Illinois House Bill 4851

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 6 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the court may not order the sealing or expungement of the records of arrests or charges not initiated by arrest that result in an order of supervision for or conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination thereof (DUI) under the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance; except that the court may order the sealing of one misdemeanor record of arrest or charge not initiated by arrest that results in an order of supervision for or conviction of DUI under the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance per petitioner if each of the following conditions have been met: (1) the petitioner has not previously been convicted of or placed on supervision for DUI under the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance; (2) 10 or more years have passed since the termination of the petitioner's sentence; (3) during the commission of the violation, the petitioner did not proximately cause death or personal injury to any other person or damage the property of any other person; (4) the petitioner has no other misdemeanor or felony driving charge on his or her driving abstract; and (5) the judge examined the driving abstract of the petitioner petitioning to have his or her records sealed under this provision and made a finding entered on the record that the petitioner did not enter into a plea agreement on a lesser charge other than a DUI under the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance, and the facts did not support that the petitioner had previously committed a DUI under the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance. Provides that the Secretary of State shall maintain orders of court supervision and convictions for DUI under the Illinois vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance on court purposes driving abstracts.

SECOND CHANCE ACT

Rep. Tony McCombie [R]

Rep. Dave Vella [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-19	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-04-17	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2024-04-17	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2024-04-05	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
2024-04-04	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
2024-04-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
2024-04-04	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2024-04-04	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000
2024-03-05	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2024-02-07	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-07	House	First Reading
2024-02-06	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2630	5.2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4851&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4851.htm