Illinois Clean Slate Act Fails to Pass General Assembly for Third Time

Act to seal nonviolent criminal records loses in race against time

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Illinois Clean Slate Act fails to pass General Assembly for third time

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Illinois Clean Slate Act, designed to seal criminal records of nonviolent felons automatically, failed to pass the General Assembly. The bill, which has been debated in the statehouse for years, would automatically seal the records for offenders only if they served their punishment and were not convicted of another crime within the three years following their release. Currently, convicted criminals are barred from …

‘Clean Slate’ Act to seal nonviolent criminal records loses in race against time – Capitol News IL

Senate Bill 1784 would have required law enforcement agencies to automatically seal eligible nonviolent criminal records twice a year for people who remain conviction-free during designated waiting periods. The proposal is modeled after Clean Slate laws passed in 12 both blue and red states.

‘Clean Slate’ Act to seal nonviolent criminal records loses in race against time

The Clean Slate Bill stalled in the Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative session. Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth has vowed to bring it back in the fall veto session and explains what went wrong.

How the ‘Clean Slate’ Act, Which Would Have Sealed Many Nonviolent Criminal Records, Lost in a Race Against Time

‘Clean Slate’ Act to seal nonviolent criminal records loses

by Reilly Cook and Medill Illinois News Bureau SPRINGFIELD — The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of legislative action this spring, the sponsor says. Senate Bill 1784 would have required law enforcement agencies to automatically seal eligible nonviolent criminal records twice a year for people wh…