HB 4585

Abstract

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the record of arrest of a person charged with a felony or misdemeanor or an ordinance violation who is acquitted or released without being convicted of the violation shall be expunged from the official records of the arresting authority and the Department of State Police and the records of the clerk of the circuit court shall be sealed and the name of the defendant obliterated on the official index required to be kept by the circuit court clerk regardless of whether or not the person has previously been convicted of a criminal offense or municipal ordinance violation. Provides that the expungement and sealing of the records shall be made in such case without petition by the person to the court and without the payment of a fee to the Department of State Police.