Bill Text: IL HB4796 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Sidewalk Vendor Access Act. Includes findings and definitions. Provides that a governmental unit (a municipality or county) may not regulate sidewalk vendors except as provided for in the Act. Provides that a governmental unit may adopt a program, by ordinance or resolution, to regulate sidewalk vendors allowing specified regulations. Allows specified fines for violation of a sidewalk vendor program, but criminal penalties are prohibited. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Criminal Identification Act, Counties Code, and Illinois Municipal Code making conforming changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4796 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4796-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sidewalk Vendor Access Act.
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6 | Section 5. Findings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (a) The General Assembly finds and declares all of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | following: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (1) Sidewalk vending provides important | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | entrepreneurship and economic development opportunities to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | low-income and immigrant communities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (2) Sidewalk vending increases access to desired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | goods, such as culturally significant food and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | merchandise. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (3) Sidewalk vending contributes to a safe and dynamic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | public space. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (4) The safety and welfare of the general public is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | promoted by encouraging local authorities to support and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | properly regulate sidewalk vending. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (5) The safety and welfare of the general public is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | promoted by prohibiting criminal penalties for violations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | of sidewalk vending ordinances and regulations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (6) The criminalization of small business |
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1 | entrepreneurs, and the challenges that those entrepreneurs | ||||||
2 | face as a result of a criminal record, are matters of | ||||||
3 | statewide concern. Further, unnecessary barriers have been | ||||||
4 | erected blocking aspiring entrepreneurs from accessing the | ||||||
5 | formal economy, harming Illinois' economy in the process, | ||||||
6 | and disrupting the regulation of business, which is a | ||||||
7 | matter of statewide concern. Moreover, Illinois has an | ||||||
8 | interest in the regulation of traffic, a matter of | ||||||
9 | statewide concern, whether in ensuring the appropriate | ||||||
10 | flow of traffic or in ensuring the safety of pedestrians | ||||||
11 | on the road or the sidewalk. | ||||||
12 | (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to promote | ||||||
13 | entrepreneurship and support immigrant and low-income | ||||||
14 | communities.
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15 | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
16 | "Governmental unit" means a municipality or county. | ||||||
17 | "Roaming sidewalk vendor" means a sidewalk vendor who | ||||||
18 | moves from place to place and stops only to complete a | ||||||
19 | transaction. | ||||||
20 | "Sidewalk vendor" means a person who sells food or | ||||||
21 | merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven | ||||||
22 | cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other nonmotorized conveyance, | ||||||
23 | or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk or other | ||||||
24 | pedestrian path. | ||||||
25 | "Stationary sidewalk vendor" means a sidewalk vendor who |
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1 | vends from a fixed location.
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2 | Section 15. Regulation of sidewalk vendors; applicability. | ||||||
3 | (a) A governmental unit shall not regulate sidewalk | ||||||
4 | vendors except in accordance with Sections Section 20 and | ||||||
5 | Section 25. | ||||||
6 | (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the | ||||||
7 | applicability of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act | ||||||
8 | or 77 Ill. Adm. Code 750 to the extent that they apply to a | ||||||
9 | sidewalk vendor who sells food. | ||||||
10 | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a | ||||||
11 | governmental unit to adopt a new program to regulate sidewalk | ||||||
12 | vendors if the governmental unit has established an existing | ||||||
13 | program that substantially complies with the requirements in | ||||||
14 | this Act.
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15 | Section 20. Sidewalk vending program; standards. | ||||||
16 | (a) A governmental unit may adopt a program, by ordinance | ||||||
17 | or resolution, to regulate sidewalk vendors in compliance with | ||||||
18 | this Section. | ||||||
19 | (b) A governmental unit's sidewalk vending program shall | ||||||
20 | comply with all of the following standards: | ||||||
21 | (1) A governmental unit shall not require a sidewalk | ||||||
22 | vendor to operate within specific parts of the public | ||||||
23 | right-of-way, except when that restriction is directly | ||||||
24 | related to objective health, safety, or welfare concerns. |
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1 | (2) A governmental unit shall not prohibit a sidewalk | ||||||
2 | vendor from selling food or merchandise in a park owned or | ||||||
3 | operated by the governmental unit, except the governmental | ||||||
4 | unit may prohibit stationary sidewalk vendors from vending | ||||||
5 | in the park only if the operator of the park has signed an | ||||||
6 | agreement for concessions that exclusively permits the | ||||||
7 | sale of food or merchandise by the concessionaire. | ||||||
8 | (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a governmental unit | ||||||
9 | may adopt additional requirements regulating the time, | ||||||
10 | place, and manner of sidewalk vending in a park owned or | ||||||
11 | operated by the governmental unit if the requirements are | ||||||
12 | any of the following: | ||||||
13 | (A) Directly related to objective health, safety, | ||||||
14 | or welfare concerns. | ||||||
15 | (B) Necessary to ensure the public's use and | ||||||
16 | enjoyment of natural resources and recreational | ||||||
17 | opportunities. | ||||||
18 | (C) Necessary to prevent an undue concentration of | ||||||
19 | commercial activity that unreasonably interferes with | ||||||
20 | the scenic and natural character of the park. | ||||||
21 | (4) A governmental unit shall not require a sidewalk | ||||||
22 | vendor to first obtain the consent or approval of any | ||||||
23 | nongovernmental entity or individual before he or she can | ||||||
24 | sell food or merchandise. | ||||||
25 | (5) A governmental unit shall not restrict sidewalk | ||||||
26 | vendors to operate only in a designated neighborhood or |
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1 | area, except when that restriction is directly related to | ||||||
2 | objective health, safety, or welfare concerns. | ||||||
3 | (6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), a governmental unit | ||||||
4 | may prohibit stationary sidewalk vendors in areas that are | ||||||
5 | zoned exclusively residential, but shall not prohibit | ||||||
6 | roaming sidewalk vendors in such areas. | ||||||
7 | (7) A governmental unit shall not restrict the overall | ||||||
8 | number of sidewalk vendors permitted to operate within the | ||||||
9 | jurisdiction of the governmental unit unless the | ||||||
10 | restriction is directly related to objective health, | ||||||
11 | safety, or welfare concerns. | ||||||
12 | (c) A governmental unit may, by ordinance or resolution, | ||||||
13 | adopt additional requirements regulating the time, place, and | ||||||
14 | manner of sidewalk vending if the requirements are directly | ||||||
15 | related to objective health, safety, or welfare concerns, | ||||||
16 | including, but not limited to, any of the following: | ||||||
17 | (1) Limitations on hours of operation that are not | ||||||
18 | unduly restrictive. In nonresidential areas, any | ||||||
19 | limitations on the hours of operation for sidewalk vending | ||||||
20 | shall not be more restrictive than any limitations on | ||||||
21 | hours of operation imposed on other businesses or uses on | ||||||
22 | the same street. | ||||||
23 | (2) Requirements to maintain sanitary conditions. | ||||||
24 | (3) Requirements necessary to ensure compliance with | ||||||
25 | the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | ||||||
26 | (Public Law 101-336) and other disability access |
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1 | standards. | ||||||
2 | (4) Requiring the sidewalk vendor to obtain from the | ||||||
3 | governmental unit a permit for sidewalk vending or a valid | ||||||
4 | business license, provided that the governmental unit | ||||||
5 | issuing the permit or business license accepts an Illinois | ||||||
6 | driver's license or identification card number, an | ||||||
7 | individual taxpayer identification number, or a municipal | ||||||
8 | identification number in lieu of a social security number | ||||||
9 | if the governmental unit otherwise requires a social | ||||||
10 | security number for the issuance of a permit or business | ||||||
11 | license, and that the number collected shall not be | ||||||
12 | available to the public for inspection, is confidential, | ||||||
13 | and shall not be disclosed except as required to | ||||||
14 | administer the permit or licensure program or comply with | ||||||
15 | a State law or State or federal court order. | ||||||
16 | (5) Requiring the sidewalk vendor to possess a | ||||||
17 | certificate of registration from the Department of Revenue | ||||||
18 | if required under Section 3 of the Transient Merchant Act | ||||||
19 | of 1987. | ||||||
20 | (6) Requiring additional licenses from other State or | ||||||
21 | local agencies to the extent required by law. | ||||||
22 | (7) Requiring compliance with other generally | ||||||
23 | applicable laws. | ||||||
24 | (8) Requiring a sidewalk vendor to submit information | ||||||
25 | on his or her operations, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
26 | any of the following: |
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1 | (A) The name and current mailing address of the | ||||||
2 | sidewalk vendor. | ||||||
3 | (B) A description of the merchandise offered for | ||||||
4 | sale or exchange. | ||||||
5 | (C) A certification by the vendor that to his or | ||||||
6 | her knowledge and belief, the information contained on | ||||||
7 | the form is true. | ||||||
8 | (D) The certificate of registration from the | ||||||
9 | Department of Revenue, if any, of the sidewalk vendor. | ||||||
10 | (E) If the sidewalk vendor is an agent of an | ||||||
11 | individual, company, partnership, or corporation, the | ||||||
12 | name and business address of the principal. | ||||||
13 | (d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a governmental unit | ||||||
14 | may do both of the following: | ||||||
15 | (1) Prohibit sidewalk vendors in areas located within | ||||||
16 | the immediate vicinity of a farmers' market or flea market | ||||||
17 | during the limited operating hours of that farmers' market | ||||||
18 | or flea market. As used in this paragraph:
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19 | "Farmers' market" has the meaning given to that term | ||||||
20 | in Section 3.3 of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement | ||||||
21 | Act. | ||||||
22 | "Flea market" has the meaning given to that term in | ||||||
23 | Section 5.5 of the Transient Merchant Act of 1987
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24 | (2) Restrict or prohibit sidewalk vendors within the | ||||||
25 | immediate vicinity of an area designated for a temporary | ||||||
26 | special permit issued by the governmental unit, provided |
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1 | that any notice, business interruption mitigation, or | ||||||
2 | other rights provided to affected businesses or property | ||||||
3 | owners under the governmental unit's temporary special | ||||||
4 | permit are also provided to any sidewalk vendors | ||||||
5 | specifically permitted to operate in the area, if | ||||||
6 | applicable. For purposes of this paragraph, a "temporary | ||||||
7 | special permit" is a permit issued by the governmental | ||||||
8 | unit for the temporary use of, or encroachment on, the | ||||||
9 | sidewalk or other public area, including, but not limited | ||||||
10 | to, an encroachment permit, special event permit, or | ||||||
11 | temporary event permit, for purposes including, but not | ||||||
12 | limited to, filming, parades, or outdoor concerts. A | ||||||
13 | prohibition of sidewalk vendors pursuant to this paragraph | ||||||
14 | shall only be effective for the limited duration of the | ||||||
15 | temporary special permit. | ||||||
16 | (e) For purposes of this Section, perceived community | ||||||
17 | animus or economic competition does not constitute an | ||||||
18 | objective health, safety, or welfare concern.
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19 | Section 25. Violations | ||||||
20 | (a) A violation of a governmental unit's sidewalk vending | ||||||
21 | program that complies with Section 20 is punishable only by | ||||||
22 | the following: | ||||||
23 | (1) A fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation. | ||||||
24 | (2) A fine not exceeding $200 for a second violation | ||||||
25 | within one year of the first violation. |
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1 | (3) A fine not exceeding $500 for each additional | ||||||
2 | violation within one year of the first violation. | ||||||
3 | A governmental unit may rescind a permit issued to a | ||||||
4 | sidewalk vendor for the term of that permit upon the fourth | ||||||
5 | violation or subsequent violations. | ||||||
6 | (b) If a governmental unit requires a sidewalk vendor to | ||||||
7 | obtain a sidewalk vending permit from the governmental unit, | ||||||
8 | vending without a sidewalk vending permit may be punishable by | ||||||
9 | the following in lieu of the fines set forth in subsection (a): | ||||||
10 | (1) A fine not exceeding $250 for a first violation. | ||||||
11 | (2) A fine not exceeding $500 for a second violation | ||||||
12 | within one year of the first violation. | ||||||
13 | (3) A fine not exceeding $1,000 for each additional | ||||||
14 | violation within one year of the first violation. | ||||||
15 | Upon proof of a valid permit issued by the governmental | ||||||
16 | unit, the fines set forth in this subsection shall be reduced | ||||||
17 | to the fines set forth in subsection (a), respectively. | ||||||
18 | (c) The proceeds of a fine assessed pursuant to | ||||||
19 | subsections (a) or (b) shall be deposited in the treasury of | ||||||
20 | the governmental unit. | ||||||
21 | (d) Failure to pay a fine pursuant to subsections (a) and | ||||||
22 | (b) is not punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor. | ||||||
23 | Additional fines, fees, assessments, or any other financial | ||||||
24 | conditions beyond those authorized in subsections (a) and (b) | ||||||
25 | shall not be assessed. | ||||||
26 | (e) A violation of a governmental unit's sidewalk vending |
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1 | program that complies with Section 20, or a violation of any | ||||||
2 | rules or regulations adopted prior to the effective date of | ||||||
3 | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, that | ||||||
4 | regulate or prohibit sidewalk vendors in the jurisdiction of a | ||||||
5 | governmental unit, shall not be punishable as an infraction or | ||||||
6 | misdemeanor, and the person alleged to have violated any of | ||||||
7 | those provisions shall not be subject to arrest, except when | ||||||
8 | otherwise permitted under law. | ||||||
9 | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsection | ||||||
10 | (e) applies to all pending criminal prosecutions under any | ||||||
11 | local ordinance or resolution regulating or prohibiting | ||||||
12 | sidewalk vendors. Any of those criminal prosecutions that have | ||||||
13 | not reached final judgment shall be dismissed. | ||||||
14 | (g) A governmental unit that has not adopted rules or | ||||||
15 | regulations by ordinance or resolution that comply with this | ||||||
16 | Act shall not cite, fine, or prosecute a sidewalk vendor for a | ||||||
17 | violation of any rule or regulation that is inconsistent with | ||||||
18 | the standards described in this Act. | ||||||
19 | (h) When assessing a fine pursuant to subsection (a) or | ||||||
20 | (b), the individual assessing the fine shall take into | ||||||
21 | consideration the person's ability to pay the fine. The | ||||||
22 | governmental unit shall provide the person with notice of his | ||||||
23 | or her right to request an ability-to-pay determination and | ||||||
24 | shall make available instructions or other materials for | ||||||
25 | requesting an ability-to-pay determination. The person may | ||||||
26 | request an ability-to-pay determination at adjudication or |
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1 | while the judgment remains unpaid, including when a case is | ||||||
2 | delinquent or has been referred to a comprehensive collection | ||||||
3 | program. | ||||||
4 | If the person meets the criteria described in Section | ||||||
5 | 5-105 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the governmental unit | ||||||
6 | shall accept, in full satisfaction, 20% of the fine imposed | ||||||
7 | pursuant to subsection (a) or (b). | ||||||
8 | The governmental unit may allow the person to complete | ||||||
9 | community service in lieu of paying the total fine, may waive | ||||||
10 | the fine, or may offer an alternative disposition.
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11 | Section 30. Cases or sentences involving sidewalk vending; | ||||||
12 | sealing of records. A person who is currently serving, or who | ||||||
13 | completed, a sentence, or who is subject to a fine, for a | ||||||
14 | conviction of a misdemeanor or infraction for sidewalk | ||||||
15 | vending, whether by trial or by plea, who would not have been | ||||||
16 | guilty of that offense under this Act had the Act been in | ||||||
17 | effect at the time of the offense, may petition for dismissal | ||||||
18 | of the sentence, fine, or conviction before the trial court | ||||||
19 | that entered the judgment of conviction in his or her case. | ||||||
20 | Upon receiving a petition under this Section, the court | ||||||
21 | shall presume the petitioner satisfies this criteria in this | ||||||
22 | Section unless the party opposing the petition proves by clear | ||||||
23 | and convincing evidence that the petitioner does not satisfy | ||||||
24 | the criteria. If the petitioner satisfies the criteria in this | ||||||
25 | Section, the court shall grant the petition to dismiss the |
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1 | sentence or fine, if applicable. Upon granting the dismissal, | ||||||
2 | the court shall immediately seal the criminal records as | ||||||
3 | provided in subsection (g) of Section 5.2 of the Criminal | ||||||
4 | Identification Act. | ||||||
5 | Unless requested by the petitioner, no hearing is | ||||||
6 | necessary to grant or deny a petition filed under this | ||||||
7 | Section. | ||||||
8 | Nothing in this Section is intended to diminish or | ||||||
9 | abrogate any rights or remedies otherwise available to the | ||||||
10 | petitioner. | ||||||
11 | Nothing in this Section or related provisions is intended | ||||||
12 | to diminish or abrogate the finality of judgments in any case | ||||||
13 | not falling within the purview of this Act.
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14 | Section 35. Home rule. A home rule governmental unit may | ||||||
15 | not regulate sidewalk vendors in a manner inconsistent with | ||||||
16 | this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of | ||||||
17 | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the | ||||||
18 | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | ||||||
19 | exercised by the State
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20 | Section 100. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by | ||||||
21 | changing Section 5.2 as follows:
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22 | (20 ILCS 2630/5.2)
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23 | Sec. 5.2. Expungement, sealing, and immediate sealing. |
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1 | (a) General Provisions. | ||||||
2 | (1) Definitions. In this Act, words and phrases have
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3 | the meanings set forth in this subsection, except when a
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4 | particular context clearly requires a different meaning. | ||||||
5 | (A) The following terms shall have the meanings | ||||||
6 | ascribed to them in the following Sections of the | ||||||
7 | Unified Code of Corrections , 730 ILCS 5/5-1-2 through | ||||||
8 | 5/5-1-22 : | ||||||
9 | (i) Business Offense , Section 5-1-2. (730 ILCS | ||||||
10 | 5/5-1-2), | ||||||
11 | (ii) Charge , Section 5-1-3. (730 ILCS | ||||||
12 | 5/5-1-3), | ||||||
13 | (iii) Court , Section 5-1-6. (730 ILCS | ||||||
14 | 5/5-1-6), | ||||||
15 | (iv) Defendant , Section 5-1-7. (730 ILCS | ||||||
16 | 5/5-1-7), | ||||||
17 | (v) Felony , Section 5-1-9. (730 ILCS 5/5-1-9), | ||||||
18 | (vi) Imprisonment , Section 5-1-10. (730 ILCS | ||||||
19 | 5/5-1-10), | ||||||
20 | (vii) Judgment , Section 5-1-12. (730 ILCS | ||||||
21 | 5/5-1-12), | ||||||
22 | (viii) Misdemeanor , Section 5-1-14. (730 ILCS | ||||||
23 | 5/5-1-14), | ||||||
24 | (ix) Offense , Section 5-1-15. (730 ILCS | ||||||
25 | 5/5-1-15), | ||||||
26 | (x) Parole , Section 5-1-16. (730 ILCS |
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1 | 5/5-1-16), | ||||||
2 | (xi) Petty Offense , Section 5-1-17. (730 ILCS | ||||||
3 | 5/5-1-17), | ||||||
4 | (xii) Probation , Section 5-1-18. (730 ILCS | ||||||
5 | 5/5-1-18), | ||||||
6 | (xiii) Sentence , Section 5-1-19. (730 ILCS | ||||||
7 | 5/5-1-19), | ||||||
8 | (xiv) Supervision , Section 5-1-21. (730 ILCS | ||||||
9 | 5/5-1-21), and | ||||||
10 | (xv) Victim , Section 5-1-22. (730 ILCS | ||||||
11 | 5/5-1-22). | ||||||
12 | (B) As used in this Section, "charge not initiated | ||||||
13 | by arrest" means a charge (as defined by Section 5-1-3 | ||||||
14 | of the Unified Code of Corrections 730 ILCS 5/5-1-3 ) | ||||||
15 | brought against a defendant where the defendant is not | ||||||
16 | arrested prior to or as a direct result of the charge. | ||||||
17 | (C) "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or | ||||||
18 | sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a | ||||||
19 | verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered | ||||||
20 | by a legally constituted jury or by a court of | ||||||
21 | competent jurisdiction authorized to try the case | ||||||
22 | without a jury. An order of supervision successfully | ||||||
23 | completed by the petitioner is not a conviction. An | ||||||
24 | order of qualified probation (as defined in subsection | ||||||
25 | (a)(1)(J)) successfully completed by the petitioner is | ||||||
26 | not a conviction. An order of supervision or an order |
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1 | of qualified probation that is terminated | ||||||
2 | unsatisfactorily is a conviction, unless the | ||||||
3 | unsatisfactory termination is reversed, vacated, or | ||||||
4 | modified and the judgment of conviction, if any, is | ||||||
5 | reversed or vacated. | ||||||
6 | (D) "Criminal offense" means a petty offense, | ||||||
7 | business offense, misdemeanor, felony, or municipal | ||||||
8 | ordinance violation (as defined in subsection | ||||||
9 | (a)(1)(H)). As used in this Section, a minor traffic | ||||||
10 | offense (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)) shall not | ||||||
11 | be considered a criminal offense. | ||||||
12 | (E) "Expunge" means to physically destroy the | ||||||
13 | records or return them to the petitioner and to | ||||||
14 | obliterate the petitioner's name from any official | ||||||
15 | index or public record, or both. Nothing in this Act | ||||||
16 | shall require the physical destruction of the circuit | ||||||
17 | court file, but such records relating to arrests or | ||||||
18 | charges, or both, ordered expunged shall be impounded | ||||||
19 | as required by subsections (d)(9)(A)(ii) and | ||||||
20 | (d)(9)(B)(ii). | ||||||
21 | (F) As used in this Section, "last sentence" means | ||||||
22 | the sentence, order of supervision, or order of | ||||||
23 | qualified probation (as defined by subsection | ||||||
24 | (a)(1)(J)), for a criminal offense (as defined by | ||||||
25 | subsection (a)(1)(D)) that terminates last in time in | ||||||
26 | any jurisdiction, regardless of whether the petitioner |
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1 | has included the criminal offense for which the | ||||||
2 | sentence or order of supervision or qualified | ||||||
3 | probation was imposed in his or her petition. If | ||||||
4 | multiple sentences, orders of supervision, or orders | ||||||
5 | of qualified probation terminate on the same day and | ||||||
6 | are last in time, they shall be collectively | ||||||
7 | considered the "last sentence" regardless of whether | ||||||
8 | they were ordered to run concurrently. | ||||||
9 | (G) "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense, | ||||||
10 | business offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a | ||||||
12 | municipal or local ordinance. | ||||||
13 | (G-5) "Minor Cannabis Offense" means a violation | ||||||
14 | of Section 4 or 5 of the Cannabis Control Act | ||||||
15 | concerning not more than 30 grams of any substance | ||||||
16 | containing cannabis, provided the violation did not | ||||||
17 | include a penalty enhancement under Section 7 of the | ||||||
18 | Cannabis Control Act and is not associated with an | ||||||
19 | arrest, conviction or other disposition for a violent | ||||||
20 | crime as defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the | ||||||
21 | Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. | ||||||
22 | (H) "Municipal ordinance violation" means an | ||||||
23 | offense defined by a municipal or local ordinance that | ||||||
24 | is criminal in nature and with which the petitioner | ||||||
25 | was charged or for which the petitioner was arrested | ||||||
26 | and released without charging. |
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1 | (I) "Petitioner" means an adult or a minor | ||||||
2 | prosecuted as an
adult who has applied for relief | ||||||
3 | under this Section. | ||||||
4 | (J) "Qualified probation" means an order of | ||||||
5 | probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control | ||||||
6 | Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances | ||||||
7 | Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||||||
8 | Community Protection Act, Section 5-6-3.3 or 5-6-3.4 | ||||||
9 | of the Unified Code of Corrections, Section | ||||||
10 | 12-4.3(b)(1) and (2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (as | ||||||
11 | those provisions existed before their deletion by | ||||||
12 | Public Act 89-313), Section 10-102 of the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section | ||||||
14 | 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, or Section 10 | ||||||
15 | of the Steroid Control Act. For the purpose of this | ||||||
16 | Section, "successful completion" of an order of | ||||||
17 | qualified probation under Section 10-102 of the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act and | ||||||
19 | Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act means | ||||||
20 | that the probation was terminated satisfactorily and | ||||||
21 | the judgment of conviction was vacated. | ||||||
22 | (K) "Seal" means to physically and electronically | ||||||
23 | maintain the records, unless the records would | ||||||
24 | otherwise be destroyed due to age, but to make the | ||||||
25 | records unavailable without a court order, subject to | ||||||
26 | the exceptions in Sections 12 and 13 of this Act. The |
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1 | petitioner's name shall also be obliterated from the | ||||||
2 | official index required to be kept by the circuit | ||||||
3 | court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts | ||||||
4 | Act, but any index issued by the circuit court clerk | ||||||
5 | before the entry of the order to seal shall not be | ||||||
6 | affected. | ||||||
7 | (L) "Sexual offense committed against a minor" | ||||||
8 | includes, but is
not limited to, the offenses of | ||||||
9 | indecent solicitation of a child
or criminal sexual | ||||||
10 | abuse when the victim of such offense is
under 18 years | ||||||
11 | of age. | ||||||
12 | (M) "Terminate" as it relates to a sentence or | ||||||
13 | order of supervision or qualified probation includes | ||||||
14 | either satisfactory or unsatisfactory termination of | ||||||
15 | the sentence, unless otherwise specified in this | ||||||
16 | Section. A sentence is terminated notwithstanding any | ||||||
17 | outstanding financial legal obligation. | ||||||
18 | (2) Minor Traffic Offenses.
Orders of supervision or | ||||||
19 | convictions for minor traffic offenses shall not affect a | ||||||
20 | petitioner's eligibility to expunge or seal records | ||||||
21 | pursuant to this Section. | ||||||
22 | (2.5) Commencing 180 days after July 29, 2016 (the | ||||||
23 | effective date of Public Act 99-697), the law enforcement | ||||||
24 | agency issuing the citation shall automatically expunge, | ||||||
25 | on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the law | ||||||
26 | enforcement records of a person found to have committed a |
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1 | civil law violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the | ||||||
2 | Cannabis Control Act or subsection (c) of Section 3.5 of | ||||||
3 | the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act in the law enforcement | ||||||
4 | agency's possession or control and which contains the | ||||||
5 | final satisfactory disposition which pertain to the person | ||||||
6 | issued a citation for that offense.
The law enforcement | ||||||
7 | agency shall provide by rule the process for access, | ||||||
8 | review, and to confirm the automatic expungement by the | ||||||
9 | law enforcement agency issuing the citation.
Commencing | ||||||
10 | 180 days after July 29, 2016 (the effective date of Public | ||||||
11 | Act 99-697), the clerk of the circuit court shall expunge, | ||||||
12 | upon order of the court, or in the absence of a court order | ||||||
13 | on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the court | ||||||
14 | records of a person found in the circuit court to have | ||||||
15 | committed a civil law violation of subsection (a) of | ||||||
16 | Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act or subsection (c) of | ||||||
17 | Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act in the | ||||||
18 | clerk's possession or control and which contains the final | ||||||
19 | satisfactory disposition which pertain to the person | ||||||
20 | issued a citation for any of those offenses. | ||||||
21 | (3) Exclusions. Except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
22 | subsections (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(8), (e), (e-5), and (e-6) | ||||||
23 | of this Section, the court shall not order: | ||||||
24 | (A) the sealing or expungement of the records of | ||||||
25 | arrests or charges not initiated by arrest that result | ||||||
26 | in an order of supervision for or conviction of:
(i) |
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1 | any sexual offense committed against a
minor; (ii) | ||||||
2 | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a | ||||||
3 | similar provision of a local ordinance; or (iii) | ||||||
4 | Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a | ||||||
5 | similar provision of a local ordinance, unless the | ||||||
6 | arrest or charge is for a misdemeanor violation of | ||||||
7 | subsection (a) of Section 11-503 or a similar | ||||||
8 | provision of a local ordinance, that occurred prior to | ||||||
9 | the offender reaching the age of 25 years and the | ||||||
10 | offender has no other conviction for violating Section | ||||||
11 | 11-501 or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a | ||||||
12 | similar provision of a local ordinance. | ||||||
13 | (B) the sealing or expungement of records of minor | ||||||
14 | traffic offenses (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)), | ||||||
15 | unless the petitioner was arrested and released | ||||||
16 | without charging. | ||||||
17 | (C) the sealing of the records of arrests or | ||||||
18 | charges not initiated by arrest which result in an | ||||||
19 | order of supervision or a conviction for the following | ||||||
20 | offenses: | ||||||
21 | (i) offenses included in Article 11 of the | ||||||
22 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 | ||||||
23 | or a similar provision of a local ordinance, | ||||||
24 | except Section 11-14 and a misdemeanor violation | ||||||
25 | of Section 11-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or | ||||||
26 | the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision |
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1 | of a local ordinance; | ||||||
2 | (ii) Section 11-1.50, 12-3.4, 12-15, 12-30, | ||||||
3 | 26-5, or 48-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
4 | Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a | ||||||
5 | local ordinance; | ||||||
6 | (iii) Sections 12-3.1 or 12-3.2 of the | ||||||
7 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of | ||||||
8 | 2012, or Section 125 of the Stalking No Contact | ||||||
9 | Order Act, or Section 219 of the Civil No Contact | ||||||
10 | Order Act, or a similar provision of a local | ||||||
11 | ordinance; | ||||||
12 | (iv) Class A misdemeanors or felony offenses | ||||||
13 | under the Humane Care for Animals Act; or | ||||||
14 | (v) any offense or attempted offense that | ||||||
15 | would subject a person to registration under the | ||||||
16 | Sex Offender Registration Act. | ||||||
17 | (D) (blank). | ||||||
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 each arrest or charge not | ||||||
22 | initiated by arrest
sought to be expunged resulted in:
(i) | ||||||
23 | acquittal, dismissal, or the petitioner's release without | ||||||
24 | charging, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B);
(ii) a | ||||||
25 | conviction which was vacated or reversed, unless excluded | ||||||
26 | by subsection (a)(3)(B);
(iii) an order of supervision and |
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1 | such supervision was successfully completed by the | ||||||
2 | petitioner, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(A) or | ||||||
3 | (a)(3)(B); or
(iv) an order of qualified probation (as | ||||||
4 | defined in subsection (a)(1)(J)) and such probation was | ||||||
5 | successfully completed by the petitioner. | ||||||
6 | (1.5) When a petitioner seeks to have a record of | ||||||
7 | arrest expunged under this Section, and the offender has | ||||||
8 | been convicted of a criminal offense, the State's Attorney | ||||||
9 | may object to the expungement on the grounds that the | ||||||
10 | records contain specific relevant information aside from | ||||||
11 | the mere fact of the arrest. | ||||||
12 | (2) Time frame for filing a petition to expunge. | ||||||
13 | (A) When the arrest or charge not initiated by | ||||||
14 | arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an acquittal, | ||||||
15 | dismissal, the petitioner's release without charging, | ||||||
16 | or the reversal or vacation of a conviction, there is | ||||||
17 | no waiting period to petition for the expungement of | ||||||
18 | such records. | ||||||
19 | (B) When the arrest or charge not initiated by | ||||||
20 | arrest
sought to be expunged resulted in an order of | ||||||
21 | supervision, successfully
completed by the petitioner, | ||||||
22 | the following time frames will apply: | ||||||
23 | (i) Those arrests or charges that resulted in | ||||||
24 | orders of
supervision under Section 3-707, 3-708, | ||||||
25 | 3-710, or 5-401.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or | ||||||
26 | a similar provision of a local ordinance, or under |
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1 | Section 11-1.50, 12-3.2, or 12-15 of the Criminal | ||||||
2 | Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a | ||||||
3 | similar provision of a local ordinance, shall not | ||||||
4 | be eligible for expungement until 5 years have | ||||||
5 | passed following the satisfactory termination of | ||||||
6 | the supervision. | ||||||
7 | (i-5) Those arrests or charges that resulted | ||||||
8 | in orders of supervision for a misdemeanor | ||||||
9 | violation of subsection (a) of Section 11-503 of | ||||||
10 | the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision | ||||||
11 | of a local ordinance, that occurred prior to the | ||||||
12 | offender reaching the age of 25 years and the | ||||||
13 | offender has no other conviction for violating | ||||||
14 | Section 11-501 or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
15 | Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance | ||||||
16 | shall not be eligible for expungement until the | ||||||
17 | petitioner has reached the age of 25 years. | ||||||
18 | (ii) Those arrests or charges that resulted in | ||||||
19 | orders
of supervision for any other offenses shall | ||||||
20 | not be
eligible for expungement until 2 years have | ||||||
21 | passed
following the satisfactory termination of | ||||||
22 | the supervision. | ||||||
23 | (C) When the arrest or charge not initiated by | ||||||
24 | arrest sought to
be expunged resulted in an order of | ||||||
25 | qualified probation, successfully
completed by the | ||||||
26 | petitioner, such records shall not be eligible for
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1 | expungement until 5 years have passed following the | ||||||
2 | satisfactory
termination of the probation. | ||||||
3 | (3) Those records maintained by the Illinois State | ||||||
4 | Police Department for
persons arrested prior to their 17th | ||||||
5 | birthday shall be
expunged as provided in Section 5-915 of | ||||||
6 | the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987. | ||||||
7 | (4) Whenever a person has been arrested for or | ||||||
8 | convicted of any
offense, in the name of a person whose | ||||||
9 | identity he or she has stolen or otherwise
come into | ||||||
10 | possession of, the aggrieved person from whom the identity
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11 | was stolen or otherwise obtained without authorization,
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12 | upon learning of the person having been arrested using his
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13 | or her identity, may, upon verified petition to the chief | ||||||
14 | judge of
the circuit wherein the arrest was made, have a | ||||||
15 | court order
entered nunc pro tunc by the Chief Judge to | ||||||
16 | correct the
arrest record, conviction record, if any, and | ||||||
17 | all official
records of the arresting authority, the | ||||||
18 | Illinois State Police Department , other
criminal justice | ||||||
19 | agencies, the prosecutor, and the trial
court concerning | ||||||
20 | such arrest, if any, by removing his or her name
from all | ||||||
21 | such records in connection with the arrest and
conviction, | ||||||
22 | if any, and by inserting in the records the
name of the | ||||||
23 | offender, if known or ascertainable, in lieu of
the | ||||||
24 | aggrieved's name. The records of the circuit court clerk | ||||||
25 | shall be sealed until further order of
the court upon good | ||||||
26 | cause shown and the name of the
aggrieved person |
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1 | obliterated on the official index
required to be kept by | ||||||
2 | the circuit court clerk under
Section 16 of the Clerks of | ||||||
3 | Courts Act, but the order shall
not affect any index | ||||||
4 | issued by the circuit court clerk
before the entry of the | ||||||
5 | order. Nothing in this Section
shall limit the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Department of State Police or other
criminal justice | ||||||
7 | agencies or prosecutors from listing
under an offender's | ||||||
8 | name the false names he or she has
used. | ||||||
9 | (5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal
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10 | sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
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11 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal
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12 | sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the
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13 | victim of that offense may request that the State's
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14 | Attorney of the county in which the conviction occurred
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15 | file a verified petition with the presiding trial judge at
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16 | the petitioner's trial to have a court order entered to | ||||||
17 | seal
the records of the circuit court clerk in connection
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18 | with the proceedings of the trial court concerning that
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19 | offense. However, the records of the arresting authority
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20 | and the Illinois Department of State Police concerning the | ||||||
21 | offense
shall not be sealed. The court, upon good cause | ||||||
22 | shown,
shall make the records of the circuit court clerk | ||||||
23 | in
connection with the proceedings of the trial court
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24 | concerning the offense available for public inspection. | ||||||
25 | (6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct | ||||||
26 | review
or on collateral attack and the court determines by |
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1 | clear
and convincing evidence that the petitioner was | ||||||
2 | factually
innocent of the charge, the court that finds the | ||||||
3 | petitioner factually innocent of the charge shall enter an
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4 | expungement order for the conviction for which the | ||||||
5 | petitioner has been determined to be innocent as provided | ||||||
6 | in subsection (b) of Section
5-5-4 of the Unified Code of | ||||||
7 | Corrections. | ||||||
8 | (7) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Department of
State Police from maintaining all records of | ||||||
10 | any person who
is admitted to probation upon terms and | ||||||
11 | conditions and who
fulfills those terms and conditions | ||||||
12 | pursuant to Section 10
of the Cannabis Control Act, | ||||||
13 | Section 410 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, | ||||||
14 | Section 70 of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||||||
15 | Protection Act,
Section 5-6-3.3 or 5-6-3.4 of the Unified | ||||||
16 | Code of Corrections, Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) | ||||||
17 | of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
18 | Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102
of the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act,
Section 40-10 of | ||||||
20 | the Substance Use Disorder Act, or Section 10 of the | ||||||
21 | Steroid Control Act. | ||||||
22 | (8) If the petitioner has been granted a certificate | ||||||
23 | of innocence under Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
24 | Procedure, the court that grants the certificate of | ||||||
25 | innocence shall also enter an order expunging the | ||||||
26 | conviction for which the petitioner has been determined to |
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1 | be innocent as provided in subsection (h) of Section 2-702 | ||||||
2 | of the Code of Civil Procedure. | ||||||
3 | (c) Sealing. | ||||||
4 | (1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision | ||||||
5 | of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any | ||||||
6 | rights to expungement of criminal records, this subsection | ||||||
7 | authorizes the sealing of criminal records of adults and | ||||||
8 | of minors prosecuted as adults. Subsection (g) of this | ||||||
9 | Section provides for immediate sealing of certain records. | ||||||
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, including orders | ||||||
20 | of supervision for municipal ordinance violations, | ||||||
21 | successfully completed by the petitioner, unless | ||||||
22 | excluded by subsection (a)(3); | ||||||
23 | (D) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||||||
24 | resulting in convictions, including convictions on | ||||||
25 | municipal ordinance violations, unless excluded by | ||||||
26 | subsection (a)(3); |
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1 | (E) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||||||
2 | resulting in orders of first offender probation under | ||||||
3 | Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of | ||||||
4 | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of | ||||||
5 | the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection | ||||||
6 | Act, or Section 5-6-3.3 of the Unified Code of | ||||||
7 | Corrections; and | ||||||
8 | (F) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||||||
9 | resulting in felony convictions unless otherwise | ||||||
10 | excluded by subsection (a) paragraph (3) of this | ||||||
11 | Section. | ||||||
12 | (3) When Records Are Eligible to Be Sealed. Records | ||||||
13 | identified as eligible under subsection (c)(2) may be | ||||||
14 | sealed as follows: | ||||||
15 | (A) Records identified as eligible under | ||||||
16 | subsection (c)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(B) may be sealed at | ||||||
17 | any time. | ||||||
18 | (B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph | ||||||
19 | (E) of this paragraph (3), records identified as | ||||||
20 | eligible under subsection (c)(2)(C) may be sealed
2 | ||||||
21 | years after the termination of petitioner's last | ||||||
22 | sentence (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(F)). | ||||||
23 | (C) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph | ||||||
24 | (E) of this paragraph (3), records identified as | ||||||
25 | eligible under subsections (c)(2)(D), (c)(2)(E), and | ||||||
26 | (c)(2)(F) may be sealed 3 years after the termination |
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1 | of the petitioner's last sentence (as defined in | ||||||
2 | subsection (a)(1)(F)). Convictions requiring public | ||||||
3 | registration under the Arsonist Registration Act, the | ||||||
4 | Sex Offender Registration Act, or the Murderer and | ||||||
5 | Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act may | ||||||
6 | not be sealed until the petitioner is no longer | ||||||
7 | required to register under that relevant Act. | ||||||
8 | (D) Records identified in subsection | ||||||
9 | (a)(3)(A)(iii) may be sealed after the petitioner has | ||||||
10 | reached the age of 25 years. | ||||||
11 | (E) Records identified as eligible under | ||||||
12 | subsections (c)(2)(C), (c)(2)(D), (c)(2)(E), or | ||||||
13 | (c)(2)(F) may be sealed upon termination of the | ||||||
14 | petitioner's last sentence if the petitioner earned a | ||||||
15 | high school diploma, associate's degree, career | ||||||
16 | certificate, vocational technical certification, or | ||||||
17 | bachelor's degree, or passed the high school level | ||||||
18 | Test of General Educational Development, during the | ||||||
19 | period of his or her sentence or mandatory supervised | ||||||
20 | release. This subparagraph shall apply only to a | ||||||
21 | petitioner who has not completed the same educational | ||||||
22 | goal prior to the period of his or her sentence or | ||||||
23 | mandatory supervised release. If a petition for | ||||||
24 | sealing eligible records filed under this subparagraph | ||||||
25 | is denied by the court, the time periods under | ||||||
26 | subparagraph (B) or (C) shall apply to any subsequent |
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1 | petition for sealing filed by the petitioner. | ||||||
2 | (4) Subsequent felony convictions. A person may not | ||||||
3 | have
subsequent felony conviction records sealed as | ||||||
4 | provided in this subsection
(c) if he or she is convicted | ||||||
5 | of any felony offense after the date of the
sealing of | ||||||
6 | prior felony convictions as provided in this subsection | ||||||
7 | (c). The court may, upon conviction for a subsequent | ||||||
8 | felony offense, order the unsealing of prior felony | ||||||
9 | conviction records previously ordered sealed by the court. | ||||||
10 | (5) Notice of eligibility for sealing. Upon entry of a | ||||||
11 | disposition for an eligible record under this subsection | ||||||
12 | (c), the petitioner shall be informed by the court of the | ||||||
13 | right to have the records sealed and the procedures for | ||||||
14 | the sealing of the records. | ||||||
15 | (d) Procedure. The following procedures apply to | ||||||
16 | expungement under subsections (b), (e), and (e-6) and sealing | ||||||
17 | under subsections (c) and (e-5): | ||||||
18 | (1) Filing the petition. Upon becoming eligible to | ||||||
19 | petition for
the expungement or sealing of records under | ||||||
20 | this Section, the petitioner shall file a petition | ||||||
21 | requesting the expungement
or sealing of records with the | ||||||
22 | clerk of the court where the arrests occurred or the | ||||||
23 | charges were brought, or both. If arrests occurred or | ||||||
24 | charges were brought in multiple jurisdictions, a petition | ||||||
25 | must be filed in each such jurisdiction. The petitioner | ||||||
26 | shall pay the applicable fee, except no fee shall be |
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1 | required if the petitioner has obtained a court order | ||||||
2 | waiving fees under Supreme Court Rule 298 or it is | ||||||
3 | otherwise waived. | ||||||
4 | (1.5) County fee waiver pilot program.
From August 9, | ||||||
5 | 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-306) through | ||||||
6 | December 31, 2020, in a county of 3,000,000 or more | ||||||
7 | inhabitants, no fee shall be required to be paid by a | ||||||
8 | petitioner if the records sought to be expunged or sealed | ||||||
9 | were arrests resulting in release without charging or | ||||||
10 | arrests or charges not initiated by arrest resulting in | ||||||
11 | acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when the conviction | ||||||
12 | was reversed or vacated, unless excluded by subsection | ||||||
13 | (a)(3)(B). The provisions of this paragraph (1.5), other | ||||||
14 | than this sentence, are inoperative on and after January | ||||||
15 | 1, 2022. | ||||||
16 | (2) Contents of petition. The petition shall be
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17 | verified and shall contain the petitioner's name, date of
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18 | birth, current address and, for each arrest or charge not | ||||||
19 | initiated by
arrest sought to be sealed or expunged, the | ||||||
20 | case number, the date of
arrest (if any), the identity of | ||||||
21 | the arresting authority, and such
other information as the | ||||||
22 | court may require. During the pendency
of the proceeding, | ||||||
23 | the petitioner shall promptly notify the
circuit court | ||||||
24 | clerk of any change of his or her address. If the | ||||||
25 | petitioner has received a certificate of eligibility for | ||||||
26 | sealing from the Prisoner Review Board under paragraph |
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1 | (10) of subsection (a) of Section 3-3-2 of the Unified | ||||||
2 | Code of Corrections, the certificate shall be attached to | ||||||
3 | the petition. | ||||||
4 | (3) Drug test. The petitioner must attach to the | ||||||
5 | petition proof that the petitioner has passed a test taken | ||||||
6 | within 30 days before the filing of the petition showing | ||||||
7 | the absence within his or her body of all illegal | ||||||
8 | substances as defined by the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
9 | Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||||||
10 | Protection Act, and the Cannabis Control Act if he or she | ||||||
11 | is petitioning to: | ||||||
12 | (A) seal felony records under clause (c)(2)(E); | ||||||
13 | (B) seal felony records for a violation of the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the | ||||||
15 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, | ||||||
16 | or the Cannabis Control Act under clause (c)(2)(F); | ||||||
17 | (C) seal felony records under subsection (e-5); or | ||||||
18 | (D) expunge felony records of a qualified | ||||||
19 | probation under clause (b)(1)(iv). | ||||||
20 | (4) Service of petition. The circuit court clerk shall | ||||||
21 | promptly
serve a copy of the petition and documentation to | ||||||
22 | support the petition under subsection (e-5) or (e-6) on | ||||||
23 | the State's Attorney or
prosecutor charged with the duty | ||||||
24 | of prosecuting the
offense, the Illinois Department of | ||||||
25 | State Police, the arresting
agency and the chief legal | ||||||
26 | officer of the unit of local
government effecting the |
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1 | arrest. | ||||||
2 | (5) Objections. | ||||||
3 | (A) Any party entitled to notice of the petition | ||||||
4 | may file an objection to the petition. All objections | ||||||
5 | shall be in writing, shall be filed with the circuit | ||||||
6 | court clerk, and shall state with specificity the | ||||||
7 | basis of the objection. Whenever a person who has been | ||||||
8 | convicted of an offense is granted
a pardon by the | ||||||
9 | Governor which specifically authorizes expungement, an | ||||||
10 | objection to the petition may not be filed. | ||||||
11 | (B) Objections to a petition to expunge or seal | ||||||
12 | must be filed within 60 days of the date of service of | ||||||
13 | the petition. | ||||||
14 | (6) Entry of order. | ||||||
15 | (A) The Chief Judge of the circuit wherein the | ||||||
16 | charge was brought, any judge of that circuit | ||||||
17 | designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties of less | ||||||
18 | than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge | ||||||
19 | at the petitioner's trial, if any, shall rule on the | ||||||
20 | petition to expunge or seal as set forth in this | ||||||
21 | subsection (d)(6). | ||||||
22 | (B) Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Department of
State Police, the arresting | ||||||
24 | agency, or the chief legal officer
files an objection | ||||||
25 | to the petition to expunge or seal within 60 days from | ||||||
26 | the date of service of the petition, the court shall |
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1 | enter an order granting or denying the petition. | ||||||
2 | (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, | ||||||
3 | the court shall not deny a petition for sealing under | ||||||
4 | this Section because the petitioner has not satisfied | ||||||
5 | an outstanding legal financial obligation established, | ||||||
6 | imposed, or originated by a court, law enforcement | ||||||
7 | agency, or a municipal, State, county, or other unit | ||||||
8 | of local government, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
9 | any cost, assessment, fine, or fee. An outstanding | ||||||
10 | legal financial obligation does not include any court | ||||||
11 | ordered restitution to a victim under Section 5-5-6 of | ||||||
12 | the Unified Code of Corrections, unless the | ||||||
13 | restitution has been converted to a civil judgment. | ||||||
14 | Nothing in this subparagraph (C) waives, rescinds, or | ||||||
15 | abrogates a legal financial obligation or otherwise | ||||||
16 | eliminates or affects the right of the holder of any | ||||||
17 | financial obligation to pursue collection under | ||||||
18 | applicable federal, State, or local law. | ||||||
19 | (7) Hearings. If an objection is filed, the court | ||||||
20 | shall set a date for a hearing and notify the petitioner | ||||||
21 | and all parties entitled to notice of the petition of the | ||||||
22 | hearing date at least 30 days prior to the hearing. Prior | ||||||
23 | to the hearing, the State's Attorney shall consult with | ||||||
24 | the Illinois State Police Department as to the | ||||||
25 | appropriateness of the relief sought in the petition to | ||||||
26 | expunge or seal. At the hearing, the court shall hear |
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1 | evidence on whether the petition should or should not be | ||||||
2 | granted, and shall grant or deny the petition to expunge | ||||||
3 | or seal the records based on the evidence presented at the | ||||||
4 | hearing. The court may consider the following: | ||||||
5 | (A) the strength of the evidence supporting the | ||||||
6 | defendant's conviction; | ||||||
7 | (B) the reasons for retention of the conviction | ||||||
8 | records by the State; | ||||||
9 | (C) the petitioner's age, criminal record history, | ||||||
10 | and employment history; | ||||||
11 | (D) the period of time between the petitioner's | ||||||
12 | arrest on the charge resulting in the conviction and | ||||||
13 | the filing of the petition under this Section; and | ||||||
14 | (E) the specific adverse consequences the | ||||||
15 | petitioner may be subject to if the petition is | ||||||
16 | denied. | ||||||
17 | (8) Service of order. After entering an order to | ||||||
18 | expunge or
seal records, the court must provide copies of | ||||||
19 | the order to the
Illinois State Police Department , in a | ||||||
20 | form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police | ||||||
21 | Department ,
to the petitioner, to the State's Attorney or | ||||||
22 | prosecutor
charged with the duty of prosecuting the | ||||||
23 | offense, to the
arresting agency, to the chief legal | ||||||
24 | officer of the unit of
local government effecting the | ||||||
25 | arrest, and to such other
criminal justice agencies as may | ||||||
26 | be ordered by the court. |
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1 | (9) Implementation of order. | ||||||
2 | (A) Upon entry of an order to expunge records | ||||||
3 | pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) or (b)(2)(B)(ii), or | ||||||
4 | both: | ||||||
5 | (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined | ||||||
6 | in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency, | ||||||
7 | the Illinois State Police Department , and any | ||||||
8 | other agency as ordered by the court, within 60 | ||||||
9 | days of the date of service of the order, unless a | ||||||
10 | motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order | ||||||
11 | is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of subsection | ||||||
12 | (d) of this Section; | ||||||
13 | (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk | ||||||
14 | shall be impounded until further order of the | ||||||
15 | court upon good cause shown and the name of the | ||||||
16 | petitioner obliterated on the official index | ||||||
17 | required to be kept by the circuit court clerk | ||||||
18 | under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but | ||||||
19 | the order shall not affect any index issued by the | ||||||
20 | circuit court clerk before the entry of the order; | ||||||
21 | and | ||||||
22 | (iii) in response to an inquiry for expunged | ||||||
23 | records, the court, the Illinois State Police | ||||||
24 | Department , or the agency receiving such inquiry, | ||||||
25 | shall reply as it does in response to inquiries | ||||||
26 | when no records ever existed. |
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1 | (B) Upon entry of an order to expunge records | ||||||
2 | pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) or (b)(2)(C), or | ||||||
3 | both: | ||||||
4 | (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined | ||||||
5 | in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency | ||||||
6 | and any other agency as ordered by the court, | ||||||
7 | within 60 days of the date of service of the order, | ||||||
8 | unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider | ||||||
9 | the order is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of | ||||||
10 | subsection (d) of this Section; | ||||||
11 | (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk | ||||||
12 | shall be impounded until further order of the | ||||||
13 | court upon good cause shown and the name of the | ||||||
14 | petitioner obliterated on the official index | ||||||
15 | required to be kept by the circuit court clerk | ||||||
16 | under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but | ||||||
17 | the order shall not affect any index issued by the | ||||||
18 | circuit court clerk before the entry of the order; | ||||||
19 | (iii) the records shall be impounded by the
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20 | Illinois State Police Department within 60 days of | ||||||
21 | the date of service of the order as ordered by the | ||||||
22 | court, unless a motion to vacate, modify, or | ||||||
23 | reconsider the order is filed pursuant to | ||||||
24 | paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of this Section; | ||||||
25 | (iv) records impounded by the Illinois State | ||||||
26 | Police Department may be disseminated by the |
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1 | Illinois State Police Department only as required | ||||||
2 | by law or to the arresting authority, the State's | ||||||
3 | Attorney, and the court upon a later arrest for | ||||||
4 | the same or a similar offense or for the purpose of | ||||||
5 | sentencing for any subsequent felony, and to the | ||||||
6 | Department of Corrections upon conviction for any | ||||||
7 | offense; and | ||||||
8 | (v) in response to an inquiry for such records | ||||||
9 | from anyone not authorized by law to access such | ||||||
10 | records, the court, the Illinois State Police | ||||||
11 | Department , or the agency receiving such inquiry | ||||||
12 | shall reply as it does in response to inquiries | ||||||
13 | when no records ever existed. | ||||||
14 | (B-5) Upon entry of an order to expunge records | ||||||
15 | under subsection (e-6): | ||||||
16 | (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined | ||||||
17 | in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency | ||||||
18 | and any other agency as ordered by the court, | ||||||
19 | within 60 days of the date of service of the order, | ||||||
20 | unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider | ||||||
21 | the order is filed under paragraph (12) of | ||||||
22 | subsection (d) of this Section; | ||||||
23 | (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk | ||||||
24 | shall be impounded until further order of the | ||||||
25 | court upon good cause shown and the name of the | ||||||
26 | petitioner obliterated on the official index |
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1 | required to be kept by the circuit court clerk | ||||||
2 | under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but | ||||||
3 | the order shall not affect any index issued by the | ||||||
4 | circuit court clerk before the entry of the order; | ||||||
5 | (iii) the records shall be impounded by the
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6 | Illinois State Police Department within 60 days of | ||||||
7 | the date of service of the order as ordered by the | ||||||
8 | court, unless a motion to vacate, modify, or | ||||||
9 | reconsider the order is filed under paragraph (12) | ||||||
10 | of subsection (d) of this Section; | ||||||
11 | (iv) records impounded by the Illinois State | ||||||
12 | Police Department may be disseminated by the | ||||||
13 | Illinois State Police Department only as required | ||||||
14 | by law or to the arresting authority, the State's | ||||||
15 | Attorney, and the court upon a later arrest for | ||||||
16 | the same or a similar offense or for the purpose of | ||||||
17 | sentencing for any subsequent felony, and to the | ||||||
18 | Department of Corrections upon conviction for any | ||||||
19 | offense; and | ||||||
20 | (v) in response to an inquiry for these | ||||||
21 | records from anyone not authorized by law to | ||||||
22 | access the records, the court, the Illinois State | ||||||
23 | Police Department , or the agency receiving the | ||||||
24 | inquiry shall reply as it does in response to | ||||||
25 | inquiries when no records ever existed. | ||||||
26 | (C) Upon entry of an order to seal records under |
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1 | subsection
(c), the arresting agency, any other agency | ||||||
2 | as ordered by the court, the Illinois State Police | ||||||
3 | Department , and the court shall seal the records (as | ||||||
4 | defined in subsection (a)(1)(K)). In response to an | ||||||
5 | inquiry for such records, from anyone not authorized | ||||||
6 | by law to access such records, the court, the Illinois | ||||||
7 | State Police Department , or the agency receiving such | ||||||
8 | inquiry shall reply as it does in response to | ||||||
9 | inquiries when no records ever existed. | ||||||
10 | (D) The Illinois State Police Department shall | ||||||
11 | send written notice to the petitioner of its | ||||||
12 | compliance with each order to expunge or seal records | ||||||
13 | within 60 days of the date of service of that order or, | ||||||
14 | if a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider is filed, | ||||||
15 | within 60 days of service of the order resolving the | ||||||
16 | motion, if that order requires the Illinois State | ||||||
17 | Police Department to expunge or seal records. In the | ||||||
18 | event of an appeal from the circuit court order, the | ||||||
19 | Illinois State Police Department shall send written | ||||||
20 | notice to the petitioner of its compliance with an | ||||||
21 | Appellate Court or Supreme Court judgment to expunge | ||||||
22 | or seal records within 60 days of the issuance of the | ||||||
23 | court's mandate. The notice is not required while any | ||||||
24 | motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider, or any appeal | ||||||
25 | or petition for discretionary appellate review, is | ||||||
26 | pending. |
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1 | (E) Upon motion, the court may order that a sealed | ||||||
2 | judgment or other court record necessary to | ||||||
3 | demonstrate the amount of any legal financial | ||||||
4 | obligation due and owing be made available for the | ||||||
5 | limited purpose of collecting any legal financial | ||||||
6 | obligations owed by the petitioner that were | ||||||
7 | established, imposed, or originated in the criminal | ||||||
8 | proceeding for which those records have been sealed. | ||||||
9 | The records made available under this subparagraph (E) | ||||||
10 | shall not be entered into the official index required | ||||||
11 | to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 | ||||||
12 | of the Clerks of Courts Act and shall be immediately | ||||||
13 | re-impounded upon the collection of the outstanding | ||||||
14 | financial obligations. | ||||||
15 | (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
16 | Section, a circuit court clerk may access a sealed | ||||||
17 | record for the limited purpose of collecting payment | ||||||
18 | for any legal financial obligations that were | ||||||
19 | established, imposed, or originated in the criminal | ||||||
20 | proceedings for which those records have been sealed. | ||||||
21 | (10) Fees. The Illinois State Police Department may | ||||||
22 | charge the petitioner a fee equivalent to the cost of | ||||||
23 | processing any order to expunge or seal records. | ||||||
24 | Notwithstanding any provision of the Clerks of Courts Act | ||||||
25 | to the contrary, the circuit court clerk may charge a fee | ||||||
26 | equivalent to the cost associated with the sealing or |
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1 | expungement of records by the circuit court clerk. From | ||||||
2 | the total filing fee collected for the petition to seal or | ||||||
3 | expunge, the circuit court clerk shall deposit $10 into | ||||||
4 | the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund, | ||||||
5 | to be used to offset the costs incurred by the circuit | ||||||
6 | court clerk in performing the additional duties required | ||||||
7 | to serve the petition to seal or expunge on all parties. | ||||||
8 | The circuit court clerk shall collect and remit the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Department of State Police portion of the fee to | ||||||
10 | the State Treasurer and it shall be deposited in the State | ||||||
11 | Police Services Fund. If the record brought under an | ||||||
12 | expungement petition was previously sealed under this | ||||||
13 | Section, the fee for the expungement petition for that | ||||||
14 | same record shall be waived. | ||||||
15 | (11) Final Order. No court order issued under the | ||||||
16 | expungement or sealing provisions of this Section shall | ||||||
17 | become final for purposes of appeal until 30 days after | ||||||
18 | service of the order on the petitioner and all parties | ||||||
19 | entitled to notice of the petition. | ||||||
20 | (12) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. Under | ||||||
21 | Section 2-1203 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the | ||||||
22 | petitioner or any party entitled to notice may file a | ||||||
23 | motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order granting | ||||||
24 | or denying the petition to expunge or seal within 60 days | ||||||
25 | of service of the order. If filed more than 60 days after | ||||||
26 | service of the order, a petition to vacate, modify, or |
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1 | reconsider shall comply with subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
2 | 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Upon filing of a | ||||||
3 | motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider, notice of the | ||||||
4 | motion shall be served upon the petitioner and all parties | ||||||
5 | entitled to notice of the petition. | ||||||
6 | (13) Effect of Order. An order granting a petition | ||||||
7 | under the expungement or sealing provisions of this | ||||||
8 | Section shall not be considered void because it fails to | ||||||
9 | comply with the provisions of this Section or because of | ||||||
10 | any error asserted in a motion to vacate, modify, or | ||||||
11 | reconsider. The circuit court retains jurisdiction to | ||||||
12 | determine whether the order is voidable and to vacate, | ||||||
13 | modify, or reconsider its terms based on a motion filed | ||||||
14 | under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d). | ||||||
15 | (14) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to Seal | ||||||
16 | Records. Unless a court has entered a stay of an order | ||||||
17 | granting a petition to seal, all parties entitled to | ||||||
18 | notice of the petition must fully comply with the terms of | ||||||
19 | the order within 60 days of service of the order even if a | ||||||
20 | party is seeking relief from the order through a motion | ||||||
21 | filed under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d) or is | ||||||
22 | appealing the order. | ||||||
23 | (15) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to | ||||||
24 | Expunge Records. While a party is seeking relief from the | ||||||
25 | order granting the petition to expunge through a motion | ||||||
26 | filed under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d) or is |
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1 | appealing the order, and unless a court has entered a stay | ||||||
2 | of that order, the parties entitled to notice of the | ||||||
3 | petition must seal, but need not expunge, the records | ||||||
4 | until there is a final order on the motion for relief or, | ||||||
5 | in the case of an appeal, the issuance of that court's | ||||||
6 | mandate. | ||||||
7 | (16) The changes to this subsection (d) made by Public | ||||||
8 | Act 98-163 apply to all petitions pending on August 5, | ||||||
9 | 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-163) and to all | ||||||
10 | orders ruling on a petition to expunge or seal on or after | ||||||
11 | August 5, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-163). | ||||||
12 | (e) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense | ||||||
13 | is granted
a pardon by the Governor which specifically | ||||||
14 | authorizes expungement, he or she may,
upon verified petition | ||||||
15 | to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had
been | ||||||
16 | convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief | ||||||
17 | Judge, or in
counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the | ||||||
18 | presiding trial judge at the
defendant's trial, have a court | ||||||
19 | order entered expunging the record of
arrest from the official | ||||||
20 | records of the arresting authority and order that the
records | ||||||
21 | of the circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police | ||||||
22 | Department be sealed until
further order of the court upon | ||||||
23 | good cause shown or as otherwise provided
herein, and the name | ||||||
24 | of the defendant obliterated from the official index
requested | ||||||
25 | to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the | ||||||
26 | Clerks
of Courts Act in connection with the arrest and |
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1 | conviction for the offense for
which he or she had been | ||||||
2 | pardoned but the order shall not affect any index issued by
the | ||||||
3 | circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. All records | ||||||
4 | sealed by
the Illinois State Police Department may be | ||||||
5 | disseminated by the Illinois State Police Department only to | ||||||
6 | the arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court | ||||||
7 | upon a later
arrest for the same or similar offense or for the | ||||||
8 | purpose of sentencing for any
subsequent felony. Upon | ||||||
9 | conviction for any subsequent offense, the Department
of | ||||||
10 | Corrections shall have access to all sealed records of the | ||||||
11 | Illinois State Police Department
pertaining to that | ||||||
12 | individual. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the
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13 | circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of the order to | ||||||
14 | the
person who was pardoned. | ||||||
15 | (e-5) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an | ||||||
16 | offense is granted a certificate of eligibility for sealing by | ||||||
17 | the Prisoner Review Board which specifically authorizes | ||||||
18 | sealing, he or she may, upon verified petition to the Chief | ||||||
19 | Judge of the circuit where the person had been convicted, any | ||||||
20 | judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in | ||||||
21 | counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding | ||||||
22 | trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court order | ||||||
23 | entered sealing the record of arrest from the official records | ||||||
24 | of the arresting authority and order that the records of the | ||||||
25 | circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police Department | ||||||
26 | be sealed until further order of the court upon good cause |
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1 | shown or as otherwise provided herein, and the name of the | ||||||
2 | petitioner obliterated from the official index requested to be | ||||||
3 | kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks | ||||||
4 | of Courts Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for | ||||||
5 | the offense for which he or she had been granted the | ||||||
6 | certificate but the order shall not affect any index issued by | ||||||
7 | the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. All | ||||||
8 | records sealed by the Illinois State Police Department may be | ||||||
9 | disseminated by the Illinois State Police Department only as | ||||||
10 | required by this Act or to the arresting authority, a law | ||||||
11 | enforcement agency, the State's Attorney, and the court upon a | ||||||
12 | later arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose | ||||||
13 | of sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon conviction for | ||||||
14 | any subsequent offense, the Department of Corrections shall | ||||||
15 | have access to all sealed records of the Illinois State Police | ||||||
16 | Department pertaining to that individual. Upon entry of the | ||||||
17 | order of sealing, the circuit court clerk shall promptly mail | ||||||
18 | a copy of the order to the person who was granted the | ||||||
19 | certificate of eligibility for sealing. | ||||||
20 | (e-6) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an | ||||||
21 | offense is granted a certificate of eligibility for | ||||||
22 | expungement by the Prisoner Review Board which specifically | ||||||
23 | authorizes expungement, he or she may, upon verified petition | ||||||
24 | to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had been | ||||||
25 | convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief | ||||||
26 | Judge, or in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the |
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1 | presiding trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court | ||||||
2 | order entered expunging the record of arrest from the official | ||||||
3 | records of the arresting authority and order that the records | ||||||
4 | of the circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police | ||||||
5 | Department be sealed until further order of the court upon | ||||||
6 | good cause shown or as otherwise provided herein, and the name | ||||||
7 | of the petitioner obliterated from the official index | ||||||
8 | requested to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section | ||||||
9 | 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act in connection with the arrest | ||||||
10 | and conviction for the offense for which he or she had been | ||||||
11 | granted the certificate but the order shall not affect any | ||||||
12 | index issued by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the | ||||||
13 | order. All records sealed by the Illinois State Police | ||||||
14 | Department may be disseminated by the Illinois State Police | ||||||
15 | Department only as required by this Act or to the arresting | ||||||
16 | authority, a law enforcement agency, the State's Attorney, and | ||||||
17 | the court upon a later arrest for the same or similar offense | ||||||
18 | or for the purpose of sentencing for any subsequent felony. | ||||||
19 | Upon conviction for any subsequent offense, the Department of | ||||||
20 | Corrections shall have access to all expunged records of the | ||||||
21 | Illinois State Police Department pertaining to that | ||||||
22 | individual. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the | ||||||
23 | circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of the order to | ||||||
24 | the person who was granted the certificate of eligibility for | ||||||
25 | expungement. | ||||||
26 | (f) Subject to available funding, the Illinois Department
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1 | of Corrections shall conduct a study of the impact of sealing,
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2 | especially on employment and recidivism rates, utilizing a
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3 | random sample of those who apply for the sealing of their
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4 | criminal records under Public Act 93-211. At the request of | ||||||
5 | the
Illinois Department of Corrections, records of the | ||||||
6 | Illinois
Department of Employment Security shall be utilized | ||||||
7 | as
appropriate to assist in the study. The study shall not
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8 | disclose any data in a manner that would allow the
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9 | identification of any particular individual or employing unit.
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10 | The study shall be made available to the General Assembly no
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11 | later than September 1, 2010.
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12 | (g) Immediate Sealing. | ||||||
13 | (1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision | ||||||
14 | of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any | ||||||
15 | rights to expungement or sealing of criminal records, this | ||||||
16 | subsection authorizes the immediate sealing of criminal | ||||||
17 | records of adults and of minors prosecuted as adults. | ||||||
18 | (2) Eligible Records. | ||||||
19 | (A) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||||||
20 | resulting in acquittal or dismissal with prejudice, | ||||||
21 | except as excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B), that occur | ||||||
22 | on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of | ||||||
23 | Public Act 100-282), may be sealed immediately if the | ||||||
24 | petition is filed with the circuit court clerk on the | ||||||
25 | same day and during the same hearing in which the case | ||||||
26 | is disposed. |
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1 | (B) Arrests or charges, relating to sidewalk | ||||||
2 | vending that occurred on or before the effective date | ||||||
3 | of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly | ||||||
4 | that would not have occurred had the Sidewalk Vendor | ||||||
5 | Access Act been in effect at the time of the offense, | ||||||
6 | may be sealed immediately upon granting of a petition | ||||||
7 | under Section 30 of the Sidewalk Vendor Access Act. | ||||||
8 | (3) When Records are Eligible to be Immediately | ||||||
9 | Sealed. Eligible records under paragraph (2) of this | ||||||
10 | subsection (g) may be sealed immediately after entry of | ||||||
11 | the final disposition of a case, notwithstanding the | ||||||
12 | disposition of other charges in the same case. | ||||||
13 | (4) Notice of Eligibility for Immediate Sealing. Upon | ||||||
14 | entry of a disposition for an eligible record under this | ||||||
15 | subsection (g), the defendant shall be informed by the | ||||||
16 | court of his or her right to have eligible records | ||||||
17 | immediately sealed and the procedure for the immediate | ||||||
18 | sealing of these records. | ||||||
19 | (5) Procedure. The following procedures apply to | ||||||
20 | immediate sealing under this subsection (g) , except for | ||||||
21 | records under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of this | ||||||
22 | subsection (g) . | ||||||
23 | (A) Filing the Petition. Upon entry of the final | ||||||
24 | disposition of the case, the defendant's attorney may | ||||||
25 | immediately petition the court, on behalf of the | ||||||
26 | defendant, for immediate sealing of eligible records |
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1 | under paragraph (2) of this subsection (g) that are | ||||||
2 | entered on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective | ||||||
3 | date of Public Act 100-282). The immediate sealing | ||||||
4 | petition may be filed with the circuit court clerk | ||||||
5 | during the hearing in which the final disposition of | ||||||
6 | the case is entered. If the defendant's attorney does | ||||||
7 | not file the petition for immediate sealing during the | ||||||
8 | hearing, the defendant may file a petition for sealing | ||||||
9 | at any time as authorized under subsection (c)(3)(A). | ||||||
10 | (B) Contents of Petition. The immediate sealing | ||||||
11 | petition shall be verified and shall contain the | ||||||
12 | petitioner's name, date of birth, current address, and | ||||||
13 | for each eligible record, the case number, the date of | ||||||
14 | arrest if applicable, the identity of the arresting | ||||||
15 | authority if applicable, and other information as the | ||||||
16 | court may require. | ||||||
17 | (C) Drug Test. The petitioner shall not be | ||||||
18 | required to attach proof that he or she has passed a | ||||||
19 | drug test. | ||||||
20 | (D) Service of Petition. A copy of the petition | ||||||
21 | shall be served on the State's Attorney in open court. | ||||||
22 | The petitioner shall not be required to serve a copy of | ||||||
23 | the petition on any other agency. | ||||||
24 | (E) Entry of Order. The presiding trial judge | ||||||
25 | shall enter an order granting or denying the petition | ||||||
26 | for immediate sealing during the hearing in which it |
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1 | is filed. Petitions for immediate sealing shall be | ||||||
2 | ruled on in the same hearing in which the final | ||||||
3 | disposition of the case is entered. | ||||||
4 | (F) Hearings. The court shall hear the petition | ||||||
5 | for immediate sealing on the same day and during the | ||||||
6 | same hearing in which the disposition is rendered. | ||||||
7 | (G) Service of Order. An order to immediately seal | ||||||
8 | eligible records shall be served in conformance with | ||||||
9 | subsection (d)(8). | ||||||
10 | (H) Implementation of Order. An order to | ||||||
11 | immediately seal records shall be implemented in | ||||||
12 | conformance with subsections (d)(9)(C) and (d)(9)(D). | ||||||
13 | (I) Fees. The fee imposed by the circuit court | ||||||
14 | clerk and the Illinois Department of State Police | ||||||
15 | shall comply with paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of | ||||||
16 | this Section. | ||||||
17 | (J) Final Order. No court order issued under this | ||||||
18 | subsection (g) shall become final for purposes of | ||||||
19 | appeal until 30 days after service of the order on the | ||||||
20 | petitioner and all parties entitled to service of the | ||||||
21 | order in conformance with subsection (d)(8). | ||||||
22 | (K) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. Under | ||||||
23 | Section 2-1203 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the | ||||||
24 | petitioner, State's Attorney, or the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Department of State Police may file a motion to | ||||||
26 | vacate, modify, or reconsider the order denying the |
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1 | petition to immediately seal within 60 days of service | ||||||
2 | of the order. If filed more than 60 days after service | ||||||
3 | of the order, a petition to vacate, modify, or | ||||||
4 | reconsider shall comply with subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
5 | 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure. | ||||||
6 | (L) Effect of Order. An order granting an | ||||||
7 | immediate sealing petition shall not be considered | ||||||
8 | void because it fails to comply with the provisions of | ||||||
9 | this Section or because of an error asserted in a | ||||||
10 | motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider. The circuit | ||||||
11 | court retains jurisdiction to determine whether the | ||||||
12 | order is voidable, and to vacate, modify, or | ||||||
13 | reconsider its terms based on a motion filed under | ||||||
14 | subparagraph (L) of this subsection (g). | ||||||
15 | (M) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to | ||||||
16 | Seal Records. Unless a court has entered a stay of an | ||||||
17 | order granting a petition to immediately seal, all | ||||||
18 | parties entitled to service of the order must fully | ||||||
19 | comply with the terms of the order within 60 days of | ||||||
20 | service of the order. | ||||||
21 | (h) Sealing; trafficking victims. | ||||||
22 | (1) A trafficking victim as defined by paragraph (10) | ||||||
23 | of subsection (a) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
24 | 2012 shall be eligible to petition for immediate sealing | ||||||
25 | of his or her criminal record upon the completion of his or | ||||||
26 | her last sentence if his or her participation in the |
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1 | underlying offense was a direct result of human | ||||||
2 | trafficking under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
3 | 2012 or a severe form of trafficking under the federal | ||||||
4 | Trafficking Victims Protection Act. | ||||||
5 | (2) A petitioner under this subsection (h), in | ||||||
6 | addition to the requirements provided under paragraph (4) | ||||||
7 | of subsection (d) of this Section, shall include in his or | ||||||
8 | her petition a clear and concise statement that: (A) he or | ||||||
9 | she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the | ||||||
10 | offense; and (B) that his or her participation in the | ||||||
11 | offense was a direct result of human trafficking under | ||||||
12 | Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a severe form | ||||||
13 | of trafficking under the federal Trafficking Victims | ||||||
14 | Protection Act. | ||||||
15 | (3) If an objection is filed alleging that the | ||||||
16 | petitioner is not entitled to immediate sealing under this | ||||||
17 | subsection (h), the court shall conduct a hearing under | ||||||
18 | paragraph (7) of subsection (d) of this Section and the | ||||||
19 | court shall determine whether the petitioner is entitled | ||||||
20 | to immediate sealing under this subsection (h). A | ||||||
21 | petitioner is eligible for immediate relief under this | ||||||
22 | subsection (h) if he or she shows, by a preponderance of | ||||||
23 | the evidence, that: (A) he or she was a victim of human | ||||||
24 | trafficking at the time of the offense; and (B) that his or | ||||||
25 | her participation in the offense was a direct result of | ||||||
26 | human trafficking under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code |
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1 | of 2012 or a severe form of trafficking under the federal | ||||||
2 | Trafficking Victims Protection Act. | ||||||
3 | (i) Minor Cannabis Offenses under the Cannabis Control | ||||||
4 | Act. | ||||||
5 | (1) Expungement of Arrest Records of Minor Cannabis | ||||||
6 | Offenses. | ||||||
7 | (A) The Illinois Department of State Police and | ||||||
8 | all law enforcement agencies within the State shall | ||||||
9 | automatically expunge all criminal history records of | ||||||
10 | an arrest, charge not initiated by arrest, order of | ||||||
11 | supervision, or order of qualified probation for a | ||||||
12 | Minor Cannabis Offense committed prior to June 25, | ||||||
13 | 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) if: | ||||||
14 | (i) One year or more has elapsed since the | ||||||
15 | date of the arrest or law enforcement interaction | ||||||
16 | documented in the records; and | ||||||
17 | (ii) No criminal charges were filed relating | ||||||
18 | to the arrest or law enforcement interaction or | ||||||
19 | criminal charges were filed and subsequently | ||||||
20 | dismissed or vacated or the arrestee was | ||||||
21 | acquitted. | ||||||
22 | (B) If the law enforcement agency is unable to | ||||||
23 | verify satisfaction of condition (ii) in paragraph | ||||||
24 | (A), records that satisfy condition (i) in paragraph | ||||||
25 | (A) shall be automatically expunged. | ||||||
26 | (C) Records shall be expunged by the law |
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1 | enforcement agency under the following timelines: | ||||||
2 | (i) Records created prior to June 25, 2019 | ||||||
3 | (the effective date of Public Act 101-27), but on | ||||||
4 | or after January 1, 2013, shall be automatically | ||||||
5 | expunged prior to January 1, 2021; | ||||||
6 | (ii) Records created prior to January 1, 2013, | ||||||
7 | but on or after January 1, 2000, shall be | ||||||
8 | automatically expunged prior to January 1, 2023; | ||||||
9 | (iii) Records created prior to January 1, 2000 | ||||||
10 | shall be automatically expunged prior to January | ||||||
11 | 1, 2025. | ||||||
12 | In response to an inquiry for expunged records, | ||||||
13 | the law enforcement agency receiving such inquiry | ||||||
14 | shall reply as it does in response to inquiries when no | ||||||
15 | records ever existed; however, it shall provide a | ||||||
16 | certificate of disposition or confirmation that the | ||||||
17 | record was expunged to the individual whose record was | ||||||
18 | expunged if such a record exists. | ||||||
19 | (D) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
20 | restrict or modify an individual's right to have that | ||||||
21 | individual's records expunged except as otherwise may | ||||||
22 | be provided in this Act, or diminish or abrogate any | ||||||
23 | rights or remedies otherwise available to the | ||||||
24 | individual. | ||||||
25 | (2) Pardons Authorizing Expungement of Minor Cannabis | ||||||
26 | Offenses. |
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1 | (A) Upon June 25, 2019 (the effective date of | ||||||
2 | Public Act 101-27), the Department of State Police | ||||||
3 | shall review all criminal history record information | ||||||
4 | and identify all records that meet all of the | ||||||
5 | following criteria: | ||||||
6 | (i) one or more convictions for a Minor | ||||||
7 | Cannabis Offense; | ||||||
8 | (ii) the conviction identified in paragraph | ||||||
9 | (2)(A)(i) did not include a penalty enhancement | ||||||
10 | under Section 7 of the Cannabis Control Act; and | ||||||
11 | (iii) the conviction identified in paragraph | ||||||
12 | (2)(A)(i) is not associated with a conviction for | ||||||
13 | a violent crime as defined in subsection (c) of | ||||||
14 | Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and | ||||||
15 | Witnesses Act. | ||||||
16 | (B) Within 180 days after June 25, 2019 (the | ||||||
17 | effective date of Public Act 101-27), the Department | ||||||
18 | of State Police shall notify the Prisoner Review Board | ||||||
19 | of all such records that meet the criteria established | ||||||
20 | in paragraph (2)(A). | ||||||
21 | (i) The Prisoner Review Board shall notify the | ||||||
22 | State's Attorney of the county of conviction of | ||||||
23 | each record identified by State Police in | ||||||
24 | paragraph (2)(A) that is classified as a Class 4 | ||||||
25 | felony. The State's Attorney may provide a written | ||||||
26 | objection to the Prisoner Review Board on the sole |
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1 | basis that the record identified does not meet the | ||||||
2 | criteria established in paragraph (2)(A). Such an | ||||||
3 | objection must be filed within 60 days or by such | ||||||
4 | later date set by the Prisoner Review Board in the | ||||||
5 | notice after the State's Attorney received notice | ||||||
6 | from the Prisoner Review Board. | ||||||
7 | (ii) In response to a written objection from a | ||||||
8 | State's Attorney, the Prisoner Review Board is | ||||||
9 | authorized to conduct a non-public hearing to | ||||||
10 | evaluate the information provided in the | ||||||
11 | objection. | ||||||
12 | (iii) The Prisoner Review Board shall make a | ||||||
13 | confidential and privileged recommendation to the | ||||||
14 | Governor as to whether to grant a pardon | ||||||
15 | authorizing expungement for each of the records | ||||||
16 | identified by the Department of State Police as | ||||||
17 | described in paragraph (2)(A). | ||||||
18 | (C) If an individual has been granted a pardon | ||||||
19 | authorizing expungement as described in this Section, | ||||||
20 | the Prisoner Review Board, through the Attorney | ||||||
21 | General, shall file a petition for expungement with | ||||||
22 | the Chief Judge of the circuit or any judge of the | ||||||
23 | circuit designated by the Chief Judge where the | ||||||
24 | individual had been convicted. Such petition may | ||||||
25 | include more than one individual. Whenever an | ||||||
26 | individual who has been convicted of an offense is |
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1 | granted a pardon by the Governor that specifically | ||||||
2 | authorizes expungement, an objection to the petition | ||||||
3 | may not be filed. Petitions to expunge under this | ||||||
4 | subsection (i) may include more than one individual. | ||||||
5 | Within 90 days of the filing of such a petition, the | ||||||
6 | court shall enter an order expunging the records of | ||||||
7 | arrest from the official records of the arresting | ||||||
8 | authority and order that the records of the circuit | ||||||
9 | court clerk and the Illinois Department of State | ||||||
10 | Police be expunged and the name of the defendant | ||||||
11 | obliterated from the official index requested to be | ||||||
12 | kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the | ||||||
13 | Clerks of Courts Act in connection with the arrest and | ||||||
14 | conviction for the offense for which the individual | ||||||
15 | had received a pardon but the order shall not affect | ||||||
16 | any index issued by the circuit court clerk before the | ||||||
17 | entry of the order. Upon entry of the order of | ||||||
18 | expungement, the circuit court clerk shall promptly | ||||||
19 | provide a copy of the order and a certificate of | ||||||
20 | disposition to the individual who was pardoned to the | ||||||
21 | individual's last known address or by electronic means | ||||||
22 | (if available) or otherwise make it available to the | ||||||
23 | individual upon request. | ||||||
24 | (D) Nothing in this Section is intended to | ||||||
25 | diminish or abrogate any rights or remedies otherwise | ||||||
26 | available to the individual. |
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1 | (3) Any individual may file a motion to vacate and | ||||||
2 | expunge a conviction for a misdemeanor or Class 4 felony | ||||||
3 | violation of Section 4 or Section 5 of the Cannabis | ||||||
4 | Control Act. Motions to vacate and expunge under this | ||||||
5 | subsection (i) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief | ||||||
6 | Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit | ||||||
7 | designated by the Chief Judge. The circuit court clerk | ||||||
8 | shall promptly serve a copy of the motion to vacate and | ||||||
9 | expunge, and any supporting documentation, on the State's | ||||||
10 | Attorney or prosecutor charged with the duty of | ||||||
11 | prosecuting the offense. When considering such a motion to | ||||||
12 | vacate and expunge, a court shall consider the following: | ||||||
13 | the reasons to retain the records provided by law | ||||||
14 | enforcement, the petitioner's age, the petitioner's age at | ||||||
15 | the time of offense, the time since the conviction, and | ||||||
16 | the specific adverse consequences if denied. An individual | ||||||
17 | may file such a petition after the completion of any | ||||||
18 | non-financial sentence or non-financial condition imposed | ||||||
19 | by the conviction. Within 60 days of the filing of such | ||||||
20 | motion, a State's Attorney may file an objection to such a | ||||||
21 | petition along with supporting evidence. If a motion to | ||||||
22 | vacate and expunge is granted, the records shall be | ||||||
23 | expunged in accordance with subparagraphs (d)(8) and | ||||||
24 | (d)(9)(A) of this Section. An agency providing civil legal | ||||||
25 | aid, as defined by Section 15 of the Public Interest | ||||||
26 | Attorney Assistance Act, assisting individuals seeking to |
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1 | file a motion to vacate and expunge under this subsection | ||||||
2 | may file motions to vacate and expunge with the Chief | ||||||
3 | Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit | ||||||
4 | designated by the Chief Judge, and the motion may include | ||||||
5 | more than one individual. Motions filed by an agency | ||||||
6 | providing civil legal aid concerning more than one | ||||||
7 | individual may be prepared, presented, and signed | ||||||
8 | electronically. | ||||||
9 | (4) Any State's Attorney may file a motion to vacate | ||||||
10 | and expunge a conviction for a misdemeanor or Class 4 | ||||||
11 | felony violation of Section 4 or Section 5 of the Cannabis | ||||||
12 | Control Act. Motions to vacate and expunge under this | ||||||
13 | subsection (i) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief | ||||||
14 | Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit | ||||||
15 | designated by the Chief Judge, and may include more than | ||||||
16 | one individual. Motions filed by a State's Attorney | ||||||
17 | concerning more than one individual may be prepared, | ||||||
18 | presented, and signed electronically. When considering | ||||||
19 | such a motion to vacate and expunge, a court shall | ||||||
20 | consider the following: the reasons to retain the records | ||||||
21 | provided by law enforcement, the individual's age, the | ||||||
22 | individual's age at the time of offense, the time since | ||||||
23 | the conviction, and the specific adverse consequences if | ||||||
24 | denied. Upon entry of an order granting a motion to vacate | ||||||
25 | and expunge records pursuant to this Section, the State's | ||||||
26 | Attorney shall notify the Prisoner Review Board within 30 |
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1 | days. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the circuit | ||||||
2 | court clerk shall promptly provide a copy of the order and | ||||||
3 | a certificate of disposition to the individual whose | ||||||
4 | records will be expunged to the individual's last known | ||||||
5 | address or by electronic means (if available) or otherwise | ||||||
6 | make available to the individual upon request. If a motion | ||||||
7 | to vacate and expunge is granted, the records shall be | ||||||
8 | expunged in accordance with subparagraphs (d)(8) and | ||||||
9 | (d)(9)(A) of this Section. | ||||||
10 | (5) In the public interest, the State's Attorney of a | ||||||
11 | county has standing to file motions to vacate and expunge | ||||||
12 | pursuant to this Section in the circuit court with | ||||||
13 | jurisdiction over the underlying conviction. | ||||||
14 | (6) If a person is arrested for a Minor Cannabis | ||||||
15 | Offense as defined in this Section before June 25, 2019 | ||||||
16 | (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) and the person's | ||||||
17 | case is still pending but a sentence has not been imposed, | ||||||
18 | the person may petition the court in which the charges are | ||||||
19 | pending for an order to summarily dismiss those charges | ||||||
20 | against him or her, and expunge all official records of | ||||||
21 | his or her arrest, plea, trial, conviction, incarceration, | ||||||
22 | supervision, or expungement. If the court determines, upon | ||||||
23 | review, that:
(A) the person was arrested before June 25, | ||||||
24 | 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) for an | ||||||
25 | offense that has been made eligible for expungement;
(B) | ||||||
26 | the case is pending at the time; and
(C) the person has not |
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1 | been sentenced of the minor cannabis violation eligible | ||||||
2 | for expungement under this subsection, the court shall | ||||||
3 | consider the following: the reasons to retain the records | ||||||
4 | provided by law enforcement, the petitioner's age, the | ||||||
5 | petitioner's age at the time of offense, the time since | ||||||
6 | the conviction, and the specific adverse consequences if | ||||||
7 | denied. If a motion to dismiss and expunge is granted, the | ||||||
8 | records shall be expunged in accordance with subparagraph | ||||||
9 | (d)(9)(A) of this Section. | ||||||
10 | (7) A person imprisoned solely as a result of one or | ||||||
11 | more convictions for Minor Cannabis Offenses under this | ||||||
12 | subsection (i) shall be released from incarceration upon | ||||||
13 | the issuance of an order under this subsection. | ||||||
14 | (8) The Illinois Department of State Police shall | ||||||
15 | allow a person to use the access and review process, | ||||||
16 | established in the Illinois Department of State Police, | ||||||
17 | for verifying that his or her records relating to Minor | ||||||
18 | Cannabis Offenses of the Cannabis Control Act eligible | ||||||
19 | under this Section have been expunged. | ||||||
20 | (9) No conviction vacated pursuant to this Section | ||||||
21 | shall serve as the basis for damages for time unjustly | ||||||
22 | served as provided in the Court of Claims Act. | ||||||
23 | (10) Effect of Expungement. A person's right to | ||||||
24 | expunge an expungeable offense shall not be limited under | ||||||
25 | this Section. The effect of an order of expungement shall | ||||||
26 | be to restore the person to the status he or she occupied |
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1 | before the arrest, charge, or conviction. | ||||||
2 | (11) Information. The Illinois Department of State | ||||||
3 | Police shall post general information on its website about | ||||||
4 | the expungement process described in this subsection (i). | ||||||
5 | (j) Felony Prostitution Convictions. | ||||||
6 | (1) Any individual may file a motion to vacate and | ||||||
7 | expunge a conviction for a prior Class 4 felony violation | ||||||
8 | of prostitution. Motions to vacate and expunge under this | ||||||
9 | subsection (j) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief | ||||||
10 | Judge of a judicial circuit, or any judge of the circuit | ||||||
11 | designated by the Chief Judge. When considering the motion | ||||||
12 | to vacate and expunge, a court shall consider the | ||||||
13 | following: | ||||||
14 | (A) the reasons to retain the records provided by | ||||||
15 | law enforcement; | ||||||
16 | (B) the petitioner's age; | ||||||
17 | (C) the petitioner's age at the time of offense; | ||||||
18 | and | ||||||
19 | (D) the time since the conviction, and the | ||||||
20 | specific adverse consequences if denied. An individual | ||||||
21 | may file the petition after the completion of any | ||||||
22 | sentence or condition imposed by the conviction. | ||||||
23 | Within 60 days of the filing of the motion, a State's | ||||||
24 | Attorney may file an objection to the petition along | ||||||
25 | with supporting evidence. If a motion to vacate and | ||||||
26 | expunge is granted, the records shall be expunged in |
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1 | accordance with subparagraph (d)(9)(A) of this | ||||||
2 | Section. An agency providing civil legal aid, as | ||||||
3 | defined in Section 15 of the Public Interest Attorney | ||||||
4 | Assistance Act, assisting individuals seeking to file | ||||||
5 | a motion to vacate and expunge under this subsection | ||||||
6 | may file motions to vacate and expunge with the Chief | ||||||
7 | Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit | ||||||
8 | designated by the Chief Judge, and the motion may | ||||||
9 | include more than one individual. | ||||||
10 | (2) Any State's Attorney may file a motion to vacate | ||||||
11 | and expunge a conviction for a Class 4 felony violation of | ||||||
12 | prostitution. Motions to vacate and expunge under this | ||||||
13 | subsection (j) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief | ||||||
14 | Judge of a judicial circuit, or any judge of the circuit | ||||||
15 | court designated by the Chief Judge, and may include more | ||||||
16 | than one individual. When considering the motion to vacate | ||||||
17 | and expunge, a court shall consider the following reasons: | ||||||
18 | (A) the reasons to retain the records provided by | ||||||
19 | law enforcement; | ||||||
20 | (B) the petitioner's age; | ||||||
21 | (C) the petitioner's age at the time of offense; | ||||||
22 | (D) the time since the conviction; and | ||||||
23 | (E) the specific adverse consequences if denied. | ||||||
24 | If the State's Attorney files a motion to vacate and | ||||||
25 | expunge records for felony prostitution convictions | ||||||
26 | pursuant to this Section, the State's Attorney shall |
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1 | notify the Prisoner Review Board within 30 days of the | ||||||
2 | filing. If a motion to vacate and expunge is granted, the | ||||||
3 | records shall be expunged in accordance with subparagraph | ||||||
4 | (d)(9)(A) of this Section. | ||||||
5 | (3) In the public interest, the State's Attorney of a | ||||||
6 | county has standing to file motions to vacate and expunge | ||||||
7 | pursuant to this Section in the circuit court with | ||||||
8 | jurisdiction over the underlying conviction. | ||||||
9 | (4) The Illinois State Police shall allow a person to | ||||||
10 | a use the access and review process, established in the | ||||||
11 | Illinois State Police, for verifying that his or her | ||||||
12 | records relating to felony prostitution eligible under | ||||||
13 | this Section have been expunged. | ||||||
14 | (5) No conviction vacated pursuant to this Section | ||||||
15 | shall serve as the basis for damages for time unjustly | ||||||
16 | served as provided in the Court of Claims Act. | ||||||
17 | (6) Effect of Expungement. A person's right to expunge | ||||||
18 | an expungeable offense shall not be limited under this | ||||||
19 | Section. The effect of an order of expungement shall be to | ||||||
20 | restore the person to the status he or she occupied before | ||||||
21 | the arrest, charge, or conviction. | ||||||
22 | (7) Information. The Illinois State Police shall post | ||||||
23 | general information on its website about the expungement | ||||||
24 | process described in this subsection (j). | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | ||||||
26 | 101-159, eff. 1-1-20; 101-306, eff. 8-9-19; 101-593, eff. |
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1 | 12-4-19; 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-145, eff. 7-23-21; | ||||||
2 | 102-558, 8-20-21; 102-639, eff. 8-27-21; revised 10-5-21.)
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3 | Section 105. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
4 | Section 5-1058 as follows:
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5 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1058) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1058)
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6 | Sec. 5-1058.
Hawkers, peddlers, itinerant merchants, and | ||||||
7 | transient
vendors. A county board may regulate, in the manner | ||||||
8 | authorized by this
Section hawkers, peddlers, itinerant | ||||||
9 | merchants and transient vendors of
merchandise in any area not | ||||||
10 | within the corporate limits of a municipality
which licenses | ||||||
11 | or regulates hawkers, peddlers, itinerant merchants, and
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12 | transient vendors of merchandise. The county board may require | ||||||
13 | that any
such person register his name and the name of any firm | ||||||
14 | he represents with
the county clerk and may make reasonable | ||||||
15 | restrictions of the hours during
which he may engage in door - | ||||||
16 | to - door solicitation. The board shall not
require a fee from | ||||||
17 | such persons or make regulations other than those
authorized | ||||||
18 | by this Section. The provisions of this Section do not apply to
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19 | any county which is a home rule unit.
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20 | To the extent that this Section conflicts with the | ||||||
21 | Sidewalk Vendor Access Act, the Sidewalk Vendor Access Act | ||||||
22 | prevails. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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1 | Section 110. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 11-42-5 as follows:
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3 | (65 ILCS 5/11-42-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-5)
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4 | Sec. 11-42-5.
The corporate authorities of each | ||||||
5 | municipality may license,
tax, regulate, or prohibit hawkers, | ||||||
6 | peddlers, pawnbrokers, itinerant
merchants, transient vendors | ||||||
7 | of merchandise, theatricals and other
exhibitions, shows, and | ||||||
8 | amusements and may license, tax, and regulate all
places for | ||||||
9 | eating or amusement. No municipality may impose a tax under | ||||||
10 | this Section, or impose any other amusement or exhibition tax, | ||||||
11 | on ticket sales, membership fees, or any other charges for | ||||||
12 | attending exhibitions or attractions associated with a | ||||||
13 | zoological park authorized under Section 40 of the Cook County | ||||||
14 | Forest Preserve District Act, nor may any municipality impose | ||||||
15 | a duty to collect a tax under this Section, or any other | ||||||
16 | amusement or exhibition tax, on any owner or operator of a | ||||||
17 | zoological park authorized under Section 40 of the Cook County | ||||||
18 | Forest Preserve District Act.
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19 | To the extent that this Section conflicts with the | ||||||
20 | Sidewalk Vendor Access Act, the Sidewalk Vendor Access Act | ||||||
21 | prevails. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 96-1516, eff. 2-4-11.)
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