Bill Text: IL HB1101 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police and all law enforcement agencies within the State shall automatically expunge all criminal history records of an arrest, charge not initiated by arrest, order of supervision, or order of qualified probation for any person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, automatically expunge the court records of a person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a person imprisoned solely as a result of one or more convictions for possession of cannabis shall be released from incarceration on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Repeals the provision prohibiting the possession of cannabis. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1101 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1101-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1101 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2630/5.2
410 ILCS 705/10-15
705 ILCS 405/5-125
720 ILCS 5/14-3
720 ILCS 550/7 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 707
720 ILCS 550/9 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 709
720 ILCS 550/10 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 710
720 ILCS 550/16.2
720 ILCS 550/4 rep.
725 ILCS 5/115-23
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police and all law enforcement agencies within the State shall automatically expunge all criminal history records of an arrest, charge not initiated by arrest, order of supervision, or order of qualified probation for any person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, automatically expunge the court records of a person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a person imprisoned solely as a result of one or more convictions for possession of cannabis shall be released from incarceration on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Repeals the provision prohibiting the possession of cannabis. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning cannabis.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by
changing Section 5.2 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2630/5.2)
Sec. 5.2. Expungement, sealing, and immediate sealing.
(a) General Provisions.
(1) Definitions. In this Act, words and phrases have
the meanings set forth in this subsection, except when a
particular context clearly requires a different meaning.
(A) The following terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the following Sections of the
Unified Code of Corrections:
Business Offense, Section 5-1-2.
Charge, Section 5-1-3.
Court, Section 5-1-6.
Defendant, Section 5-1-7.
Felony, Section 5-1-9.
Imprisonment, Section 5-1-10.
Judgment, Section 5-1-12.
Misdemeanor, Section 5-1-14.
Offense, Section 5-1-15.

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Parole, Section 5-1-16.
Petty Offense, Section 5-1-17.
Probation, Section 5-1-18.
Sentence, Section 5-1-19.
Supervision, Section 5-1-21.
Victim, Section 5-1-22.
(B) As used in this Section, "charge not initiated
by arrest" means a charge (as defined by Section 5-1-3
of the Unified Code of Corrections) brought against a
defendant where the defendant is not arrested prior to
or as a direct result of the charge.
(C) "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or
sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a
verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered
by a legally constituted jury or by a court of
competent jurisdiction authorized to try the case
without a jury. An order of supervision successfully
completed by the petitioner is not a conviction. An
order of qualified probation (as defined in subsection
(a)(1)(J)) successfully completed by the petitioner is
not a conviction. An order of supervision or an order
of qualified probation that is terminated
unsatisfactorily is a conviction, unless the
unsatisfactory termination is reversed, vacated, or
modified and the judgment of conviction, if any, is
reversed or vacated.

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(D) "Criminal offense" means a petty offense,
business offense, misdemeanor, felony, or municipal
ordinance violation (as defined in subsection
(a)(1)(H)). As used in this Section, a minor traffic
offense (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)) shall not
be considered a criminal offense.
(E) "Expunge" means to physically destroy the
records or return them to the petitioner and to
obliterate the petitioner's name from any official
index or public record, or both. Nothing in this Act
shall require the physical destruction of the circuit
court file, but such records relating to arrests or
charges, or both, ordered expunged shall be impounded
as required by subsections (d)(9)(A)(ii) and
(d)(9)(B)(ii).
(F) As used in this Section, "last sentence" means
the sentence, order of supervision, or order of
qualified probation (as defined by subsection
(a)(1)(J)), for a criminal offense (as defined by
subsection (a)(1)(D)) that terminates last in time in
any jurisdiction, regardless of whether the petitioner
has included the criminal offense for which the
sentence or order of supervision or qualified
probation was imposed in his or her petition. If
multiple sentences, orders of supervision, or orders
of qualified probation terminate on the same day and

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are last in time, they shall be collectively
considered the "last sentence" regardless of whether
they were ordered to run concurrently.
(G) "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense,
business offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the
Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a
municipal or local ordinance.
(G-5) "Minor Cannabis Offense" means a violation
of Section 4 or 5 of the Cannabis Control Act
concerning not more than 30 grams of any substance
containing cannabis, provided the violation did not
include a penalty enhancement under Section 7 of the
Cannabis Control Act and is not associated with an
arrest, conviction or other disposition for a violent
crime as defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the
Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.
(H) "Municipal ordinance violation" means an
offense defined by a municipal or local ordinance that
is criminal in nature and with which the petitioner
was charged or for which the petitioner was arrested
and released without charging.
(I) "Petitioner" means an adult or a minor
prosecuted as an adult who has applied for relief
under this Section.
(J) "Qualified probation" means an order of
probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control

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Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and
Community Protection Act, Section 5-6-3.3 or 5-6-3.4
of the Unified Code of Corrections, Section
12-4.3(b)(1) and (2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (as
those provisions existed before their deletion by
Public Act 89-313), Section 10-102 of the Illinois
Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section
40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, or Section 10
of the Steroid Control Act. For the purpose of this
Section, "successful completion" of an order of
qualified probation under Section 10-102 of the
Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act and
Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act means
that the probation was terminated satisfactorily and
the judgment of conviction was vacated.
(K) "Seal" means to physically and electronically
maintain the records, unless the records would
otherwise be destroyed due to age, but to make the
records unavailable without a court order, subject to
the exceptions in Sections 12 and 13 of this Act. The
petitioner's name shall also be obliterated from the
official index required to be kept by the circuit
court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts
Act, but any index issued by the circuit court clerk
before the entry of the order to seal shall not be

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affected.
(L) "Sexual offense committed against a minor"
includes, but is not limited to, the offenses of
indecent solicitation of a child or criminal sexual
abuse when the victim of such offense is under 18 years
of age.
(M) "Terminate" as it relates to a sentence or
order of supervision or qualified probation includes
either satisfactory or unsatisfactory termination of
the sentence, unless otherwise specified in this
Section. A sentence is terminated notwithstanding any
outstanding financial legal obligation.
(2) Minor Traffic Offenses. Orders of supervision or
convictions for minor traffic offenses shall not affect a
petitioner's eligibility to expunge or seal records
pursuant to this Section.
(2.5) Commencing 180 days after July 29, 2016 (the
effective date of Public Act 99-697), the law enforcement
agency issuing the citation shall automatically expunge,
on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the law
enforcement records of a person found to have committed
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
103rd General Assembly a civil law violation of subsection
(a) of Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act or subsection
(c) of Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act
in the law enforcement agency's possession or control and

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which contains the final satisfactory disposition which
pertain to the person issued a citation for that offense.
The law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the
process for access, review, and to confirm the automatic
expungement by the law enforcement agency issuing the
citation. Commencing 180 days after July 29, 2016 (the
effective date of Public Act 99-697), the clerk of the
circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or
in the absence of a court order on or before January 1 and
July 1 of each year, the court records of a person found in
the circuit court to have committed before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly
a civil law violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the
Cannabis Control Act or subsection (c) of Section 3.5 of
the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act in the clerk's
possession or control and which contains the final
satisfactory disposition which pertain to the person
issued a citation for any of those offenses.
(3) Exclusions. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(8), (e), (e-5), and (e-6)
of this Section, the court shall not order:
(A) the sealing or expungement of the records of
arrests or charges not initiated by arrest that result
in an order of supervision for or conviction of: (i)
any sexual offense committed against a minor; (ii)
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a

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similar provision of a local ordinance; or (iii)
Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, unless the
arrest or charge is for a misdemeanor violation of
subsection (a) of Section 11-503 or a similar
provision of a local ordinance, that occurred prior to
the offender reaching the age of 25 years and the
offender has no other conviction for violating Section
11-501 or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
similar provision of a local ordinance.
(B) the sealing or expungement of records of minor
traffic offenses (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)),
unless the petitioner was arrested and released
without charging.
(C) the sealing of the records of arrests or
charges not initiated by arrest which result in an
order of supervision or a conviction for the following
offenses:
(i) offenses included in Article 11 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
or a similar provision of a local ordinance,
except Section 11-14 and a misdemeanor violation
of Section 11-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision
of a local ordinance;
(ii) Section 11-1.50, 12-3.4, 12-15, 12-30,

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26-5, or 48-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a
local ordinance;
(iii) Section Sections 12-3.1 or 12-3.2 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
2012, or Section 125 of the Stalking No Contact
Order Act, or Section 219 of the Civil No Contact
Order Act, or a similar provision of a local
ordinance;
(iv) Class A misdemeanors or felony offenses
under the Humane Care for Animals Act; or
(v) any offense or attempted offense that
would subject a person to registration under the
Sex Offender Registration Act.
(D) (blank).
(b) Expungement.
(1) A petitioner may petition the circuit court to
expunge the records of his or her arrests and charges not
initiated by arrest when each arrest or charge not
initiated by arrest sought to be expunged resulted in: (i)
acquittal, dismissal, or the petitioner's release without
charging, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B); (ii) a
conviction which was vacated or reversed, unless excluded
by subsection (a)(3)(B); (iii) an order of supervision and
such supervision was successfully completed by the
petitioner, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(A) or

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(a)(3)(B); or (iv) an order of qualified probation (as
defined in subsection (a)(1)(J)) and such probation was
successfully completed by the petitioner.
(1.5) When a petitioner seeks to have a record of
arrest expunged under this Section, and the offender has
been convicted of a criminal offense, the State's Attorney
may object to the expungement on the grounds that the
records contain specific relevant information aside from
the mere fact of the arrest.
(2) Time frame for filing a petition to expunge.
(A) When the arrest or charge not initiated by
arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an acquittal,
dismissal, the petitioner's release without charging,
or the reversal or vacation of a conviction, there is
no waiting period to petition for the expungement of
such records.
(B) When the arrest or charge not initiated by
arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an order of
supervision, successfully completed by the petitioner,
the following time frames will apply:
(i) Those arrests or charges that resulted in
orders of supervision under Section 3-707, 3-708,
3-710, or 5-401.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or
a similar provision of a local ordinance, or under
Section 11-1.50, 12-3.2, or 12-15 of the Criminal
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a

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similar provision of a local ordinance, shall not
be eligible for expungement until 5 years have
passed following the satisfactory termination of
the supervision.
(i-5) Those arrests or charges that resulted
in orders of supervision for a misdemeanor
violation of subsection (a) of Section 11-503 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision
of a local ordinance, that occurred prior to the
offender reaching the age of 25 years and the
offender has no other conviction for violating
Section 11-501 or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance
shall not be eligible for expungement until the
petitioner has reached the age of 25 years.
(ii) Those arrests or charges that resulted in
orders of supervision for any other offenses shall
not be eligible for expungement until 2 years have
passed following the satisfactory termination of
the supervision.
(C) When the arrest or charge not initiated by
arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an order of
qualified probation, successfully completed by the
petitioner, such records shall not be eligible for
expungement until 5 years have passed following the
satisfactory termination of the probation.

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(3) Those records maintained by the Illinois State
Police for persons arrested prior to their 17th birthday
shall be expunged as provided in Section 5-915 of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(4) Whenever a person has been arrested for or
convicted of any offense, in the name of a person whose
identity he or she has stolen or otherwise come into
possession of, the aggrieved person from whom the identity
was stolen or otherwise obtained without authorization,
upon learning of the person having been arrested using his
or her identity, may, upon verified petition to the chief
judge of the circuit wherein the arrest was made, have a
court order entered nunc pro tunc by the Chief Judge to
correct the arrest record, conviction record, if any, and
all official records of the arresting authority, the
Illinois State Police, other criminal justice agencies,
the prosecutor, and the trial court concerning such
arrest, if any, by removing his or her name from all such
records in connection with the arrest and conviction, if
any, and by inserting in the records the name of the
offender, if known or ascertainable, in lieu of the
aggrieved's name. The records of the circuit court clerk
shall be sealed until further order of the court upon good
cause shown and the name of the aggrieved person
obliterated on the official index required to be kept by
the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of

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Courts Act, but the order shall not affect any index
issued by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the
order. Nothing in this Section shall limit the Illinois
State Police or other criminal justice agencies or
prosecutors from listing under an offender's name the
false names he or she has used.
(5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal
sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal
sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the
victim of that offense may request that the State's
Attorney of the county in which the conviction occurred
file a verified petition with the presiding trial judge at
the petitioner's trial to have a court order entered to
seal the records of the circuit court clerk in connection
with the proceedings of the trial court concerning that
offense. However, the records of the arresting authority
and the Illinois State Police concerning the offense shall
not be sealed. The court, upon good cause shown, shall
make the records of the circuit court clerk in connection
with the proceedings of the trial court concerning the
offense available for public inspection.
(6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct
review or on collateral attack and the court determines by
clear and convincing evidence that the petitioner was
factually innocent of the charge, the court that finds the

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petitioner factually innocent of the charge shall enter an
expungement order for the conviction for which the
petitioner has been determined to be innocent as provided
in subsection (b) of Section 5-5-4 of the Unified Code of
Corrections.
(7) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Illinois
State Police from maintaining all records of any person
who is admitted to probation upon terms and conditions and
who fulfills those terms and conditions pursuant to
Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
Section 5-6-3.3 or 5-6-3.4 of the Unified Code of
Corrections, Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of
Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102 of the Illinois
Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of
the Substance Use Disorder Act, or Section 10 of the
Steroid Control Act.
(8) If the petitioner has been granted a certificate
of innocence under Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the court that grants the certificate of
innocence shall also enter an order expunging the
conviction for which the petitioner has been determined to
be innocent as provided in subsection (h) of Section 2-702
of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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(c) Sealing.
(1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any
rights to expungement of criminal records, this subsection
authorizes the sealing of criminal records of adults and
of minors prosecuted as adults. Subsection (g) of this
Section provides for immediate sealing of certain records.
(2) Eligible Records. The following records may be
sealed:
(A) All arrests resulting in release without
charging;
(B) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
resulting in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when
the conviction was reversed or vacated, except as
excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B);
(C) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
resulting in orders of supervision, including orders
of supervision for municipal ordinance violations,
successfully completed by the petitioner, unless
excluded by subsection (a)(3);
(D) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
resulting in convictions, including convictions on
municipal ordinance violations, unless excluded by
subsection (a)(3);
(E) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
resulting in orders of first offender probation under

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Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of
the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of
the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection
Act, or Section 5-6-3.3 of the Unified Code of
Corrections; and
(F) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
resulting in felony convictions unless otherwise
excluded by subsection (a) paragraph (3) of this
Section.
(3) When Records Are Eligible to Be Sealed. Records
identified as eligible under subsection (c)(2) may be
sealed as follows:
(A) Records identified as eligible under
subsections subsection (c)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(B) may be
sealed at any time.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph
(E) of this paragraph (3), records identified as
eligible under subsection (c)(2)(C) may be sealed 2
years after the termination of petitioner's last
sentence (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(F)).
(C) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph
(E) of this paragraph (3), records identified as
eligible under subsections (c)(2)(D), (c)(2)(E), and
(c)(2)(F) may be sealed 3 years after the termination
of the petitioner's last sentence (as defined in
subsection (a)(1)(F)). Convictions requiring public

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registration under the Arsonist Registration Act, the
Sex Offender Registration Act, or the Murderer and
Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act may
not be sealed until the petitioner is no longer
required to register under that relevant Act.
(D) Records identified in subsection
(a)(3)(A)(iii) may be sealed after the petitioner has
reached the age of 25 years.
(E) Records identified as eligible under
subsection subsections (c)(2)(C), (c)(2)(D),
(c)(2)(E), or (c)(2)(F) may be sealed upon termination
of the petitioner's last sentence if the petitioner
earned a high school diploma, associate's degree,
career certificate, vocational technical
certification, or bachelor's degree, or passed the
high school level Test of General Educational
Development, during the period of his or her sentence
or mandatory supervised release. This subparagraph
shall apply only to a petitioner who has not completed
the same educational goal prior to the period of his or
her sentence or mandatory supervised release. If a
petition for sealing eligible records filed under this
subparagraph is denied by the court, the time periods
under subparagraph (B) or (C) shall apply to any
subsequent petition for sealing filed by the
petitioner.

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(4) Subsequent felony convictions. A person may not
have subsequent felony conviction records sealed as
provided in this subsection (c) if he or she is convicted
of any felony offense after the date of the sealing of
prior felony convictions as provided in this subsection
(c). The court may, upon conviction for a subsequent
felony offense, order the unsealing of prior felony
conviction records previously ordered sealed by the court.
(5) Notice of eligibility for sealing. Upon entry of a
disposition for an eligible record under this subsection
(c), the petitioner shall be informed by the court of the
right to have the records sealed and the procedures for
the sealing of the records.
(d) Procedure. The following procedures apply to
expungement under subsections (b), (e), and (e-6) and sealing
under subsections (c) and (e-5):
(1) Filing the petition. Upon becoming eligible to
petition for the expungement or sealing of records under
this Section, the petitioner shall file a petition
requesting the expungement or sealing of records with the
clerk of the court where the arrests occurred or the
charges were brought, or both. If arrests occurred or
charges were brought in multiple jurisdictions, a petition
must be filed in each such jurisdiction. The petitioner
shall pay the applicable fee, except no fee shall be
required if the petitioner has obtained a court order

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waiving fees under Supreme Court Rule 298 or it is
otherwise waived.
(1.5) County fee waiver pilot program. From August 9,
2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-306) through
December 31, 2020, in a county of 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants, no fee shall be required to be paid by a
petitioner if the records sought to be expunged or sealed
were arrests resulting in release without charging or
arrests or charges not initiated by arrest resulting in
acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when the conviction
was reversed or vacated, unless excluded by subsection
(a)(3)(B). The provisions of this paragraph (1.5), other
than this sentence, are inoperative on and after January
1, 2022.
(2) Contents of petition. The petition shall be
verified and shall contain the petitioner's name, date of
birth, current address and, for each arrest or charge not
initiated by arrest sought to be sealed or expunged, the
case number, the date of arrest (if any), the identity of
the arresting authority, and such other information as the
court may require. During the pendency of the proceeding,
the petitioner shall promptly notify the circuit court
clerk of any change of his or her address. If the
petitioner has received a certificate of eligibility for
sealing from the Prisoner Review Board under paragraph
(10) of subsection (a) of Section 3-3-2 of the Unified

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Code of Corrections, the certificate shall be attached to
the petition.
(3) Drug test. The petitioner must attach to the
petition proof that the petitioner has taken within 30
days before the filing of the petition a test showing the
absence within his or her body of all illegal substances
as defined by the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and
the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
if he or she is petitioning to:
(A) seal felony records under clause (c)(2)(E);
(B) seal felony records for a violation of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
or the Cannabis Control Act under clause (c)(2)(F);
(C) seal felony records under subsection (e-5); or
(D) expunge felony records of a qualified
probation under clause (b)(1)(iv).
(4) Service of petition. The circuit court clerk shall
promptly serve a copy of the petition and documentation to
support the petition under subsection (e-5) or (e-6) on
the State's Attorney or prosecutor charged with the duty
of prosecuting the offense, the Illinois State Police, the
arresting agency and the chief legal officer of the unit
of local government effecting the arrest.
(5) Objections.
(A) Any party entitled to notice of the petition

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may file an objection to the petition. All objections
shall be in writing, shall be filed with the circuit
court clerk, and shall state with specificity the
basis of the objection. Whenever a person who has been
convicted of an offense is granted a pardon by the
Governor which specifically authorizes expungement, an
objection to the petition may not be filed.
(B) Objections to a petition to expunge or seal
must be filed within 60 days of the date of service of
the petition.
(6) Entry of order.
(A) The Chief Judge of the circuit wherein the
charge was brought, any judge of that circuit
designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties of less
than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge
at the petitioner's trial, if any, shall rule on the
petition to expunge or seal as set forth in this
subsection (d)(6).
(B) Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the
Illinois State Police, the arresting agency, or the
chief legal officer files an objection to the petition
to expunge or seal within 60 days from the date of
service of the petition, the court shall enter an
order granting or denying the petition.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the court shall not deny a petition for sealing under

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this Section because the petitioner has not satisfied
an outstanding legal financial obligation established,
imposed, or originated by a court, law enforcement
agency, or a municipal, State, county, or other unit
of local government, including, but not limited to,
any cost, assessment, fine, or fee. An outstanding
legal financial obligation does not include any court
ordered restitution to a victim under Section 5-5-6 of
the Unified Code of Corrections, unless the
restitution has been converted to a civil judgment.
Nothing in this subparagraph (C) waives, rescinds, or
abrogates a legal financial obligation or otherwise
eliminates or affects the right of the holder of any
financial obligation to pursue collection under
applicable federal, State, or local law.
(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the court shall not deny a petition to expunge or seal
under this Section because the petitioner has
submitted a drug test taken within 30 days before the
filing of the petition to expunge or seal that
indicates a positive test for the presence of cannabis
within the petitioner's body. In this subparagraph
(D), "cannabis" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act.
(7) Hearings. If an objection is filed, the court
shall set a date for a hearing and notify the petitioner

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and all parties entitled to notice of the petition of the
hearing date at least 30 days prior to the hearing. Prior
to the hearing, the State's Attorney shall consult with
the Illinois State Police as to the appropriateness of the
relief sought in the petition to expunge or seal. At the
hearing, the court shall hear evidence on whether the
petition should or should not be granted, and shall grant
or deny the petition to expunge or seal the records based
on the evidence presented at the hearing. The court may
consider the following:
(A) the strength of the evidence supporting the
defendant's conviction;
(B) the reasons for retention of the conviction
records by the State;
(C) the petitioner's age, criminal record history,
and employment history;
(D) the period of time between the petitioner's
arrest on the charge resulting in the conviction and
the filing of the petition under this Section; and
(E) the specific adverse consequences the
petitioner may be subject to if the petition is
denied.
(8) Service of order. After entering an order to
expunge or seal records, the court must provide copies of
the order to the Illinois State Police, in a form and
manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the

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petitioner, to the State's Attorney or prosecutor charged
with the duty of prosecuting the offense, to the arresting
agency, to the chief legal officer of the unit of local
government effecting the arrest, and to such other
criminal justice agencies as may be ordered by the court.
(9) Implementation of order.
(A) Upon entry of an order to expunge records
pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) or (b)(2)(B)(ii), or
both:
(i) the records shall be expunged (as defined
in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency,
the Illinois State Police, and any other agency as
ordered by the court, within 60 days of the date of
service of the order, unless a motion to vacate,
modify, or reconsider the order is filed pursuant
to paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of this
Section;
(ii) the records of the circuit court clerk
shall be impounded until further order of the
court upon good cause shown and the name of the
petitioner obliterated on the official index
required to be kept by the circuit court clerk
under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but
the order shall not affect any index issued by the
circuit court clerk before the entry of the order;
and

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(iii) in response to an inquiry for expunged
records, the court, the Illinois State Police, or
the agency receiving such inquiry, shall reply as
it does in response to inquiries when no records
ever existed.
(B) Upon entry of an order to expunge records
pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) or (b)(2)(C), or
both:
(i) the records shall be expunged (as defined
in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency
and any other agency as ordered by the court,
within 60 days of the date of service of the order,
unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
the order is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of
subsection (d) of this Section;
(ii) the records of the circuit court clerk
shall be impounded until further order of the
court upon good cause shown and the name of the
petitioner obliterated on the official index
required to be kept by the circuit court clerk
under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but
the order shall not affect any index issued by the
circuit court clerk before the entry of the order;
(iii) the records shall be impounded by the
Illinois State Police within 60 days of the date
of service of the order as ordered by the court,

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unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
the order is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of
subsection (d) of this Section;
(iv) records impounded by the Illinois State
Police may be disseminated by the Illinois State
Police only as required by law or to the arresting
authority, the State's Attorney, and the court
upon a later arrest for the same or a similar
offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any
subsequent felony, and to the Department of
Corrections upon conviction for any offense; and
(v) in response to an inquiry for such records
from anyone not authorized by law to access such
records, the court, the Illinois State Police, or
the agency receiving such inquiry shall reply as
it does in response to inquiries when no records
ever existed.
(B-5) Upon entry of an order to expunge records
under subsection (e-6):
(i) the records shall be expunged (as defined
in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency
and any other agency as ordered by the court,
within 60 days of the date of service of the order,
unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
the order is filed under paragraph (12) of
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(ii) the records of the circuit court clerk
shall be impounded until further order of the
court upon good cause shown and the name of the
petitioner obliterated on the official index
required to be kept by the circuit court clerk
under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but
the order shall not affect any index issued by the
circuit court clerk before the entry of the order;
(iii) the records shall be impounded by the
Illinois State Police within 60 days of the date
of service of the order as ordered by the court,
unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
the order is filed under paragraph (12) of
subsection (d) of this Section;
(iv) records impounded by the Illinois State
Police may be disseminated by the Illinois State
Police only as required by law or to the arresting
authority, the State's Attorney, and the court
upon a later arrest for the same or a similar
offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any
subsequent felony, and to the Department of
Corrections upon conviction for any offense; and
(v) in response to an inquiry for these
records from anyone not authorized by law to
access the records, the court, the Illinois State
Police, or the agency receiving the inquiry shall

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reply as it does in response to inquiries when no
records ever existed.
(C) Upon entry of an order to seal records under
subsection (c), the arresting agency, any other agency
as ordered by the court, the Illinois State Police,
and the court shall seal the records (as defined in
subsection (a)(1)(K)). In response to an inquiry for
such records, from anyone not authorized by law to
access such records, the court, the Illinois State
Police, or the agency receiving such inquiry shall
reply as it does in response to inquiries when no
records ever existed.
(D) The Illinois State Police shall send written
notice to the petitioner of its compliance with each
order to expunge or seal records within 60 days of the
date of service of that order or, if a motion to
vacate, modify, or reconsider is filed, within 60 days
of service of the order resolving the motion, if that
order requires the Illinois State Police to expunge or
seal records. In the event of an appeal from the
circuit court order, the Illinois State Police shall
send written notice to the petitioner of its
compliance with an Appellate Court or Supreme Court
judgment to expunge or seal records within 60 days of
the issuance of the court's mandate. The notice is not
required while any motion to vacate, modify, or

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reconsider, or any appeal or petition for
discretionary appellate review, is pending.
(E) Upon motion, the court may order that a sealed
judgment or other court record necessary to
demonstrate the amount of any legal financial
obligation due and owing be made available for the
limited purpose of collecting any legal financial
obligations owed by the petitioner that were
established, imposed, or originated in the criminal
proceeding for which those records have been sealed.
The records made available under this subparagraph (E)
shall not be entered into the official index required
to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16
of the Clerks of Courts Act and shall be immediately
re-impounded upon the collection of the outstanding
financial obligations.
(F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section, a circuit court clerk may access a sealed
record for the limited purpose of collecting payment
for any legal financial obligations that were
established, imposed, or originated in the criminal
proceedings for which those records have been sealed.
(10) Fees. The Illinois State Police may charge the
petitioner a fee equivalent to the cost of processing any
order to expunge or seal records. Notwithstanding any
provision of the Clerks of Courts Act to the contrary, the

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circuit court clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the
cost associated with the sealing or expungement of records
by the circuit court clerk. From the total filing fee
collected for the petition to seal or expunge, the circuit
court clerk shall deposit $10 into the Circuit Court Clerk
Operation and Administrative Fund, to be used to offset
the costs incurred by the circuit court clerk in
performing the additional duties required to serve the
petition to seal or expunge on all parties. The circuit
court clerk shall collect and remit the Illinois State
Police portion of the fee to the State Treasurer and it
shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund. If
the record brought under an expungement petition was
previously sealed under this Section, the fee for the
expungement petition for that same record shall be waived.
(11) Final Order. No court order issued under the
expungement or sealing provisions of this Section shall
become final for purposes of appeal until 30 days after
service of the order on the petitioner and all parties
entitled to notice of the petition.
(12) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. Under
Section 2-1203 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the
petitioner or any party entitled to notice may file a
motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order granting
or denying the petition to expunge or seal within 60 days
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service of the order, a petition to vacate, modify, or
reconsider shall comply with subsection (c) of Section
2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Upon filing of a
motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider, notice of the
motion shall be served upon the petitioner and all parties
entitled to notice of the petition.
(13) Effect of Order. An order granting a petition
under the expungement or sealing provisions of this
Section shall not be considered void because it fails to
comply with the provisions of this Section or because of
any error asserted in a motion to vacate, modify, or
reconsider. The circuit court retains jurisdiction to
determine whether the order is voidable and to vacate,
modify, or reconsider its terms based on a motion filed
under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d).
(14) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to Seal
Records. Unless a court has entered a stay of an order
granting a petition to seal, all parties entitled to
notice of the petition must fully comply with the terms of
the order within 60 days of service of the order even if a
party is seeking relief from the order through a motion
filed under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d) or is
appealing the order.
(15) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to
Expunge Records. While a party is seeking relief from the
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filed under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d) or is
appealing the order, and unless a court has entered a stay
of that order, the parties entitled to notice of the
petition must seal, but need not expunge, the records
until there is a final order on the motion for relief or,
in the case of an appeal, the issuance of that court's
mandate.
(16) The changes to this subsection (d) made by Public
Act 98-163 apply to all petitions pending on August 5,
2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-163) and to all
orders ruling on a petition to expunge or seal on or after
August 5, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-163).
(e) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense
is granted a pardon by the Governor which specifically
authorizes expungement, he or she may, upon verified petition
to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had been
convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief
Judge, or in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
presiding trial judge at the defendant's trial, have a court
order entered expunging the record of arrest from the official
records of the arresting authority and order that the records
of the circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police be
sealed until further order of the court upon good cause shown
or as otherwise provided herein, and the name of the defendant
obliterated from the official index requested to be kept by
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Courts Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
the offense for which he or she had been pardoned but the order
shall not affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk
before the entry of the order. All records sealed by the
Illinois State Police may be disseminated by the Illinois
State Police only to the arresting authority, the State's
Attorney, and the court upon a later arrest for the same or
similar offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any
subsequent felony. Upon conviction for any subsequent offense,
the Department of Corrections shall have access to all sealed
records of the Illinois State Police pertaining to that
individual. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the
circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of the order to
the person who was pardoned.
(e-5) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an
offense is granted a certificate of eligibility for sealing by
the Prisoner Review Board which specifically authorizes
sealing, he or she may, upon verified petition to the Chief
Judge of the circuit where the person had been convicted, any
judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in
counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding
trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court order
entered sealing the record of arrest from the official records
of the arresting authority and order that the records of the
circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police be sealed
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otherwise provided herein, and the name of the petitioner
obliterated from the official index requested to be kept by
the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of
Courts Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
the offense for which he or she had been granted the
certificate but the order shall not affect any index issued by
the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. All
records sealed by the Illinois State Police may be
disseminated by the Illinois State Police only as required by
this Act or to the arresting authority, a law enforcement
agency, the State's Attorney, and the court upon a later
arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose of
sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon conviction for any
subsequent offense, the Department of Corrections shall have
access to all sealed records of the Illinois State Police
pertaining to that individual. Upon entry of the order of
sealing, the circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of
the order to the person who was granted the certificate of
eligibility for sealing.
(e-6) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an
offense is granted a certificate of eligibility for
expungement by the Prisoner Review Board which specifically
authorizes expungement, he or she may, upon verified petition
to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had been
convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief
Judge, or in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the

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presiding trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court
order entered expunging the record of arrest from the official
records of the arresting authority and order that the records
of the circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police be
sealed until further order of the court upon good cause shown
or as otherwise provided herein, and the name of the
petitioner obliterated from the official index requested to be
kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks
of Courts Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
the offense for which he or she had been granted the
certificate but the order shall not affect any index issued by
the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. All
records sealed by the Illinois State Police may be
disseminated by the Illinois State Police only as required by
this Act or to the arresting authority, a law enforcement
agency, the State's Attorney, and the court upon a later
arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose of
sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon conviction for any
subsequent offense, the Department of Corrections shall have
access to all expunged records of the Illinois State Police
pertaining to that individual. Upon entry of the order of
expungement, the circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a
copy of the order to the person who was granted the certificate
of eligibility for expungement.
(f) Subject to available funding, the Illinois Department
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especially on employment and recidivism rates, utilizing a
random sample of those who apply for the sealing of their
criminal records under Public Act 93-211. At the request of
the Illinois Department of Corrections, records of the
Illinois Department of Employment Security shall be utilized
as appropriate to assist in the study. The study shall not
disclose any data in a manner that would allow the
identification of any particular individual or employing unit.
The study shall be made available to the General Assembly no
later than September 1, 2010.
(g) Immediate Sealing.
(1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any
rights to expungement or sealing of criminal records, this
subsection authorizes the immediate sealing of criminal
records of adults and of minors prosecuted as adults.
(2) Eligible Records. Arrests or charges not initiated
by arrest resulting in acquittal or dismissal with
prejudice, except as excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B),
that occur on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date
of Public Act 100-282), may be sealed immediately if the
petition is filed with the circuit court clerk on the same
day and during the same hearing in which the case is
disposed.
(3) When Records are Eligible to be Immediately
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subsection (g) may be sealed immediately after entry of
the final disposition of a case, notwithstanding the
disposition of other charges in the same case.
(4) Notice of Eligibility for Immediate Sealing. Upon
entry of a disposition for an eligible record under this
subsection (g), the defendant shall be informed by the
court of his or her right to have eligible records
immediately sealed and the procedure for the immediate
sealing of these records.
(5) Procedure. The following procedures apply to
immediate sealing under this subsection (g).
(A) Filing the Petition. Upon entry of the final
disposition of the case, the defendant's attorney may
immediately petition the court, on behalf of the
defendant, for immediate sealing of eligible records
under paragraph (2) of this subsection (g) that are
entered on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective
date of Public Act 100-282). The immediate sealing
petition may be filed with the circuit court clerk
during the hearing in which the final disposition of
the case is entered. If the defendant's attorney does
not file the petition for immediate sealing during the
hearing, the defendant may file a petition for sealing
at any time as authorized under subsection (c)(3)(A).
(B) Contents of Petition. The immediate sealing
petition shall be verified and shall contain the

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petitioner's name, date of birth, current address, and
for each eligible record, the case number, the date of
arrest if applicable, the identity of the arresting
authority if applicable, and other information as the
court may require.
(C) Drug Test. The petitioner shall not be
required to attach proof that he or she has passed a
drug test.
(D) Service of Petition. A copy of the petition
shall be served on the State's Attorney in open court.
The petitioner shall not be required to serve a copy of
the petition on any other agency.
(E) Entry of Order. The presiding trial judge
shall enter an order granting or denying the petition
for immediate sealing during the hearing in which it
is filed. Petitions for immediate sealing shall be
ruled on in the same hearing in which the final
disposition of the case is entered.
(F) Hearings. The court shall hear the petition
for immediate sealing on the same day and during the
same hearing in which the disposition is rendered.
(G) Service of Order. An order to immediately seal
eligible records shall be served in conformance with
subsection (d)(8).
(H) Implementation of Order. An order to
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conformance with subsections (d)(9)(C) and (d)(9)(D).
(I) Fees. The fee imposed by the circuit court
clerk and the Illinois State Police shall comply with
paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of this Section.
(J) Final Order. No court order issued under this
subsection (g) shall become final for purposes of
appeal until 30 days after service of the order on the
petitioner and all parties entitled to service of the
order in conformance with subsection (d)(8).
(K) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. Under
Section 2-1203 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the
petitioner, State's Attorney, or the Illinois State
Police may file a motion to vacate, modify, or
reconsider the order denying the petition to
immediately seal within 60 days of service of the
order. If filed more than 60 days after service of the
order, a petition to vacate, modify, or reconsider
shall comply with subsection (c) of Section 2-1401 of
the Code of Civil Procedure.
(L) Effect of Order. An order granting an
immediate sealing petition shall not be considered
void because it fails to comply with the provisions of
this Section or because of an error asserted in a
motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider. The circuit
court retains jurisdiction to determine whether the
order is voidable, and to vacate, modify, or

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reconsider its terms based on a motion filed under
subparagraph (L) of this subsection (g).
(M) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to
Seal Records. Unless a court has entered a stay of an
order granting a petition to immediately seal, all
parties entitled to service of the order must fully
comply with the terms of the order within 60 days of
service of the order.
(h) Sealing; trafficking victims.
(1) A trafficking victim as defined by paragraph (10)
of subsection (a) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of
2012 shall be eligible to petition for immediate sealing
of his or her criminal record upon the completion of his or
her last sentence if his or her participation in the
underlying offense was a direct result of human
trafficking under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of
2012 or a severe form of trafficking under the federal
Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
(2) A petitioner under this subsection (h), in
addition to the requirements provided under paragraph (4)
of subsection (d) of this Section, shall include in his or
her petition a clear and concise statement that: (A) he or
she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the
offense; and (B) that his or her participation in the
offense was a direct result of human trafficking under
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of trafficking under the federal Trafficking Victims
Protection Act.
(3) If an objection is filed alleging that the
petitioner is not entitled to immediate sealing under this
subsection (h), the court shall conduct a hearing under
paragraph (7) of subsection (d) of this Section and the
court shall determine whether the petitioner is entitled
to immediate sealing under this subsection (h). A
petitioner is eligible for immediate relief under this
subsection (h) if he or she shows, by a preponderance of
the evidence, that: (A) he or she was a victim of human
trafficking at the time of the offense; and (B) that his or
her participation in the offense was a direct result of
human trafficking under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code
of 2012 or a severe form of trafficking under the federal
Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
(i) Minor Cannabis Offenses under the Cannabis Control
Act.
(1) Expungement of Arrest Records of Minor Cannabis
Offenses.
(A) The Illinois State Police and all law
enforcement agencies within the State shall
automatically expunge all criminal history records of
an arrest, charge not initiated by arrest, order of
supervision, or order of qualified probation for a
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2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) if:
(i) One year or more has elapsed since the
date of the arrest or law enforcement interaction
documented in the records; and
(ii) No criminal charges were filed relating
to the arrest or law enforcement interaction or
criminal charges were filed and subsequently
dismissed or vacated or the arrestee was
acquitted.
(B) If the law enforcement agency is unable to
verify satisfaction of condition (ii) in paragraph
(A), records that satisfy condition (i) in paragraph
(A) shall be automatically expunged.
(C) Records shall be expunged by the law
enforcement agency under the following timelines:
(i) Records created prior to June 25, 2019
(the effective date of Public Act 101-27), but on
or after January 1, 2013, shall be automatically
expunged prior to January 1, 2021;
(ii) Records created prior to January 1, 2013,
but on or after January 1, 2000, shall be
automatically expunged prior to January 1, 2023;
(iii) Records created prior to January 1, 2000
shall be automatically expunged prior to January
1, 2025.
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the law enforcement agency receiving such inquiry
shall reply as it does in response to inquiries when no
records ever existed; however, it shall provide a
certificate of disposition or confirmation that the
record was expunged to the individual whose record was
expunged if such a record exists.
(D) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
restrict or modify an individual's right to have that
individual's records expunged except as otherwise may
be provided in this Act, or diminish or abrogate any
rights or remedies otherwise available to the
individual.
(2) Pardons Authorizing Expungement of Minor Cannabis
Offenses.
(A) Upon June 25, 2019 (the effective date of
Public Act 101-27), the Department of State Police
shall review all criminal history record information
and identify all records that meet all of the
following criteria:
(i) one or more convictions for a Minor
Cannabis Offense;
(ii) the conviction identified in paragraph
(2)(A)(i) did not include a penalty enhancement
under Section 7 of the Cannabis Control Act; and
(iii) the conviction identified in paragraph
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a violent crime as defined in subsection (c) of
Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and
Witnesses Act.
(B) Within 180 days after June 25, 2019 (the
effective date of Public Act 101-27), the Department
of State Police shall notify the Prisoner Review Board
of all such records that meet the criteria established
in paragraph (2)(A).
(i) The Prisoner Review Board shall notify the
State's Attorney of the county of conviction of
each record identified by State Police in
paragraph (2)(A) that is classified as a Class 4
felony. The State's Attorney may provide a written
objection to the Prisoner Review Board on the sole
basis that the record identified does not meet the
criteria established in paragraph (2)(A). Such an
objection must be filed within 60 days or by such
later date set by the Prisoner Review Board in the
notice after the State's Attorney received notice
from the Prisoner Review Board.
(ii) In response to a written objection from a
State's Attorney, the Prisoner Review Board is
authorized to conduct a non-public hearing to
evaluate the information provided in the
objection.
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confidential and privileged recommendation to the
Governor as to whether to grant a pardon
authorizing expungement for each of the records
identified by the Department of State Police as
described in paragraph (2)(A).
(C) If an individual has been granted a pardon
authorizing expungement as described in this Section,
the Prisoner Review Board, through the Attorney
General, shall file a petition for expungement with
the Chief Judge of the circuit or any judge of the
circuit designated by the Chief Judge where the
individual had been convicted. Such petition may
include more than one individual. Whenever an
individual who has been convicted of an offense is
granted a pardon by the Governor that specifically
authorizes expungement, an objection to the petition
may not be filed. Petitions to expunge under this
subsection (i) may include more than one individual.
Within 90 days of the filing of such a petition, the
court shall enter an order expunging the records of
arrest from the official records of the arresting
authority and order that the records of the circuit
court clerk and the Illinois State Police be expunged
and the name of the defendant obliterated from the
official index requested to be kept by the circuit
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Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
the offense for which the individual had received a
pardon but the order shall not affect any index issued
by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the
order. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the
circuit court clerk shall promptly provide a copy of
the order and a certificate of disposition to the
individual who was pardoned to the individual's last
known address or by electronic means (if available) or
otherwise make it available to the individual upon
request.
(D) Nothing in this Section is intended to
diminish or abrogate any rights or remedies otherwise
available to the individual.
(3) Any individual may file a motion to vacate and
expunge a conviction for a misdemeanor or Class 4 felony
violation of Section 4 or Section 5 of the Cannabis
Control Act. Motions to vacate and expunge under this
subsection (i) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
designated by the Chief Judge. The circuit court clerk
shall promptly serve a copy of the motion to vacate and
expunge, and any supporting documentation, on the State's
Attorney or prosecutor charged with the duty of
prosecuting the offense. When considering such a motion to
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the reasons to retain the records provided by law
enforcement, the petitioner's age, the petitioner's age at
the time of offense, the time since the conviction, and
the specific adverse consequences if denied. An individual
may file such a petition after the completion of any
non-financial sentence or non-financial condition imposed
by the conviction. Within 60 days of the filing of such
motion, a State's Attorney may file an objection to such a
petition along with supporting evidence. If a motion to
vacate and expunge is granted, the records shall be
expunged in accordance with subparagraphs (d)(8) and
(d)(9)(A) of this Section. An agency providing civil legal
aid, as defined by Section 15 of the Public Interest
Attorney Assistance Act, assisting individuals seeking to
file a motion to vacate and expunge under this subsection
may file motions to vacate and expunge with the Chief
Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
designated by the Chief Judge, and the motion may include
more than one individual. Motions filed by an agency
providing civil legal aid concerning more than one
individual may be prepared, presented, and signed
electronically.
(4) Any State's Attorney may file a motion to vacate
and expunge a conviction for a misdemeanor or Class 4
felony violation of Section 4 or Section 5 of the Cannabis
Control Act. Motions to vacate and expunge under this

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subsection (i) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
designated by the Chief Judge, and may include more than
one individual. Motions filed by a State's Attorney
concerning more than one individual may be prepared,
presented, and signed electronically. When considering
such a motion to vacate and expunge, a court shall
consider the following: the reasons to retain the records
provided by law enforcement, the individual's age, the
individual's age at the time of offense, the time since
the conviction, and the specific adverse consequences if
denied. Upon entry of an order granting a motion to vacate
and expunge records pursuant to this Section, the State's
Attorney shall notify the Prisoner Review Board within 30
days. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the circuit
court clerk shall promptly provide a copy of the order and
a certificate of disposition to the individual whose
records will be expunged to the individual's last known
address or by electronic means (if available) or otherwise
make available to the individual upon request. If a motion
to vacate and expunge is granted, the records shall be
expunged in accordance with subparagraphs (d)(8) and
(d)(9)(A) of this Section.
(5) In the public interest, the State's Attorney of a
county has standing to file motions to vacate and expunge
pursuant to this Section in the circuit court with

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jurisdiction over the underlying conviction.
(6) If a person is arrested for a Minor Cannabis
Offense as defined in this Section before June 25, 2019
(the effective date of Public Act 101-27) and the person's
case is still pending but a sentence has not been imposed,
the person may petition the court in which the charges are
pending for an order to summarily dismiss those charges
against him or her, and expunge all official records of
his or her arrest, plea, trial, conviction, incarceration,
supervision, or expungement. If the court determines, upon
review, that: (A) the person was arrested before June 25,
2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) for an
offense that has been made eligible for expungement; (B)
the case is pending at the time; and (C) the person has not
been sentenced of the minor cannabis violation eligible
for expungement under this subsection, the court shall
consider the following: the reasons to retain the records
provided by law enforcement, the petitioner's age, the
petitioner's age at the time of offense, the time since
the conviction, and the specific adverse consequences if
denied. If a motion to dismiss and expunge is granted, the
records shall be expunged in accordance with subparagraph
(d)(9)(A) of this Section.
(7) A person imprisoned solely as a result of one or
more convictions for Minor Cannabis Offenses under this
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the issuance of an order under this subsection.
(8) The Illinois State Police shall allow a person to
use the access and review process, established in the
Illinois State Police, for verifying that his or her
records relating to Minor Cannabis Offenses of the
Cannabis Control Act eligible under this Section have been
expunged.
(9) No conviction vacated pursuant to this Section
shall serve as the basis for damages for time unjustly
served as provided in the Court of Claims Act.
(10) Effect of Expungement. A person's right to
expunge an expungeable offense shall not be limited under
this Section. The effect of an order of expungement shall
be to restore the person to the status he or she occupied
before the arrest, charge, or conviction.
(11) Information. The Illinois State Police shall post
general information on its website about the expungement
process described in this subsection (i).
(j) Felony Prostitution Convictions.
(1) Any individual may file a motion to vacate and
expunge a conviction for a prior Class 4 felony violation
of prostitution. Motions to vacate and expunge under this
subsection (j) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
Judge of a judicial circuit, or any judge of the circuit
designated by the Chief Judge. When considering the motion
to vacate and expunge, a court shall consider the

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following:
(A) the reasons to retain the records provided by
law enforcement;
(B) the petitioner's age;
(C) the petitioner's age at the time of offense;
and
(D) the time since the conviction, and the
specific adverse consequences if denied. An individual
may file the petition after the completion of any
sentence or condition imposed by the conviction.
Within 60 days of the filing of the motion, a State's
Attorney may file an objection to the petition along
with supporting evidence. If a motion to vacate and
expunge is granted, the records shall be expunged in
accordance with subparagraph (d)(9)(A) of this
Section. An agency providing civil legal aid, as
defined in Section 15 of the Public Interest Attorney
Assistance Act, assisting individuals seeking to file
a motion to vacate and expunge under this subsection
may file motions to vacate and expunge with the Chief
Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
designated by the Chief Judge, and the motion may
include more than one individual.
(2) Any State's Attorney may file a motion to vacate
and expunge a conviction for a Class 4 felony violation of
prostitution. Motions to vacate and expunge under this

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subsection (j) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
Judge of a judicial circuit, or any judge of the circuit
court designated by the Chief Judge, and may include more
than one individual. When considering the motion to vacate
and expunge, a court shall consider the following reasons:
(A) the reasons to retain the records provided by
law enforcement;
(B) the petitioner's age;
(C) the petitioner's age at the time of offense;
(D) the time since the conviction; and
(E) the specific adverse consequences if denied.
If the State's Attorney files a motion to vacate and
expunge records for felony prostitution convictions
pursuant to this Section, the State's Attorney shall
notify the Prisoner Review Board within 30 days of the
filing. If a motion to vacate and expunge is granted, the
records shall be expunged in accordance with subparagraph
(d)(9)(A) of this Section.
(3) In the public interest, the State's Attorney of a
county has standing to file motions to vacate and expunge
pursuant to this Section in the circuit court with
jurisdiction over the underlying conviction.
(4) The Illinois State Police shall allow a person to
a use the access and review process, established in the
Illinois State Police, for verifying that his or her
records relating to felony prostitution eligible under

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this Section have been expunged.
(5) No conviction vacated pursuant to this Section
shall serve as the basis for damages for time unjustly
served as provided in the Court of Claims Act.
(6) Effect of Expungement. A person's right to expunge
an expungeable offense shall not be limited under this
Section. The effect of an order of expungement shall be to
restore the person to the status he or she occupied before
the arrest, charge, or conviction.
(7) Information. The Illinois State Police shall post
general information on its website about the expungement
process described in this subsection (j).
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
101-159, eff. 1-1-20; 101-306, eff. 8-9-19; 101-593, eff.
12-4-19; 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-145, eff. 7-23-21;
102-558, 8-20-21; 102-639, eff. 8-27-21; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22; 102-933, eff. 1-1-23; revised 12-8-22.)
Section 10. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
by changing Section 10-15 as follows:
(410 ILCS 705/10-15)
Sec. 10-15. Persons under 21 years of age.
(a) Nothing in this Act is intended to permit the transfer
of cannabis, with or without remuneration, to a person under
21 years of age, or to allow a person under 21 years of age to

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purchase, possess, use, process, transport, grow, or consume
cannabis except where authorized by the Compassionate Use of
Medical Cannabis Program Act or by the Community College
Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law
authorizing the possession of medical cannabis, nothing in
this Act authorizes a person who is under 21 years of age to
possess cannabis. A person under 21 years of age with cannabis
in his or her possession is guilty of a civil law violation as
outlined in paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Cannabis Control
Act as it existed on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 103rd General Assembly.
(c) If the person under the age of 21 was in a motor
vehicle at the time of the offense, the Secretary of State may
suspend or revoke the driving privileges of any person for a
violation of this Section under Section 6-206 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code and the rules adopted under it.
(d) It is unlawful for any parent or guardian to knowingly
permit his or her residence, any other private property under
his or her control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or watercraft
under his or her control to be used by an invitee of the
parent's child or the guardian's ward, if the invitee is under
the age of 21, in a manner that constitutes a violation of this
Section. A parent or guardian is deemed to have knowingly
permitted his or her residence, any other private property
under his or her control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or

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watercraft under his or her control to be used in violation of
this Section if he or she knowingly authorizes or permits
consumption of cannabis by underage invitees. Any person who
violates this subsection (d) is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor and the person's sentence shall include, but shall
not be limited to, a fine of not less than $500. If a violation
of this subsection (d) directly or indirectly results in great
bodily harm or death to any person, the person violating this
subsection is guilty of a Class 4 felony. In this subsection
(d), where the residence or other property has an owner and a
tenant or lessee, the trier of fact may infer that the
residence or other property is occupied only by the tenant or
lessee.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
Section 15. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 5-125 as follows:
(705 ILCS 405/5-125)
Sec. 5-125. Concurrent jurisdiction. Any minor alleged to
have violated a traffic, boating, or fish and game law, or a
municipal or county ordinance, may be prosecuted for the
violation and if found guilty punished under any statute or
ordinance relating to the violation, without reference to the
procedures set out in this Article, except that:
(1) any detention, must be in compliance with this

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Article; and
(2) the confidentiality of records provisions in Part
9 of this Article shall apply to any law enforcement and
court records relating to prosecution of a minor under 18
years of age for a municipal or county ordinance violation
or a violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the
Cannabis Control Act committed before the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or
subsection (c) of Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia
Control Act; except that these confidentiality provisions
shall not apply to or affect any proceeding to adjudicate
the violation.
For the purpose of this Section, "traffic violation" shall
include a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
or the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to the offense of
reckless homicide, Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, or any similar county or municipal ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)
Section 20. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 14-3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/14-3)
Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
exempt from the provisions of this Article:
(a) Listening to radio, wireless electronic

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communications, and television communications of any sort
where the same are publicly made;
(b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of
any common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course
of their employment in the operation, maintenance or
repair of the equipment of such common carrier by wire so
long as no information obtained thereby is used or
divulged by the hearer;
(c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise
whether it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of
later broadcasts of any function where the public is in
attendance and the conversations are overheard incidental
to the main purpose for which such broadcasts are then
being made;
(d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
to any emergency communication made in the normal course
of operations by any federal, state or local law
enforcement agency or institutions dealing in emergency
services, including, but not limited to, hospitals,
clinics, ambulance services, fire fighting agencies, any
public utility, emergency repair facility, civilian
defense establishment or military installation;
(e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required
to be open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
(f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed

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or advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must
be destroyed, erased or turned over to local law
enforcement authorities within 24 hours from the time of
such recording and shall not be otherwise disseminated.
Failure on the part of the individual or business
operating any such recording or listening device to comply
with the requirements of this subsection shall eliminate
any civil or criminal immunity conferred upon that
individual or business by the operation of this Section;
(g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of
the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening
with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
consented to it being intercepted or recorded under
circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for
the protection of the law enforcement officer or any
person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the
course of an investigation of a forcible felony, a felony
offense of involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons under
Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
prostitution, solicitation of a sexual act, or pandering,
a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances
Act, a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a

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felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and
Community Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or
"gang-related" felony as those terms are defined in the
Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, or
any felony offense involving any weapon listed in
paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (a) of Section
24-1 of this Code. Any recording or evidence derived as
the result of this exemption shall be inadmissible in any
proceeding, criminal, civil or administrative, except (i)
where a party to the conversation suffers great bodily
injury or is killed during such conversation, or (ii) when
used as direct impeachment of a witness concerning matters
contained in the interception or recording. The Director
of the Illinois State Police shall issue regulations as
are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
tape recordings, and reports regarding their use;
(g-5) (Blank);
(g-6) With approval of the State's Attorney of the
county in which it is to occur, recording or listening
with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
consented to it being intercepted or recorded in the
course of an investigation of child pornography,
aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
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aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
the offense was at the time of the commission of the
offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
years of age. In all such cases, an application for an
order approving the previous or continuing use of an
eavesdropping device must be made within 48 hours of the
commencement of such use. In the absence of such an order,
or upon its denial, any continuing use shall immediately
terminate. The Director of the Illinois State Police shall
issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding
their use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived
in the course of an investigation of child pornography,
aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
child, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
the offense was at the time of the commission of the
offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
years of age shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
Attorney General prosecuting any case involving child
pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
solicitation of a child, luring of a minor, sexual

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exploitation of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
in which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or
criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which
the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission
of the offense under 18 years of age be reviewed in camera
with notice to all parties present by the court presiding
over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the court to be
relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be admissible
at the trial of the criminal case. Absent such a ruling,
any such recording or evidence shall not be admissible at
the trial of the criminal case;
(h) Recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation
between a uniformed peace officer, who has identified his
or her office, and a person in the presence of the peace
officer whenever (i) an officer assigned a patrol vehicle
is conducting an enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle
emergency lights are activated or would otherwise be
activated if not for the need to conceal the presence of
law enforcement.
For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement
stop" means an action by a law enforcement officer in
relation to enforcement and investigation duties,
including but not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian
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commercial motor vehicle stops, roadside safety checks,
requests for identification, or responses to requests for
emergency assistance;
(h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while
in the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an
occupant of a police vehicle including, but not limited
to, (i) recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
in-car video camera and (ii) recordings made in the
presence of the peace officer utilizing video or audio
systems, or both, authorized by the law enforcement
agency;
(h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video
camera recording during the use of a taser or similar
weapon or device by a peace officer if the weapon or device
is equipped with such camera;
(h-15) Recordings made under subsection (h), (h-5), or
(h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency
that employs the peace officer who made the recordings for
a storage period of 90 days, unless the recordings are
made as a part of an arrest or the recordings are deemed
evidence in any criminal, civil, or administrative
proceeding and then the recordings must only be destroyed
upon a final disposition and an order from the court.
Under no circumstances shall any recording be altered or
erased prior to the expiration of the designated storage
period. Upon completion of the storage period, the

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recording medium may be erased and reissued for
operational use;
(i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the
request of a person, not a law enforcement officer or
agent of a law enforcement officer, who is a party to the
conversation, under reasonable suspicion that another
party to the conversation is committing, is about to
commit, or has committed a criminal offense against the
person or a member of his or her immediate household, and
there is reason to believe that evidence of the criminal
offense may be obtained by the recording;
(j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either
(1) a corporation or other business entity engaged in
marketing or opinion research or (2) a corporation or
other business entity engaged in telephone solicitation,
as defined in this subsection, to record or listen to oral
telephone solicitation conversations or marketing or
opinion research conversations by an employee of the
corporation or other business entity when:
(i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of
service quality control of marketing or opinion
research or telephone solicitation, the education or
training of employees or contractors engaged in
marketing or opinion research or telephone
solicitation, or internal research related to
marketing or opinion research or telephone

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solicitation; and
(ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
least one person who is an active party to the
marketing or opinion research conversation or
telephone solicitation conversation being monitored.
No communication or conversation or any part, portion,
or aspect of the communication or conversation made,
acquired, or obtained, directly or indirectly, under this
exemption (j), may be, directly or indirectly, furnished
to any law enforcement officer, agency, or official for
any purpose or used in any inquiry or investigation, or
used, directly or indirectly, in any administrative,
judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged to any third
party.
When recording or listening authorized by this
subsection (j) on telephone lines used for marketing or
opinion research or telephone solicitation purposes
results in recording or listening to a conversation that
does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
telephone solicitation; the person recording or listening
shall, immediately upon determining that the conversation
does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
practicable.
Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or

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telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
shall provide current and prospective employees with
notice that the monitoring or recordings may occur during
the course of their employment. The notice shall include
prominent signage notification within the workplace.
Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
shall provide their employees or agents with access to
personal-only telephone lines which may be pay telephones,
that are not subject to telephone monitoring or telephone
recording.
For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
telephone by live operators:
(i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
(ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
services;
(iii) assisting in the use of goods or services;
or
(iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration,
or collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer
engaged by a corporation or other business entity whose
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polls and surveys measuring the opinions, attitudes, and
responses of respondents toward products and services, or
social or political issues, or both;
(k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited
to, a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual
or audio recording, made of a custodial interrogation of
an individual at a police station or other place of
detention by a law enforcement officer under Section
5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or Section
103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
(l) Recording the interview or statement of any person
when the person knows that the interview is being
conducted by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor and
the interview takes place at a police station that is
currently participating in the Custodial Interview Pilot
Program established under the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Act;
(m) An electronic recording, including but not limited
to, a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual
or audio recording, made of the interior of a school bus
while the school bus is being used in the transportation
of students to and from school and school-sponsored
activities, when the school board has adopted a policy
authorizing such recording, notice of such recording
policy is included in student handbooks and other
documents including the policies of the school, notice of

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the policy regarding recording is provided to parents of
students, and notice of such recording is clearly posted
on the door of and inside the school bus.
Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall
be confidential records and may only be used by school
officials (or their designees) and law enforcement
personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions
and hearings, proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of
1987, and criminal prosecutions, related to incidents
occurring in or around the school bus;
(n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission
from a microphone placed by a person under the authority
of a law enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance
vehicle while simultaneously capturing a photographic or
video image;
(o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
enforcement officer or individual acting on behalf of a
law enforcement officer when the use of such device is
necessary to protect the safety of the general public,
hostages, or law enforcement officers or anyone acting on
their behalf;
(p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed
or advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline",
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beginning of each call as required by Section 34-21.8 of
the School Code. The recordings may be retained only by
the Chicago Police Department or other law enforcement
authorities, and shall not be otherwise retained or
disseminated;
(q)(1) With prior request to and written or verbal
approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which
the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or
listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a
conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any
person acting at the direction of a law enforcement
officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented
to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the
course of an investigation of a qualified offense. The
State's Attorney may grant this approval only after
determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that
inculpatory conversations concerning a qualified offense
will occur with a specified individual or individuals
within a designated period of time.
(2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception
contained in this subsection (q), a law enforcement
officer shall make a request for approval to the
appropriate State's Attorney. The request may be written
or verbal; however, a written memorialization of the
request must be made by the State's Attorney. This request
for approval shall include whatever information is deemed

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necessary by the State's Attorney but shall include, at a
minimum, the following information about each specified
individual whom the law enforcement officer believes will
commit a qualified offense:
(A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or
alias;
(B) a physical description; or
(C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph
(2), any other supporting information known to the law
enforcement officer at the time of the request that
gives rise to reasonable cause to believe that the
specified individual will participate in an
inculpatory conversation concerning a qualified
offense.
(3) Limitations on approval. Each written approval by
the State's Attorney under this subsection (q) shall be
limited to:
(A) a recording or interception conducted by a
specified law enforcement officer or person acting at
the direction of a law enforcement officer;
(B) recording or intercepting conversations with
the individuals specified in the request for approval,
provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
include the recording or intercepting of conversations
with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
officer at the time of the request for approval, who

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are acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators
with the individuals specified in the request for
approval in the commission of a qualified offense;
(C) a reasonable period of time but in no event
longer than 24 consecutive hours;
(D) the written request for approval, if
applicable, or the written memorialization must be
filed, along with the written approval, with the
circuit clerk of the jurisdiction on the next business
day following the expiration of the authorized period
of time, and shall be subject to review by the Chief
Judge or his or her designee as deemed appropriate by
the court.
(3.5) The written memorialization of the request for
approval and the written approval by the State's Attorney
may be in any format, including via facsimile, email, or
otherwise, so long as it is capable of being filed with the
circuit clerk.
(3.10) Beginning March 1, 2015, each State's Attorney
shall annually submit a report to the General Assembly
disclosing:
(A) the number of requests for each qualified
offense for approval under this subsection; and
(B) the number of approvals for each qualified
offense given by the State's Attorney.
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of any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has
been recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception
may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or
other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury,
department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative
committee, or other authority of this State, or a
political subdivision of the State, other than in a
prosecution of:
(A) the qualified offense for which approval was
given to record or intercept a conversation under this
subsection (q);
(B) a forcible felony committed directly in the
course of the investigation of the qualified offense
for which approval was given to record or intercept a
conversation under this subsection (q); or
(C) any other forcible felony committed while the
recording or interception was approved in accordance
with this subsection (q), but for this specific
category of prosecutions, only if the law enforcement
officer or person acting at the direction of a law
enforcement officer who has consented to the
conversation being intercepted or recorded suffers
great bodily injury or is killed during the commission
of the charged forcible felony.
(5) Compliance with the provisions of this subsection
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part of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral
communication that has been intercepted as a result of
this exception, but nothing in this subsection shall be
deemed to prevent a court from otherwise excluding the
evidence on any other ground recognized by State or
federal law, nor shall anything in this subsection be
deemed to prevent a court from independently reviewing the
admissibility of the evidence for compliance with the
Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or with Article
I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution.
(6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to
qualified offenses. Whenever any private conversation or
private electronic communication has been recorded or
intercepted as a result of this exception that is not
related to an offense for which the recording or intercept
is admissible under paragraph (4) of this subsection (q),
no part of the contents of the communication and evidence
derived from the communication may be received in evidence
in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before
any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency,
regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority
of this State, or a political subdivision of the State,
nor may it be publicly disclosed in any way.
(6.5) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules as
are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
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subsection (q).
(7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection
(q) only:
"Forcible felony" includes and is limited to those
offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code
of 1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 97th General Assembly, and only as those
offenses have been defined by law or judicial
interpretation as of that date.
"Qualified offense" means and is limited to:
(A) a felony violation of the Cannabis Control
Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
the Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act, except for violations of:
(i) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act
committed before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly;
(ii) Section 402 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act; and
(iii) Section 60 of the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act; and
(B) first degree murder, solicitation of
murder for hire, predatory criminal sexual assault
of a child, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
criminal sexual assault, aggravated arson,
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abduction, trafficking in persons, involuntary
servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
minor, or gunrunning.
"State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
approval to record or intercept conversations under
this subsection (q).
(8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and
after January 1, 2027. No conversations intercepted
pursuant to this subsection (q), while operative, shall be
inadmissible in a court of law by virtue of the
inoperability of this subsection (q) on January 1, 2027.
(9) Recordings, records, and custody. Any private
conversation or private electronic communication
intercepted by a law enforcement officer or a person
acting at the direction of law enforcement shall, if
practicable, be recorded in such a way as will protect the
recording from editing or other alteration. Any and all
original recordings made under this subsection (q) shall
be inventoried without unnecessary delay pursuant to the
law enforcement agency's policies for inventorying
evidence. The original recordings shall not be destroyed
except upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
and
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to, motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or
audio recording, made of a lineup under Section 107A-2 of
the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
102-918, eff. 5-27-22.)
Section 25. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by
changing Sections 7, 9, 10, and 16.2 as follows:
(720 ILCS 550/7) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 707)
Sec. 7. (a) Any person who is at least 18 years of age who
violates Section 5 of this Act by delivering cannabis to a
person under 18 years of age who is at least 3 years his junior
may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term up to twice the
maximum term otherwise authorized by Section 5.
(b) Any person under 18 years of age who violates Section 4
or 5 of this Act may be treated by the court in accordance with
the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
(720 ILCS 550/9) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 709)
Sec. 9. (a) Any person who engages in a calculated
criminal cannabis conspiracy, as defined in subsection (b), is
guilty of a Class 3 felony, and fined not more than $200,000
and shall be subject to the forfeitures prescribed in
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offense after one or more prior convictions under this
Section, Section 4 (d), Section 5 (d), Section 8 (d) or any law
of the United States or of any State relating to cannabis, or
controlled substances as defined in the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, in addition to the fine and forfeiture
authorized above, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 felony for
which an offender may not be sentenced to death.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person engages in a
calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy when:
(1) he violates Section 4 (d), 4 (e), 5 (d), 5 (e), 8 (c)
or 8 (d) of this Act; and
(2) such violation is a part of a conspiracy undertaken or
carried on with 2 or more other persons; and
(3) he obtains anything of value greater than $500 from,
or organizes, directs or finances such violation or
conspiracy.
(c) Any person who is convicted under this Section of
engaging in a calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy shall
forfeit to the State of Illinois:
(1) the receipts obtained by him in such conspiracy; and
(2) any of his interests in, claims against, receipts
from, or property or rights of any kind affording a source of
influence over, such conspiracy.
(d) The circuit court may enter such injunctions,
restraining orders, directions, or prohibitions, or take such
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performance bonds, in connection with any property, claim,
receipt, right or other interest subject to forfeiture under
this Section, as it deems proper.
(Source: P.A. 84-1233.)
(720 ILCS 550/10) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 710)
Sec. 10. (a) Whenever any person who has not previously
been convicted of any felony offense under this Act or any law
of the United States or of any State relating to cannabis, or
controlled substances as defined in the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, pleads guilty to or is found guilty of
violating Section Sections 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 5(a), 5(b), 5(c),
or 8 of this Act, the court may, without entering a judgment
and with the consent of such person, sentence him to
probation.
(b) When a person is placed on probation, the court shall
enter an order specifying a period of probation of 24 months,
and shall defer further proceedings in the case until the
conclusion of the period or until the filing of a petition
alleging violation of a term or condition of probation.
(c) The conditions of probation shall be that the person:
(1) not violate any criminal statute of any jurisdiction; (2)
refrain from possession of a firearm or other dangerous
weapon; (3) submit to periodic drug testing at a time and in a
manner as ordered by the court, but no less than 3 times during
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paid by the probationer; and (4) perform no less than 30 hours
of community service, provided community service is available
in the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county
board. The court may give credit toward the fulfillment of
community service hours for participation in activities and
treatment as determined by court services.
(d) The court may, in addition to other conditions,
require that the person:
(1) make a report to and appear in person before or
participate with the court or such courts, person, or
social service agency as directed by the court in the
order of probation;
(2) pay a fine and costs;
(3) work or pursue a course of study or vocational
training;
(4) undergo medical or psychiatric treatment; or
treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism;
(5) attend or reside in a facility established for the
instruction or residence of defendants on probation;
(6) support his dependents;
(7) refrain from possessing a firearm or other
dangerous weapon;
(7-5) refrain from having in his or her body the
presence of any illicit drug prohibited by the Cannabis
Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
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unless prescribed by a physician, and submit samples of
his or her blood or urine or both for tests to determine
the presence of any illicit drug;
(8) and in addition, if a minor:
(i) reside with his parents or in a foster home;
(ii) attend school;
(iii) attend a non-residential program for youth;
(iv) contribute to his own support at home or in a
foster home.
(e) Upon violation of a term or condition of probation,
the court may enter a judgment on its original finding of guilt
and proceed as otherwise provided.
(f) Upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions of
probation, the court shall discharge such person and dismiss
the proceedings against him.
(g) A disposition of probation is considered to be a
conviction for the purposes of imposing the conditions of
probation and for appeal, however, discharge and dismissal
under this Section is not a conviction for purposes of
disqualification or disabilities imposed by law upon
conviction of a crime (including the additional penalty
imposed for subsequent offenses under Section 4(c), 4(d), 5(c)
or 5(d) of this Act).
(h) A person may not have more than one discharge and
dismissal under this Section within a 4-year period.
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the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act within 5 years subsequent
to a discharge and dismissal under this Section, the discharge
and dismissal under this Section shall be admissible in the
sentencing proceeding for that conviction as a factor in
aggravation.
(j) Notwithstanding subsection (a), before a person is
sentenced to probation under this Section, the court may refer
the person to the drug court established in that judicial
circuit pursuant to Section 15 of the Drug Court Treatment
Act. The drug court team shall evaluate the person's
likelihood of successfully completing a sentence of probation
under this Section and shall report the results of its
evaluation to the court. If the drug court team finds that the
person suffers from a substance abuse problem that makes him
or her substantially unlikely to successfully complete a
sentence of probation under this Section, then the drug court
shall set forth its findings in the form of a written order,
and the person shall not be sentenced to probation under this
Section, but shall be considered for the drug court program.
(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-3, eff. 1-1-18;
100-575, eff. 1-8-18.)
(720 ILCS 550/16.2)
Sec. 16.2. Preservation of cannabis or cannabis sativa
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(a) Before or after the trial in a prosecution for a
violation of Section 4, 5, 5.1, 5.2, 8, or 9 of this Act, a law
enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the law
enforcement agency must preserve, subject to a continuous
chain of custody, not less than 6,001 grams of any substance
containing cannabis and not less than 51 cannabis sativa
plants with respect to the offenses enumerated in this
subsection (a) and must maintain sufficient documentation to
locate that evidence. Excess quantities with respect to the
offenses enumerated in this subsection (a) cannot practicably
be retained by a law enforcement agency because of its size,
bulk, and physical character.
(b) The court may before trial transfer excess quantities
of any substance containing cannabis or cannabis sativa plants
with respect to a prosecution for any offense enumerated in
subsection (a) to the sheriff of the county, or may in its
discretion transfer such evidence to the Illinois State
Police, for destruction after notice is given to the
defendant's attorney of record or to the defendant if the
defendant is proceeding pro se.
(c) After a judgment of conviction is entered and the
charged quantity is no longer needed for evidentiary purposes
with respect to a prosecution for any offense enumerated in
subsection (a), the court may transfer any substance
containing cannabis or cannabis sativa plants to the sheriff
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to the Illinois State Police, for destruction after notice is
given to the defendant's attorney of record or to the
defendant if the defendant is proceeding pro se. No evidence
shall be disposed of until 30 days after the judgment is
entered, and if a notice of appeal is filed, no evidence shall
be disposed of until the mandate has been received by the
circuit court from the Appellate Court.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(720 ILCS 550/4 rep.)
Section 30. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by
repealing Section 4.
Section 40. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by changing Section 115-23 as follows:
(725 ILCS 5/115-23)
Sec. 115-23. Admissibility of cannabis. In a prosecution
for a violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the Cannabis
Control Act committed before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or a municipal
ordinance for possession of cannabis that is punished by only
a fine, cannabis shall only be admitted into evidence based
upon:
(1) a properly administered field test; or
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officer's training and experience as qualified by the
court.
(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)