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HB 4954 — CRIM ID-IMMEDIATE SEALING
Last action — Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 044-059-000
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 99th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that records of charges that result in an acquittal or dismissal with prejudice, except for minor traffic offenses, may be immediately sealed after the final disposition of the case. Upon entry of judgment, the defendant shall be informed of this right and the proper procedures to follow to have records that are eligible be immediately sealed. A petition may be filed on behalf of the defendant by his or her attorney at the final disposition hearing, or by the defendant at any time. The State's Attorney may not object to an immediate sealing petition, and the presiding trial judge shall enter an order granting or denying the petition during the hearing in which the petition is filed. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
285 added · 312 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Bill HB 4954 allows for records of charges that result in acquittal or dismissal to be sealed immediately, which includes clarifying the process for defendants to ensure their records are protected. This means that once a case is resolved in favor of the defendant, they can quickly safeguard their reputation from the impact of having a public criminal record. This change is important because it provides individuals who have been wrongfully charged with a simpler and faster method to reclaim their privacy and move forward without the stigma of unresolved legal issues.
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La Shawn K.
Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 2630/5.2 Amends the Criminal Identification Act.
Provides that records of charges that result in an acquittal or dismissal with prejudice, except for minor traffic offenses, may be immediately sealed after the final disposition of the case.
Upon entry of judgment, the defendant shall be informed of this right and the proper procedures to follow to have records that are eligible be immediately sealed.
A petition may be filed on behalf of the defendant by his or her attorney at the final disposition hearing, or by the defendant at any time.
The State's Attorney may not object to an immediate sealing petition, and the presiding trial judge shall enter an petition is filed.
Effective immediately.ring the hearing in which the LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB4954 LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b AN ACT concerning State government.
(i) Business Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-2), (ii) Charge (730 ILCS 5/5-1-3), (iii) Court (730 ILCS 5/5-1-6), (iv) Defendant (730 ILCS 5/5-1-7), (v) Felony (730 ILCS 5/5-1-9), (vi) Imprisonment (730 ILCS 5/5-1-10), (vii) Judgment (730 ILCS 5/5-1-12), (viii) Misdemeanor (730 ILCS 5/5-1-14), (ix) Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-15), HB4954 Engrossed - 2 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (x) Parole (730 ILCS 5/5-1-16), (xi) Petty Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-17), (xii) Probation (730 ILCS 5/5-1-18), (xiii) Sentence (730 ILCS 5/5-1-19), (xiv) Supervision (730 ILCS 5/5-1-21), and (xv) Victim (730 ILCS 5/5-1-22).
HB4954 Engrossed - 3 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (D) "Criminal offense" means a petty offense, business offense, misdemeanor, felony, or municipal ordinance violation (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(H)).
If multiple sentences, orders of supervision, or orders of qualified probation terminate on the same day and HB4954 Engrossed - 4 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b are last in time, they shall be collectively considered the "last sentence" regardless of whether they were ordered to run concurrently.
(J) "Qualified probation" means an order of probation under 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(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 Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and HB4954 Engrossed - 5 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act.
(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 HB4954 Engrossed - 6 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b Section.
(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 HB4954 Engrossed - 7 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b without charging.
(D) the sealing of the records of an arrest which HB4954 Engrossed - 8 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b results in the petitioner being charged with a felony offense or records of a charge not initiated by arrest for a felony offense unless:
HB4954 Engrossed - 9 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (1) A petitioner may petition the circuit court to expunge the records of his or her arrests and charges not initiated by arrest when:
(B) When the arrest or charge not initiated by arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an order of HB4954 Engrossed - 10 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b supervision, successfully completed by the petitioner, the following time frames will apply:
(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 HB4954 Engrossed - 11 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b passed following the satisfactory termination of the supervision.
(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 Department, 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 HB4954 Engrossed - 12 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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.
However, the records of the arresting authority and the Department of State Police concerning the offense HB4954 Engrossed - 13 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b shall not be sealed.
HB4954 Engrossed - 14 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (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.
(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 HB4954 Engrossed - 15 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b excluded by subsection (a)(3);
HB4954 Engrossed - 16 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b Offenses under the Steroid Control Act.
Possession with intent to manufacture or HB4954 Engrossed - 17 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b deliver a controlled substance under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
(E) Records identified as eligible under 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 HB4954 Engrossed - 18 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release.
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 HB4954 Engrossed - 19 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b sealing of the records.
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 Code of Corrections, the certificate shall be attached to the HB4954 Engrossed - 20 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b petition.
(A) Any party entitled to notice of the petition HB4954 Engrossed - 21 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b may file an objection to the petition.
If an objection is filed, the court shall set a date for a hearing and notify the petitioner and all HB4954 Engrossed - 22 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b parties entitled to notice of the petition of the hearing date at least 30 days prior to the hearing.
After entering an order to expunge or seal records, the court must provide copies of the order to the Department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Department, to the petitioner, to the State's Attorney or prosecutor charged with the duty of HB4954 Engrossed - 23 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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.
and (iii) in response to an inquiry for expunged records, the court, the Department, or the agency receiving such inquiry, shall reply as it does in HB4954 Engrossed - 24 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b response to inquiries when no records ever existed.
(iv) records impounded by the Department may HB4954 Engrossed - 25 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b be disseminated by the Department 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;
(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 HB4954 Engrossed - 26 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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;
(C) Upon entry of an order to seal records under subsection (c), the arresting agency, any other agency HB4954 Engrossed - 27 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b as ordered by the court, the Department, and the court shall seal the records (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(K)).
Notwithstanding any provision of the Clerks of Courts Act to the contrary, the circuit court HB4954 Engrossed - 28 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the cost associated with the sealing or expungement of records by the circuit court clerk.
No fees shall be charged by the circuit court clerk or the Department of State Police for processing sealing petitions for eligible records under subsection (c)(2)(B) on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
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 HB4954 - 29 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b of service of the order.
Upon filing of a HB4954 Engrossed - 29 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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.
While a party is seeking relief from the HB4954 - 30 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b order granting the petition to expunge through a motion 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 HB4954 Engrossed - 30 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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.
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(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 Department 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 the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts HB4954 - 31 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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 HB4954 Engrossed - 31 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b Department may be disseminated by the Department 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.
(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 Department be sealed until further order of the court upon good cause shown or as otherwise provided herein, and the name of the petitioner obliterated HB4954 - 32 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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 HB4954 Engrossed - 32 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b shall not affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order.
(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 presiding trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court order entered expunging the record of arrest from the official HB4954 - 33 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b records of the arresting authority and order that the records of the circuit court clerk and the Department be sealed until further order of the court upon good cause shown or as otherwise provided herein, and the name of the petitioner HB4954 Engrossed - 33 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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.
At the request of the HB4954 - 34 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b 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 HB4954 Engrossed - 34 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b identification of any particular individual or employing unit.
HB4954 - 35 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (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 HB4954 Engrossed - 35 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b immediately sealed and the procedure for the immediate sealing of these records.
The immediate sealing petition shall be verified and shall contain the petitioner's name, date of birth, current address, and for each eligible record, the case number, the date of HB4954 - 36 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b arrest if applicable, the identity of the arresting authority if applicable, and other information as the court may require.
The petitioner shall not be required HB4954 Engrossed - 36 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b to attach proof that he or she has passed a drug test.
(E) Objections.Entry of Order.
The State's Attorney may not object to an immediate sealing petition.
(F) Entry of Order.
(G)(F) Hearings.
(H)(G) Service of Order.
(I)(H) Implementation of Order.
HB4954(I) - 37 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (J) Fees.
(K)(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 HB4954 Engrossed - 37 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b petitioner and all parties entitled to service of the order in conformance with subsection (d)(8).
(L)(K) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider.
(M)(L) Effect of Order.
HB4954(M) - 38 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (N) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to Seal Records.
HB4954 Engrossed - 38 - LRB099 18100 SLF 42465 b (Source:
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Action History
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 044-059-000
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-001-000
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Balanced Budget Note Filed
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Fiscal Note Filed
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Judicial Note Filed
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Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
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Correctional Note Filed
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
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Pension Note Filed
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
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State Debt Impact Note Filed
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Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-003-000
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Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Sponsors
- La Shawn K. Ford · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 12 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- La Shawn K. Ford Democrat
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 182 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 25 | 47 | 0 | 11 |
| Democrat | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 44 | 59 | 0 | 15 |
| % of votes cast | 37% | 50% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandack | — | Yea |
| Skoog | — | Nay |
| Smiddy | — | Nay |
| Sommer | — | Nay |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Not Voting |
| Andersson | — | Yea |
| Anthony | — | Nay |
| Arroyo | — | Yea |
| Batinick | — | Nay |
| Beiser | — | Nay |
| Bellock | — | Nay |
| Bourne | — | Nay |
| Breen | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| McSweeney | — | Nay |
| Moffitt | — | Nay |
| Hays | — | Nay |
| Ives | — | Nay |
| Jimenez | — | Nay |
| Leitch | — | Nay |
| McDermed | — | Yea |
| Sente | — | Nay |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Tabares | — | Yea |
| Thapedi | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Christian | — | Yea |
| Burke, Daniel | — | Yea |
| Wheeler, Barbara | — | Yea |
| Harris, Gregory | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Demmer | — | Nay |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Durkin | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Fortner | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Bennett | — | Nay |
| Bradley | — | Nay |
| Brady | — | Nay |
| Madigan | — | Not Voting |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Nay |
| McAsey | — | Nay |
| McAuliffe | — | Not Voting |
| Burke, Kelly | — | Nay |
| Harris, David | — | Nay |
| Wheeler, Keith | — | Nay |
| Phillips | — | Nay |
| Stewart | — | Not Voting |
| Tryon | — | Not Voting |
| Unes | — | Nay |
| Verschoore | — | Nay |
| Wallace | — | Nay |
| Jones | — | Not Voting |
| Davis, Monique | — | Not Voting |
| Wehrli | — | Nay |
| Willis | — | Nay |
| Winger | — | Nay |
| Yingling | — | Nay |
| Zalewski | — | Not Voting |
| Butler | — | Nay |
| Cavaletto | — | Nay |
| Cloonen | — | Nay |
| Conroy | — | Nay |
| Costello | — | Nay |
| D'Amico | — | Nay |
| Drury | — | Not Voting |
| Franks | — | Nay |
| Frese | — | Nay |
| Hurley | — | Nay |
| Jesiel | — | Nay |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Kay | — | Nay |
| Phelps | — | Nay |
| Pritchard | — | Nay |
| Reaves-Harris | — | Not Voting |
| Reis | — | Nay |
| Riley | — | Not Voting |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Anna Moeller | Democrat | Nay |
| Anthony DeLuca | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Camille Y. Lilly | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Carol Ammons | Democrat | Yea |
| Elgie R. Sims, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Fred Crespo | Democrat | Nay |
| Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Jehan Gordon-Booth | Democrat | Yea |
| Julie A. Morrison | Democrat | Nay |
| Kelly M. Cassidy | Democrat | Yea |
| La Shawn K. Ford | Democrat | Yea |
| Laura Fine | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Nay |
| Marcus C. Evans, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Martin J. Moylan | Democrat | Nay |
| Michelle Mussman | Democrat | Nay |
| Natalie A. Manley | Democrat | Nay |
| Rita Mayfield | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert F. Martwick | Democrat | Yea |
| Robyn Gabel | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| Sonya M. Harper | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie A. Kifowit | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Scherer | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Guzzardi | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Charles Meier | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe C. Sosnowski | Republican | Yea |
| John M. Cabello | Republican | Not Voting |
| Norine K. Hammond | Republican | Nay |
| Terri Bryant | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 4954 do?
- Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that records of charges that result in an acquittal or dismissal with prejudice, except for minor traffic offenses, may be immediately sealed after the final disposition of the case. Upon entry of judgment, the defendant shall be informed of this right and the proper procedures to follow to have records that are eligible be immediately sealed. A petition may be filed on behalf of the defendant by his or her attorney at the final disposition hearing, or by the defendant at any time. The State's Attorney may not object to an immediate sealing petition, and the presiding trial judge shall enter an order granting or denying the petition during the hearing in which the petition is filed. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors HB 4954?
- HB 4954 is sponsored by La Shawn K. Ford (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 4954?
- This bill died with 99th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track HB 4954?
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