House Sponsors: HOWARD-JONES,LOU-YARBROUGH-COLVIN-DAVIS,MONIQUE, MURPHY, KENNER, TURNER,ART, GILES, SOTO, YOUNGE, DELGADO AND HAMOS. Short description: CRIM ID-EXPUNGE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides for automatic expungement and sealing of certain arrest and conviction records without the filing of a petition to a court. Provides that the arrest, conviction, and court records of a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor are expunged and sealed after completion of his or her sentence, provided that the person has not been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor within the previous 2 years, excluding non-DUI traffic violations and any time served in jail by the person and included as a part of the original sentence. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Illinois Courts Administrative Office) HB 4096 would have a limited fiscal impact on the judicial branch at the State level, but compliance with its provisions would impose significant new costs on the circuit courts. It is not possible to provide a dollar estimate of the fiscal impact of HB 4096, because the number of records affected is not known and procedures would need to be developed to implement the legislation. JUDICIAL NOTE (Illinois Courts Administrative Office) HB 4096 would increase judicial workloads. However, it is not anticipated that the bill would increase the number of judges needed in the State. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that the court must conduct a hearing 2 years after completion of the person's sentence to determine whether the person's records are eligible for expungement (rather than requiring the court to immediately expunge the records). FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) There would be no fiscal impact or impact on the corrections population. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status