Bill Text: IL SB2074 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Conviction History Reporting Act. Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from reporting in a criminal history report (1) criminal history information that antedates the report by more than 5 years and (2) criminal history record information that is not conviction information. Authorizes the recovery of damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2074 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2074-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Conviction History Reporting Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Consumer reporting agency" means any person or entity | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | that, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative non-profit | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | basis, regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of assembling or evaluating criminal history record | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | information on individuals for the purpose of furnishing | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | criminal history reports to third parties. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Conviction information" means data reflecting a judgment | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of guilt or nolo contendere or any disposition arising | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | therefrom, including sentencing, correctional supervision, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | rehabilitation, or release. For purposes of this Act, an order | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of supervision or qualified probation as defined by Section 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | of the Criminal Identification Act that has been discharged or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | dismissed shall not be deemed conviction information. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Criminal history record information" means records of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | arrest, complaint, indictment, or any disposition arising | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | therefrom. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Criminal history report" means any written, oral, or other |
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1 | communication of information that includes criminal history | ||||||
2 | record information about a natural person.
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3 | Section 10. Applicability; exclusion. The provisions of | ||||||
4 | this Act do not apply to background collected, maintained, or | ||||||
5 | disseminated pursuant to the Illinois Uniform Conviction | ||||||
6 | Information Act.
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7 | Section 15. Limit on reporting of criminal history record | ||||||
8 | information. | ||||||
9 | (a) A criminal history report furnished to a third party | ||||||
10 | shall not include (1) criminal history information that | ||||||
11 | antedates the report by more than 5 years or (2) criminal | ||||||
12 | history record information that is not conviction information. | ||||||
13 | (b) Nothing in this Act abrogates a consumer reporting | ||||||
14 | agency's ability to (1) report that an individual is currently | ||||||
15 | subject to a publicly available registry established under the | ||||||
16 | laws of this State or (2) otherwise report information that is | ||||||
17 | not criminal history record information.
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18 | Section 20. Remedies. If a consumer reporting agency | ||||||
19 | violates the terms of this Act, the subject of any criminal | ||||||
20 | history report may recover in a civil action: | ||||||
21 | (1) damages in the amount of $1,000 for each report | ||||||
22 | provided to a third party in violation of this Act or | ||||||
23 | actual damages, whichever is greater; |
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1 | (2) costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be | ||||||
2 | allowed by the court; and | ||||||
3 | (3) any other relief as may be appropriate, including | ||||||
4 | punitive damages.
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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