Bill Text: IL HB3580 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that a certificate of good conduct does not limit any employer, landlord, judicial proceeding, administrative, licensing, or other body, board, or authority from accessing criminal background information; nor does it hide, alter, or expunge the record. Provides that the existence of a certificate of good conduct does not preclude a landlord or an administrative, licensing, or other body, board, or authority from retaining full discretion to grant or deny the application for housing or licensure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0154 [HB3580 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3580-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that a certificate of good conduct does not limit any employer, landlord, judicial proceeding, administrative, licensing, or other body, board, or authority from accessing criminal background information; nor does it hide, alter, or expunge the record. Provides that the existence of a certificate of good conduct does not preclude a landlord or an administrative, licensing, or other body, board, or authority from retaining full discretion to grant or deny the application for housing or licensure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0154 [HB3580 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3580-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-5.5-25 as follows:
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6 | (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-25)
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7 | Sec. 5-5.5-25. Certificate of good conduct.
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8 | (a) A certificate of good conduct may be granted as | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | provided in this Section to relieve an eligible offender of any | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | employment , occupational licensing, or housing bar. The | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | certificate may be limited to one or more disabilities or bars | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | or may relieve the individual of all disabilities and bars. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of good conduct does not relieve an offender of any | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | employment-related disability imposed by law by reason of his | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | or her conviction of a crime that would prevent his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | employment by the Department of Corrections, Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Juvenile Justice, or any other law enforcement agency in the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | State.
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20 | (a-6)
A certificate of good conduct may be granted as | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | provided in this
Section to an eligible offender as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Section 5-5.5-5 of this Code
who has demonstrated by clear and | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | convincing evidence that he or she has been a law-abiding |
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1 | citizen and is fully
rehabilitated.
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2 | (b)(i) A certificate of good conduct may not, however, in | ||||||
3 | any
way prevent any judicial proceeding, administrative, | ||||||
4 | licensing, or other body,
board, or authority from considering | ||||||
5 | the conviction specified
in the certificate.
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6 | (ii) A certificate of good conduct shall not limit or | ||||||
7 | prevent the
introduction of evidence of a prior conviction for | ||||||
8 | purposes of impeachment of
a witness in a judicial or other | ||||||
9 | proceeding where otherwise authorized by the
applicable rules | ||||||
10 | of evidence.
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11 | (iii) A certificate of good conduct does not limit the | ||||||
12 | employer from accessing criminal background information; nor | ||||||
13 | does it hide, alter, or expunge the record. | ||||||
14 | (c) An employer is not civilly or criminally liable for an | ||||||
15 | act or omission by an employee who has been issued a | ||||||
16 | certificate of good conduct, except for a willful or wanton act | ||||||
17 | by the employer in hiring the employee who has been issued a | ||||||
18 | certificate of good conduct. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 96-852, eff. 1-1-10.)
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