Illinois House Bill 5990 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act to the contrary, a person shall be eligible to have any record sealed, regardless of eligibility under the Act upon the termination of the petitioner's last sentence if the petitioner: (1) has earned a high school diploma or passed a high school equivalency test; (2) is currently employed, actively seeking employment, or is currently enrolled in a vocational technical certification program, college or university, or other higher education program; and (3) has not had a subsequent felony conviction. Provides that the court, when considering eligibility shall consider the severity of the underlying conviction and may not impose a waiting period of more than 7 years. Provides that the court may, upon conviction for a subsequent felony offense, order the unsealing of prior felony conviction records previously ordered sealed by the court.

CRIM ID-SEALING ELIGIBILITY

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-11-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-11-14	House	First Reading
2018-11-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5990&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5990.htm