 | | arrest on a job application, he or she
is treated as though he | 19 | | or she is guilty no matter what the outcome was; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The process to remove an arrest record can cost an | 2 | | average of $5,000 and can take a significant amount of time; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The wrongful arrest rates of African Americans are | 5 | | the highest among all races; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | applaud the nationwide efforts of the #AutoErase Campaign to | 9 | | bring awareness to the fact that
individuals wrongfully | 10 | | arrested may still have an arrest record even after they are
| 11 | | released and to remove the burden from the individual of having | 12 | | that
wrongful arrest record erased; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That we call on all local, state, and federal | 14 | | agencies to
automatically erase and destroy all information | 15 | | pertaining to arrest records of innocent individuals | 16 | | wrongfully arrested immediately after the individual is no | 17 | | longer
being detained by the arresting agency and to ensure the | 18 | | arrest record does not appear in any local,
state, or federal | 19 | | agency's database; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That we call on the United States Congress, | 21 | | states, and localities,
under such circumstances indicated | 22 | | above, to ensure that an innocent individual's record
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| 1 | | as it did before the wrongful arrest occurred, at no expense | 2 | | and with no action required by
the individual; and be it | 3 | | further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That we support that, under such circumstances, | 5 | | the
innocent individual can in the future be legally and | 6 | | factually allowed to deny
the arrest under all circumstances | 7 | | and on any local, state, federal, corporate, or private form, | 8 | | including, but not limited to, applying for a state-issued | 9 | | professional license, applying for a
law enforcement job, | 10 | | applying for a federal or national security clearance, applying | 11 | | for a
school-related job, buying a firearm or applying for a | 12 | | concealed carry permit, running for
public office, or applying | 13 | | as a candidate for a state bar; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | 15 | | the President of
the United States, the Vice-President of the | 16 | | United States, members of the United States
House of | 17 | | Representatives and the United States Senate, and other federal | 18 | | and state
government officials as appropriate.
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