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Yes: 271 • No: 56
IllinoisHB1836104th General Assembly (2025–2026)House
EAVESDROP-STATEWIDE GRAND JURY
Sponsored By: Jehan Gordon-Booth (Democratic)
Became Law
judiciary - criminalassignments
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Clears many minor cannabis records
Minor cannabis arrests before June 25, 2019 are automatically expunged after one year if no charges were filed, or charges were dismissed, vacated, or you were acquitted. If agencies cannot verify the charge status, they still must clear records that meet the one‑year rule. Deadlines: 2013–2019 records by Jan 1, 2021; 2000–2012 by Jan 1, 2023; before 2000 by Jan 1, 2025. The State Police flags eligible convictions for the Prisoner Review Board, which notifies prosecutors and privately recommends pardons; if the Governor pardons for expungement, courts must enter orders within 90 days. Cases with a Section 7 penalty enhancement or tied to a violent crime are excluded. Anyone can move to vacate and expunge a misdemeanor or Class 4 felony cannabis conviction after finishing any non‑financial terms; prosecutors have 60 days to object.
Faster crime record reporting statewide
Police, court clerks, sheriffs, State’s Attorneys, and Corrections must send arrests, charges, fingerprints, and case outcomes to the State Police, usually within 30 days. Arresting agencies must send fingerprints, charges, and descriptions daily. After sentencing, courts must order fingerprinting if prints were never taken, and law enforcement must submit them daily. Corrections and sheriffs must report custody events like receipt, release, escape, death, or discharge. When the State Police flags missing or wrong data, agencies must respond within 30 days or explain why and give a timeline.
Faster record sealing and fewer hurdles
If your case ends in an acquittal or a dismissal with prejudice on or after Jan 1, 2018, you can ask to seal the same day. The judge rules during that hearing, and granted orders must be carried out within 60 days. Many records become eligible two or three years after your last sentence ends, and some can be sealed at any time. Records that require public registration cannot be sealed until registration ends. If you earned a diploma, GED, associate’s, or bachelor’s degree during your sentence or supervised release, you may seal sooner. Courts cannot deny sealing just because you owe government fees or fines, except victim restitution unless converted to a civil judgment. Courts also cannot deny because of a cannabis‑positive drug test taken within 30 days before filing.
Stronger privacy for juvenile records
A juvenile finding is not a criminal conviction and cannot bar jobs, licenses, civil service, or public office unless another law says so. Juvenile court files are sealed from the public; only listed people and officials can see them, and victim names in sex cases are never disclosed. In rare, very serious cases, a minor’s name, address, and offense may be public. Records taken in violation cannot be used in court or to deny benefits or licenses. Willfully breaking confidentiality is a Class C misdemeanor with a $1,000 fine per violation, and harmed people can recover at least $1,000 or their actual damages. Before anyone inspects juvenile records, they must give actual notice to the minor’s lawyer or guardian for pending cases, or to the minor or parent for closed cases and seek chief judge review. Clerks must report juvenile case outcomes to the State Police. Courts must request and receive full records if an earlier juvenile case was handled in another county.
Stronger oversight of record sealing
The Clean Slate Task Force plans and monitors automatic sealing, meets at least four times a year, and reports to lawmakers by June 30 each year. It can receive funding, ends five years after the law’s effective date, and the section is repealed after six years. The law requires a Department of Corrections study on sealing’s effects on jobs and recidivism, subject to funding, and set Sept 1, 2010 as the deadline. On request, the State Police must give prosecutors or the Attorney General a list of sealing or expungement orders not yet carried out within 90 days, with reasons. The State Police must keep sealed or impounded records and may release them only as the Act allows.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jehan Gordon-Booth
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Aarón M. Ortíz
Democratic • House
Abdelnasser Rashid
Democratic • House
Adriane Johnson
Democratic • Senate
Ann M. Williams
Democratic • House
Anne Stava
Democratic • House
Barbara Hernandez
Democratic • House
Bill Cunningham
Democratic • Senate
Camille Y. Lilly
Democratic • House
Carol Ammons
Democratic • House
Christopher Belt
Democratic • Senate
Curtis J. Tarver, II
Democratic • House
David Koehler
Democratic • Senate
Debbie Meyers-Martin
Democratic • House
Edgar González, Jr.
Democratic • House
Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Democratic • Senate
Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
Democratic • House
Emil Jones, III
Democratic • Senate
Graciela Guzmán
Democratic • Senate
Gregg Johnson
Democratic • House
Harry Benton
Democratic • House
Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
Democratic • House
Javier L. Cervantes
Democratic • Senate
Justin Slaughter
Democratic • House
Kam Buckner
Democratic • House
Karina Villa
Democratic • Senate
Kelly M. Cassidy
Democratic • House
Kevin John Olickal
Democratic • House
Kimberly A. Lightford
Democratic • Senate
Kimberly Du Buclet
Democratic • House
La Shawn K. Ford
Democratic • House
Lakesia Collins
Democratic • Senate
Laura Faver Dias
Democratic • House
Lisa Davis
Democratic • House
Margaret A. DeLaRosa
Democratic • House
Margaret Croke
Democratic • House
Mark L. Walker
Democratic • Senate
Mary Beth Canty
Democratic • House
Mary Edly-Allen
Democratic • Senate
Matt Hanson
Democratic • House
Mattie Hunter
Democratic • Senate
Maurice A. West, II
Democratic • House
Michael Crawford
Democratic • House
Mike Simmons
Democratic • Senate
Napoleon Harris, III
Democratic • Senate
Nicholas K. Smith
Democratic • House
Nicolle Grasse
Democratic • House
Norma Hernandez
Democratic • House
Rachel Ventura
Democratic • Senate
Rita Mayfield
Democratic • House
Robert Peters
Democratic • Senate
Theresa Mah
Democratic • House
Tracy Katz Muhl
Democratic • House
Will Guzzardi
Democratic • House
William "Will" Davis
Democratic • House
Willie Preston
Democratic • Senate
Yolonda Morris
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 10/30/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee;
Yes: 3 • No: 2
House vote • 10/30/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs
Yes: 80 • No: 26
Senate vote • 10/29/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law;
Yes: 7 • No: 3
Senate vote • 10/29/2025
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 39 • No: 17
House vote • 4/10/2025
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed
Yes: 107 • No: 6
House vote • 4/9/2025
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee;
Yes: 11 • No: 1
House vote • 4/8/2025
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee;
Yes: 12 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee;
Yes: 12 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0459
1/16/2026HouseEffective Date June 1, 2026
1/16/2026HouseGovernor Approved
1/16/2026HouseSent to the Governor
11/21/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
10/30/2025HousePassed Both Houses
10/30/2025HouseHouse Concurs
10/30/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 080-026-000
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
10/30/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
10/30/2025House
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Amendment 1
House Amendment 2
House Amendment 3
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1