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Rep. Rita Mayfield
Filed: 4/12/2013
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2378
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2378, AS AMENDED, by |
3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
4 | | following:
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5 | | "Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by |
6 | | changing Section 5.2 as follows:
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7 | | (20 ILCS 2630/5.2)
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8 | | Sec. 5.2. Expungement and sealing. |
9 | | (a) General Provisions. |
10 | | (1) Definitions. In this Act, words and phrases have
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11 | | the meanings set forth in this subsection, except when a
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12 | | particular context clearly requires a different meaning. |
13 | | (A) The following terms shall have the meanings |
14 | | ascribed to them in the Unified Code of Corrections, |
15 | | 730 ILCS 5/5-1-2 through 5/5-1-22: |
16 | | (i) Business Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-2), |
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1 | | (ii) Charge (730 ILCS 5/5-1-3), |
2 | | (iii) Court (730 ILCS 5/5-1-6), |
3 | | (iv) Defendant (730 ILCS 5/5-1-7), |
4 | | (v) Felony (730 ILCS 5/5-1-9), |
5 | | (vi) Imprisonment (730 ILCS 5/5-1-10), |
6 | | (vii) Judgment (730 ILCS 5/5-1-12), |
7 | | (viii) Misdemeanor (730 ILCS 5/5-1-14), |
8 | | (ix) Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-15), |
9 | | (x) Parole (730 ILCS 5/5-1-16), |
10 | | (xi) Petty Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-17), |
11 | | (xii) Probation (730 ILCS 5/5-1-18), |
12 | | (xiii) Sentence (730 ILCS 5/5-1-19), |
13 | | (xiv) Supervision (730 ILCS 5/5-1-21), and |
14 | | (xv) Victim (730 ILCS 5/5-1-22). |
15 | | (B) As used in this Section, "charge not initiated |
16 | | by arrest" means a charge (as defined by 730 ILCS |
17 | | 5/5-1-3) brought against a defendant where the |
18 | | defendant is not arrested prior to or as a direct |
19 | | result of the charge. |
20 | | (C) "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or |
21 | | sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a |
22 | | verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered by |
23 | | a legally constituted jury or by a court of competent |
24 | | jurisdiction authorized to try the case without a jury. |
25 | | An order of supervision successfully completed by the |
26 | | petitioner is not a conviction. An order of qualified |
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1 | | probation (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(J)) |
2 | | successfully completed by the petitioner is not a |
3 | | conviction. An order of supervision or an order of |
4 | | qualified probation that is terminated |
5 | | unsatisfactorily is a conviction, unless the |
6 | | unsatisfactory termination is reversed, vacated, or |
7 | | modified and the judgment of conviction, if any, is |
8 | | reversed or vacated. |
9 | | (D) "Criminal offense" means a petty offense, |
10 | | business offense, misdemeanor, felony, or municipal |
11 | | ordinance violation (as defined in subsection |
12 | | (a)(1)(H)). As used in this Section, a minor traffic |
13 | | offense (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)) shall not |
14 | | be considered a criminal offense. |
15 | | (E) "Expunge" means to physically destroy the |
16 | | records or return them to the petitioner and to |
17 | | obliterate the petitioner's name from any official |
18 | | index or public record, or both. Nothing in this Act |
19 | | shall require the physical destruction of the circuit |
20 | | court file, but such records relating to arrests or |
21 | | charges, or both, ordered expunged shall be impounded |
22 | | as required by subsections (d)(9)(A)(ii) and |
23 | | (d)(9)(B)(ii). |
24 | | (F) As used in this Section, "last sentence" means |
25 | | the sentence, order of supervision, or order of |
26 | | qualified probation (as defined by subsection |
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1 | | (a)(1)(J)), for a criminal offense (as defined by |
2 | | subsection (a)(1)(D)) that terminates last in time in |
3 | | any jurisdiction, regardless of whether the petitioner |
4 | | has included the criminal offense for which the |
5 | | sentence or order of supervision or qualified |
6 | | probation was imposed in his or her petition. If |
7 | | multiple sentences, orders of supervision, or orders |
8 | | of qualified probation terminate on the same day and |
9 | | are last in time, they shall be collectively considered |
10 | | the "last sentence" regardless of whether they were |
11 | | ordered to run concurrently. |
12 | | (G) "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense, |
13 | | business offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the |
14 | | Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a |
15 | | municipal or local ordinance. |
16 | | (H) "Municipal ordinance violation" means an |
17 | | offense defined by a municipal or local ordinance that |
18 | | is criminal in nature and with which the petitioner was |
19 | | charged or for which the petitioner was arrested and |
20 | | released without charging. |
21 | | (I) "Petitioner" means an adult or a minor |
22 | | prosecuted as an
adult who has applied for relief under |
23 | | this Section. |
24 | | (J) "Qualified probation" means an order of |
25 | | probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, |
26 | | Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, |
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1 | | Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and |
2 | | Community Protection Act, Section 5-6-3.3 of the |
3 | | Unified Code of Corrections, Section 12-4.3(b)(1) and |
4 | | (2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (as those provisions |
5 | | existed before their deletion by Public Act 89-313), |
6 | | Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other |
7 | | Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism |
8 | | and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, or Section 10 |
9 | | of the Steroid Control Act. For the purpose of this |
10 | | Section, "successful completion" of an order of |
11 | | qualified probation under Section 10-102 of the |
12 | | Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act and |
13 | | Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse |
14 | | and Dependency Act means that the probation was |
15 | | terminated satisfactorily and the judgment of |
16 | | conviction was vacated. |
17 | | (K) "Seal" means to physically and electronically |
18 | | maintain the records, unless the records would |
19 | | otherwise be destroyed due to age, but to make the |
20 | | records unavailable without a court order, subject to |
21 | | the exceptions in Sections 12 and 13 of this Act. The |
22 | | petitioner's name shall also be obliterated from the |
23 | | official index required to be kept by the circuit court |
24 | | clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but |
25 | | any index issued by the circuit court clerk before the |
26 | | entry of the order to seal shall not be affected. |
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1 | | (L) "Sexual offense committed against a minor" |
2 | | includes but is
not limited to the offenses of indecent |
3 | | solicitation of a child
or criminal sexual abuse when |
4 | | the victim of such offense is
under 18 years of age. |
5 | | (M) "Terminate" as it relates to a sentence or |
6 | | order of supervision or qualified probation includes |
7 | | either satisfactory or unsatisfactory termination of |
8 | | the sentence, unless otherwise specified in this |
9 | | Section. |
10 | | (2) Minor Traffic Offenses.
Orders of supervision or |
11 | | convictions for minor traffic offenses shall not affect a |
12 | | petitioner's eligibility to expunge or seal records |
13 | | pursuant to this Section. |
14 | | (3) Exclusions. Except as otherwise provided in |
15 | | subsections (b)(5), (b)(6), (e), and (e-5) of this Section, |
16 | | the court shall not order: |
17 | | (A) the sealing or expungement of the records of |
18 | | arrests or charges not initiated by arrest that result |
19 | | in an order of supervision for or conviction of:
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20 | | any sexual offense committed against a
minor; (ii) |
21 | | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a |
22 | | similar provision of a local ordinance; or (iii) |
23 | | Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a |
24 | | similar provision of a local ordinance, unless the |
25 | | arrest or charge is for a misdemeanor violation of |
26 | | subsection (a) of Section 11-503 or a similar provision |
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1 | | of a local ordinance, that occurred prior to the |
2 | | offender reaching the age of 25 years and the offender |
3 | | has no other conviction for violating Section 11-501 or |
4 | | 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar |
5 | | provision of a local ordinance. |
6 | | (B) the sealing or expungement of records of minor |
7 | | traffic offenses (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)), |
8 | | unless the petitioner was arrested and released |
9 | | without charging. |
10 | | (C) the sealing of the records of arrests or |
11 | | charges not initiated by arrest which result in an |
12 | | order of supervision, an order of qualified probation |
13 | | (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(J)), or a conviction |
14 | | for the following offenses: |
15 | | (i) offenses included in Article 11 of the |
16 | | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 |
17 | | or a similar provision of a local ordinance, except |
18 | | Section 11-14 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the |
19 | | Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a |
20 | | local ordinance; |
21 | | (ii) Section 11-1.50, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-15, |
22 | | 12-30, 26-5, or 48-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 |
23 | | or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar |
24 | | provision of a local ordinance; |
25 | | (iii) (blank); offenses defined as "crimes of |
26 | | violence" in Section 2 of the Crime Victims |
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1 | | Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local |
2 | | ordinance; |
3 | | (iv) offenses which are Class A misdemeanors |
4 | | under the Humane Care for Animals Act; or |
5 | | (v) any offense or attempted offense that |
6 | | would subject a person to registration under the |
7 | | Sex Offender Registration Act. |
8 | | (D) the sealing of the records of an arrest which |
9 | | results in
the petitioner being charged with a felony |
10 | | offense or records of a charge not initiated by arrest |
11 | | for a felony offense unless: |
12 | | (i) the charge is amended to a misdemeanor and |
13 | | is otherwise
eligible to be sealed pursuant to |
14 | | subsection (c); |
15 | | (ii) the charge is brought along with another |
16 | | charge as a part of one case and the charge results |
17 | | in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when the |
18 | | conviction was reversed or vacated, and another |
19 | | charge brought in the same case results in a |
20 | | disposition for a misdemeanor offense that is |
21 | | eligible to be sealed pursuant to subsection (c) or |
22 | | a disposition listed in paragraph (i), (iii), or |
23 | | (iv) of this subsection; |
24 | | (iii) the charge results in first offender |
25 | | probation as set forth in subsection (c)(2)(E); |
26 | | (iv) the charge is for a Class 4 felony offense |
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1 | | listed in subsection (c)(2)(F) or the charge is |
2 | | amended to a Class 4 felony offense listed in |
3 | | subsection (c)(2)(F). Records of arrests which |
4 | | result in the petitioner being charged with a Class |
5 | | 4 felony offense listed in subsection (c)(2)(F), |
6 | | records of charges not initiated by arrest for |
7 | | Class 4 felony offenses listed in subsection |
8 | | (c)(2)(F), and records of charges amended to a |
9 | | Class 4 felony offense listed in (c)(2)(F) may be |
10 | | sealed, regardless of the disposition, subject to |
11 | | any waiting periods set forth in subsection |
12 | | (c)(3); |
13 | | (v) the charge results in acquittal, |
14 | | dismissal, or the petitioner's release without |
15 | | conviction; or |
16 | | (vi) the charge results in a conviction, but |
17 | | the conviction was reversed or vacated. |
18 | | (b) Expungement. |
19 | | (1) A petitioner may petition the circuit court to |
20 | | expunge the
records of his or her arrests and charges not |
21 | | initiated by arrest when: |
22 | | (A) He or she has never been convicted of a |
23 | | criminal offense; and |
24 | | (B) Each arrest or charge not initiated by arrest
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25 | | sought to be expunged resulted in:
(i) acquittal, |
26 | | dismissal, or the petitioner's release without |
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1 | | charging, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B);
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2 | | (ii) a conviction which was vacated or reversed, unless |
3 | | excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B);
(iii) an order of |
4 | | supervision and such supervision was successfully |
5 | | completed by the petitioner, unless excluded by |
6 | | subsection (a)(3)(A) or (a)(3)(B); or
(iv) an order of |
7 | | qualified probation (as defined in subsection |
8 | | (a)(1)(J)) and such probation was successfully |
9 | | completed by the petitioner. |
10 | | (1.5) A petitioner may petition the circuit court to
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11 | | expunge the records of his or her arrests and charges not |
12 | | initiated by arrest when he or she has been convicted of a |
13 | | criminal offense for anything other than: |
14 | | (A) a felony; or |
15 | | (B) offenses otherwise excluded by subsections |
16 | | (a)(3)(A) or (a)(3)(C). |
17 | | (2) Time frame for filing a petition to expunge. |
18 | | (A) When the arrest or charge not initiated by |
19 | | arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an acquittal, |
20 | | dismissal, the petitioner's release without charging, |
21 | | or the reversal or vacation of a conviction, there is |
22 | | no waiting period to petition for the expungement of |
23 | | such records. |
24 | | (B) When the arrest or charge not initiated by |
25 | | arrest
sought to be expunged resulted in an order of |
26 | | supervision, successfully
completed by the petitioner, |
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1 | | the following time frames will apply: |
2 | | (i) Those arrests or charges that resulted in |
3 | | orders of
supervision under Section 3-707, 3-708, |
4 | | 3-710, or 5-401.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a |
5 | | similar provision of a local ordinance, or under |
6 | | Section 11-1.50, 12-3.2, or 12-15 of the Criminal |
7 | | Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a |
8 | | similar provision of a local ordinance, shall not |
9 | | be eligible for expungement until 5 years have |
10 | | passed following the satisfactory termination of |
11 | | the supervision. |
12 | | (i-5) Those arrests or charges that resulted |
13 | | in orders of supervision for a misdemeanor |
14 | | violation of subsection (a) of Section 11-503 of |
15 | | the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of |
16 | | a local ordinance, that occurred prior to the |
17 | | offender reaching the age of 25 years and the |
18 | | offender has no other conviction for violating |
19 | | Section 11-501 or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle |
20 | | Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance |
21 | | shall not be eligible for expungement until the |
22 | | petitioner has reached the age of 25 years. |
23 | | (ii) Those arrests or charges that resulted in |
24 | | orders
of supervision for any other offenses shall |
25 | | not be
eligible for expungement until 2 years have |
26 | | passed
following the satisfactory termination of |
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1 | | the supervision. |
2 | | (C) When the arrest or charge not initiated by |
3 | | arrest sought to
be expunged resulted in an order of |
4 | | qualified probation, successfully
completed by the |
5 | | petitioner, such records shall not be eligible for
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6 | | expungement until 5 years have passed following the |
7 | | satisfactory
termination of the probation. |
8 | | (D) When the arrest or charge not initiated by |
9 | | arrest sought to be expunged resulted in a conviction |
10 | | is eligible under subsection (b)(1.5), the records are |
11 | | not eligible for expungement until 7 years after the |
12 | | termination of the petitioner's last sentence as |
13 | | defined in subsection (a)(1)(F). |
14 | | (3) Those records maintained by the Department for
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15 | | persons arrested prior to their 17th birthday shall be
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16 | | expunged as provided in Section 5-915 of the Juvenile Court
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17 | | Act of 1987. |
18 | | (4) Whenever a person has been arrested for or |
19 | | convicted of any
offense, in the name of a person whose |
20 | | identity he or she has stolen or otherwise
come into |
21 | | possession of, the aggrieved person from whom the identity
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22 | | was stolen or otherwise obtained without authorization,
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23 | | upon learning of the person having been arrested using his
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24 | | or her identity, may, upon verified petition to the chief |
25 | | judge of
the circuit wherein the arrest was made, have a |
26 | | court order
entered nunc pro tunc by the Chief Judge to |
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1 | | correct the
arrest record, conviction record, if any, and |
2 | | all official
records of the arresting authority, the |
3 | | Department, other
criminal justice agencies, the |
4 | | prosecutor, and the trial
court concerning such arrest, if |
5 | | any, by removing his or her name
from all such records in |
6 | | connection with the arrest and
conviction, if any, and by |
7 | | inserting in the records the
name of the offender, if known |
8 | | or ascertainable, in lieu of
the aggrieved's name. The |
9 | | records of the circuit court clerk shall be sealed until |
10 | | further order of
the court upon good cause shown and the |
11 | | name of the
aggrieved person obliterated on the official |
12 | | index
required to be kept by the circuit court clerk under
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13 | | Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but the order shall
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14 | | not affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk
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15 | | before the entry of the order. Nothing in this Section
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16 | | shall limit the Department of State Police or other
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17 | | criminal justice agencies or prosecutors from listing
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18 | | under an offender's name the false names he or she has
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19 | | used. |
20 | | (5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal
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21 | | sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
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22 | | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal
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23 | | sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the
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24 | | victim of that offense may request that the State's
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25 | | Attorney of the county in which the conviction occurred
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26 | | file a verified petition with the presiding trial judge at
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1 | | the petitioner's trial to have a court order entered to |
2 | | seal
the records of the circuit court clerk in connection
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3 | | with the proceedings of the trial court concerning that
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4 | | offense. However, the records of the arresting authority
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5 | | and the Department of State Police concerning the offense
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6 | | shall not be sealed. The court, upon good cause shown,
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7 | | shall make the records of the circuit court clerk in
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8 | | connection with the proceedings of the trial court
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9 | | concerning the offense available for public inspection. |
10 | | (6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct review
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11 | | or on collateral attack and the court determines by clear
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12 | | and convincing evidence that the petitioner was factually
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13 | | innocent of the charge, the court shall enter an
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14 | | expungement order as provided in subsection (b) of Section
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15 | | 5-5-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections. |
16 | | (7) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the |
17 | | Department of
State Police from maintaining all records of |
18 | | any person who
is admitted to probation upon terms and |
19 | | conditions and who
fulfills those terms and conditions |
20 | | pursuant to Section 10
of the Cannabis Control Act, Section |
21 | | 410 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 |
22 | | of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection |
23 | | Act,
Section 5-6-3.3 of the Unified Code of Corrections, |
24 | | Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of |
25 | | the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, |
26 | | Section 10-102
of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug |
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1 | | Dependency Act,
Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other |
2 | | Drug Abuse and
Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid |
3 | | Control Act. |
4 | | (c) Sealing. |
5 | | (1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision |
6 | | of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any rights |
7 | | to expungement of criminal records, this subsection |
8 | | authorizes the sealing of criminal records of adults and of |
9 | | minors prosecuted as adults. |
10 | | (2) Eligible Records. The following records may be |
11 | | sealed: |
12 | | (A) All arrests resulting in release without |
13 | | charging; |
14 | | (B) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest |
15 | | resulting in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when |
16 | | the conviction was reversed or vacated, except as |
17 | | excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B); |
18 | | (C) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest |
19 | | resulting in orders of supervision successfully |
20 | | completed by the petitioner, unless excluded by |
21 | | subsection (a)(3); |
22 | | (D) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest |
23 | | resulting in convictions unless excluded by subsection |
24 | | (a)(3); |
25 | | (E) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest |
26 | | resulting in orders of first offender probation under |
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1 | | Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of |
2 | | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of |
3 | | the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection |
4 | | Act, or Section 5-6-3.3 of the Unified Code of |
5 | | Corrections; and |
6 | | (F) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest |
7 | | resulting in Class 4 felony convictions for the |
8 | | following offenses: |
9 | | (i) Section 11-14 of the Criminal Code of 1961 |
10 | | or the Criminal Code of 2012; |
11 | | (ii) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act; |
12 | | (iii) Section 402 of the Illinois Controlled |
13 | | Substances Act; |
14 | | (iv) the Methamphetamine Precursor Control |
15 | | Act; and |
16 | | (v) the Steroid Control Act. |
17 | | (3) When Records Are Eligible to Be Sealed. Records |
18 | | identified as eligible under subsection (c)(2) may be |
19 | | sealed as follows: |
20 | | (A) Records identified as eligible under |
21 | | subsection (c)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(B) may be sealed at any |
22 | | time. |
23 | | (B) Records identified as eligible under |
24 | | subsection (c)(2)(C) may be sealed
(i) 3 years after |
25 | | the termination of petitioner's last sentence (as |
26 | | defined in subsection (a)(1)(F)) if the petitioner has |
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1 | | never been convicted of a criminal offense (as defined |
2 | | in subsection (a)(1)(D)); or
(ii) 4 years after the |
3 | | termination of the petitioner's last sentence (as |
4 | | defined in subsection (a)(1)(F)) if the petitioner has |
5 | | ever been convicted of a criminal offense (as defined |
6 | | in subsection (a)(1)(D)). |
7 | | (C) Records identified as eligible under |
8 | | subsections (c)(2)(D), (c)(2)(E), and (c)(2)(F) may be |
9 | | sealed 4 years after the termination of the |
10 | | petitioner's last sentence (as defined in subsection |
11 | | (a)(1)(F)). |
12 | | (D) Records identified in subsection |
13 | | (a)(3)(A)(iii) may be sealed after the petitioner has |
14 | | reached the age of 25 years. |
15 | | (4) Subsequent felony convictions. A person may not |
16 | | have
subsequent felony conviction records sealed as |
17 | | provided in this subsection
(c) if he or she is convicted |
18 | | of any felony offense after the date of the
sealing of |
19 | | prior felony convictions as provided in this subsection |
20 | | (c). The court may, upon conviction for a subsequent felony |
21 | | offense, order the unsealing of prior felony conviction |
22 | | records previously ordered sealed by the court. |
23 | | (5) Notice of eligibility for sealing. Upon entry of a |
24 | | disposition for an eligible record under this subsection |
25 | | (c), the petitioner shall be informed by the court of the |
26 | | right to have the records sealed and the procedures for the |
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1 | | sealing of the records. |
2 | | (d) Procedure. The following procedures apply to |
3 | | expungement under subsections (b) and (e), and sealing under |
4 | | subsections (c) and (e-5): |
5 | | (1) Filing the petition. Upon becoming eligible to |
6 | | petition for
the expungement or sealing of records under |
7 | | this Section, the petitioner shall file a petition |
8 | | requesting the expungement
or sealing of records with the |
9 | | clerk of the court where the arrests occurred or the |
10 | | charges were brought, or both. If arrests occurred or |
11 | | charges were brought in multiple jurisdictions, a petition |
12 | | must be filed in each such jurisdiction. The petitioner |
13 | | shall pay the applicable fee, if not waived. |
14 | | (2) Contents of petition. The petition shall be
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15 | | verified and shall contain the petitioner's name, date of
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16 | | birth, current address and, for each arrest or charge not |
17 | | initiated by
arrest sought to be sealed or expunged, the |
18 | | case number, the date of
arrest (if any), the identity of |
19 | | the arresting authority, and such
other information as the |
20 | | court may require. During the pendency
of the proceeding, |
21 | | the petitioner shall promptly notify the
circuit court |
22 | | clerk of any change of his or her address. If the |
23 | | petitioner has received a certificate of eligibility for |
24 | | sealing from the Prisoner Review Board under paragraph (10) |
25 | | of subsection (a) of Section 3-3-2 of the Unified Code of |
26 | | Corrections, the certificate shall be attached to the |
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1 | | petition. |
2 | | (3) Drug test. The petitioner must attach to the |
3 | | petition proof that the petitioner has passed a test taken |
4 | | within 30 days before the filing of the petition showing |
5 | | the absence within his or her body of all illegal |
6 | | substances as defined by the Illinois Controlled |
7 | | Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community |
8 | | Protection Act, and the Cannabis Control Act if he or she |
9 | | is petitioning to seal felony records pursuant to clause |
10 | | (c)(2)(E), (c)(2)(F)(ii)-(v), or (e-5) or if he or she is |
11 | | petitioning to expunge felony records of a qualified |
12 | | probation pursuant to clause (b)(1)(B)(iv). |
13 | | (4) Service of petition. The circuit court clerk shall |
14 | | promptly
serve a copy of the petition on the State's |
15 | | Attorney or
prosecutor charged with the duty of prosecuting |
16 | | the
offense, the Department of State Police, the arresting
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17 | | agency and the chief legal officer of the unit of local
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18 | | government effecting the arrest. |
19 | | (5) Objections. |
20 | | (A) Any party entitled to notice of the petition |
21 | | may file an objection to the petition. All objections |
22 | | shall be in writing, shall be filed with the circuit |
23 | | court clerk, and shall state with specificity the basis |
24 | | of the objection. |
25 | | (B) Objections to a petition to expunge or seal |
26 | | must be filed within 60 days of the date of service of |
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1 | | the petition. |
2 | | (6) Entry of order. |
3 | | (A) The Chief Judge of the circuit wherein the |
4 | | charge was brought, any judge of that circuit |
5 | | designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties of less |
6 | | than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge |
7 | | at the petitioner's trial, if any, shall rule on the |
8 | | petition to expunge or seal as set forth in this |
9 | | subsection (d)(6). |
10 | | (B) Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the |
11 | | Department of
State Police, the arresting agency, or |
12 | | the chief legal officer
files an objection to the |
13 | | petition to expunge or seal within 60 days from the |
14 | | date of service of the petition, the court shall enter |
15 | | an order granting or denying the petition. |
16 | | (7) Hearings. If an objection is filed, the court shall |
17 | | set a date for a hearing and notify the petitioner and all |
18 | | parties entitled to notice of the petition of the hearing |
19 | | date at least 30 days prior to the hearing, and shall hear |
20 | | evidence on whether the petition should or should not be |
21 | | granted, and shall grant or deny the petition to expunge or |
22 | | seal the records based on the evidence presented at the |
23 | | hearing. The court may consider the following: |
24 | | (A) the strength of the State's case against the |
25 | | petitioner; |
26 | | (B) the State's reasons for wishing to retain the |
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1 | | records; |
2 | | (C) the petitioner's age, criminal record, and |
3 | | employment history; |
4 | | (D) the length of time that has lapsed between the |
5 | | petitioner's arrest on the charge resulting in the |
6 | | conviction and the filing of the petition under this |
7 | | Section; and |
8 | | (E) the specific adverse consequences the |
9 | | petitioner may be subject to if the petition is denied. |
10 | | (8) Service of order. After entering an order to |
11 | | expunge or
seal records, the court must provide copies of |
12 | | the order to the
Department, in a form and manner |
13 | | prescribed by the Department,
to the petitioner, to the |
14 | | State's Attorney or prosecutor
charged with the duty of |
15 | | prosecuting the offense, to the
arresting agency, to the |
16 | | chief legal officer of the unit of
local government |
17 | | effecting the arrest, and to such other
criminal justice |
18 | | agencies as may be ordered by the court. |
19 | | (9) Effect of order. |
20 | | (A) Upon entry of an order to expunge records |
21 | | pursuant to (b)(2)(A) , or (b)(2)(B)(ii), or (b)(2)(D) |
22 | | both : |
23 | | (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined |
24 | | in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency, |
25 | | the Department, and any other agency as ordered by |
26 | | the court, within 60 days of the date of service of |
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1 | | the order, unless a motion to vacate, modify, or |
2 | | reconsider the order is filed pursuant to |
3 | | paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of this Section; |
4 | | (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk |
5 | | shall be impounded until further order of the court |
6 | | upon good cause shown and the name of the |
7 | | petitioner obliterated on the official index |
8 | | required to be kept by the circuit court clerk |
9 | | under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but |
10 | | the order shall not affect any index issued by the |
11 | | circuit court clerk before the entry of the order; |
12 | | and |
13 | | (iii) in response to an inquiry for expunged |
14 | | records, the court, the Department, or the agency |
15 | | receiving such inquiry, shall reply as it does in |
16 | | response to inquiries when no records ever |
17 | | existed. |
18 | | (B) Upon entry of an order to expunge records |
19 | | pursuant to (b)(2)(B)(i) or (b)(2)(C), or both: |
20 | | (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined |
21 | | in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency |
22 | | and any other agency as ordered by the court, |
23 | | within 60 days of the date of service of the order, |
24 | | unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider |
25 | | the order is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of |
26 | | subsection (d) of this Section; |
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1 | | (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk |
2 | | shall be impounded until further order of the court |
3 | | upon good cause shown and the name of the |
4 | | petitioner obliterated on the official index |
5 | | required to be kept by the circuit court clerk |
6 | | under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but |
7 | | the order shall not affect any index issued by the |
8 | | circuit court clerk before the entry of the order; |
9 | | (iii) the records shall be impounded by the
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10 | | Department within 60 days of the date of service of |
11 | | the order as ordered by the court, unless a motion |
12 | | to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order is filed |
13 | | pursuant to paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of |
14 | | this Section; |
15 | | (iv) records impounded by the Department may |
16 | | be disseminated by the Department only as required |
17 | | by law or to the arresting authority, the State's |
18 | | Attorney, and the court upon a later arrest for the |
19 | | same or a similar offense or for the purpose of |
20 | | sentencing for any subsequent felony, and to the |
21 | | Department of Corrections upon conviction for any |
22 | | offense; and |
23 | | (v) in response to an inquiry for such records |
24 | | from anyone not authorized by law to access such |
25 | | records the court, the Department, or the agency |
26 | | receiving such inquiry shall reply as it does in |
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1 | | response to inquiries when no records ever |
2 | | existed. |
3 | | (C) Upon entry of an order to seal records under |
4 | | subsection
(c), the arresting agency, any other agency |
5 | | as ordered by the court, the Department, and the court |
6 | | shall seal the records (as defined in subsection |
7 | | (a)(1)(K)). In response to an inquiry for such records |
8 | | from anyone not authorized by law to access such |
9 | | records the court, the Department, or the agency |
10 | | receiving such inquiry shall reply as it does in |
11 | | response to inquiries when no records ever existed. |
12 | | (10) Fees. The Department may charge the petitioner a |
13 | | fee equivalent to the cost of processing any order to |
14 | | expunge or seal records. Notwithstanding any provision of |
15 | | the Clerks of Courts Act to the contrary, the circuit court |
16 | | clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the cost associated |
17 | | with the sealing or expungement of records by the circuit |
18 | | court clerk. |
19 | | From the total filing fee collected for the petition to |
20 | | seal or expunge, the circuit court clerk shall deposit $10 |
21 | | into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative |
22 | | Fund, to be used to offset the costs incurred by the |
23 | | circuit court clerk in performing the additional duties |
24 | | required to serve the petition to seal or expunge on all |
25 | | parties. The circuit court clerk shall collect and forward |
26 | | the Department of State Police portion of the fee to the |
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1 | | Department and it shall be deposited in the State Police |
2 | | Services Fund. |
3 | | (11) Final Order. No court order issued under the |
4 | | expungement or sealing provisions of this Section shall |
5 | | become final for purposes of appeal until 30 days after |
6 | | service of the order on the petitioner and all parties |
7 | | entitled to notice of the petition. |
8 | | (12) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. The |
9 | | petitioner or any party entitled to notice may file a |
10 | | motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order granting |
11 | | or denying the petition to expunge or seal within 60 days |
12 | | of service of the order. |
13 | | (e) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense |
14 | | is granted
a pardon by the Governor which specifically |
15 | | authorizes expungement, he or she may,
upon verified petition |
16 | | to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had
been |
17 | | convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief |
18 | | Judge, or in
counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the |
19 | | presiding trial judge at the
defendant's trial, have a court |
20 | | order entered expunging the record of
arrest from the official |
21 | | records of the arresting authority and order that the
records |
22 | | of the circuit court clerk and the Department be sealed until
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23 | | further order of the court upon good cause shown or as |
24 | | otherwise provided
herein, and the name of the defendant |
25 | | obliterated from the official index
requested to be kept by the |
26 | | circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks
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1 | | Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for the |
2 | | offense for
which he or she had been pardoned but the order |
3 | | shall not affect any index issued by
the circuit court clerk |
4 | | before the entry of the order. All records sealed by
the |
5 | | Department may be disseminated by the Department only to the |
6 | | arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court upon a |
7 | | later
arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose |
8 | | of sentencing for any
subsequent felony. Upon conviction for |
9 | | any subsequent offense, the Department
of Corrections shall |
10 | | have access to all sealed records of the Department
pertaining |
11 | | to that individual. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the
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12 | | circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of the order to |
13 | | the
person who was pardoned. |
14 | | (e-5) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an |
15 | | offense is granted a certificate of eligibility for sealing by |
16 | | the Prisoner Review Board which specifically authorizes |
17 | | sealing, he or she may, upon verified petition to the Chief |
18 | | Judge of the circuit where the person had been convicted, any |
19 | | judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in |
20 | | counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding |
21 | | trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court order |
22 | | entered sealing the record of arrest from the official records |
23 | | of the arresting authority and order that the records of the |
24 | | circuit court clerk and the Department be sealed until further |
25 | | order of the court upon good cause shown or as otherwise |
26 | | provided herein, and the name of the petitioner obliterated |
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1 | | from the official index requested to be kept by the circuit |
2 | | court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act in |
3 | | connection with the arrest and conviction for the offense for |
4 | | which he or she had been granted the certificate but the order |
5 | | shall not affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk |
6 | | before the entry of the order. All records sealed by the |
7 | | Department may be disseminated by the Department only as |
8 | | required by this Act or to the arresting authority, a law |
9 | | enforcement agency, the State's Attorney, and the court upon a |
10 | | later arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose |
11 | | of sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon conviction for |
12 | | any subsequent offense, the Department of Corrections shall |
13 | | have access to all sealed records of the Department pertaining |
14 | | to that individual. Upon entry of the order of sealing, the |
15 | | circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of the order to |
16 | | the person who was granted the certificate of eligibility for |
17 | | sealing. |
18 | | (f) Subject to available funding, the Illinois Department
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19 | | of Corrections shall conduct a study of the impact of sealing,
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20 | | especially on employment and recidivism rates, utilizing a
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21 | | random sample of those who apply for the sealing of their
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22 | | criminal records under Public Act 93-211. At the request of the
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23 | | Illinois Department of Corrections, records of the Illinois
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24 | | Department of Employment Security shall be utilized as
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25 | | appropriate to assist in the study. The study shall not
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26 | | disclose any data in a manner that would allow the
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1 | | identification of any particular individual or employing unit.
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2 | | The study shall be made available to the General Assembly no
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3 | | later than September 1, 2010.
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4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-409, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1401, eff. 7-29-10; |
5 | | 96-1532, eff. 1-1-12; 96-1551, Article 1, Section 905, eff. |
6 | | 7-1-11; 96-1551, Article 2, Section 925, eff. 7-1-11; 97-443, |
7 | | eff. 8-19-11; 97-698, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1026, eff. 1-1-13; |
8 | | 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1118, eff. |
9 | | 1-1-13; 97-1120, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)".
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