La Shawn K. Ford
Primary
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Allows a person to petition the court and the court to order the sealing of: (1) Class 2 felony conviction records for burglary, delivery of a controlled substance, and possession of a stolen motor vehicle; (2) Class 3 felony conviction records for theft, retail theft, deceptive practices, and forgery; and (3) Class 4 felony conviction records for possession of cannabis, possession of a controlled substance, violation of the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act, violation of the Steroid Control Act, prostitution, theft, retail theft, deceptive practices, forgery, and possession of burglary tools (rather than only Class 4 felony convictions for possession of cannabis, possession of a controlled substance, Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act, Steroid Control Act, and prostitution). The sealing is allowed 4 years after termination of the person's last sentence. Requires a person petitioning to seal a drug offense to pass a drug test within the 30 days preceding the filing of the petition to seal.
Effective Date January 1, 2014
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0142
Governor Approved
Sent to the Governor
Third Reading - Passed; 042-013-000
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
Passed Both Houses
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
Second Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
Postponed - Criminal Law
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
Assigned to Criminal Law
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
Referred to Assignments
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
Arrive in Senate
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-035-000
First Reading
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
Second Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Restorative Justice Committee; by Voice Vote
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Restorative Justice Committee; 007-000-000
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
Assigned to Restorative Justice Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
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