Rep. Justin Slaughter
Filed: 3/13/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3580 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3580 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:



 
4    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
5changing Section 5-5.5-25 as follows:
 



6    (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-25)



7    Sec. 5-5.5-25. Certificate of good conduct. 

8    (a)  A certificate of good conduct may be granted as 
9provided in this Section to relieve an eligible offender of any 
10employment, occupational licensing, or housing bar.  The 
11certificate may be limited to one or more disabilities or bars 
12or may relieve the individual of all disabilities and bars.
13    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate 
14of good conduct does not relieve an offender of any 
15employment-related disability imposed by law by reason of his 
16or her conviction of a crime that would prevent his or her 
 
 
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1employment by the Department of Corrections, Department of 
2Juvenile Justice, or any other law enforcement agency in the 
3State.

4    (a-6)
 A certificate of good conduct may be granted as 
5provided in this
Section to an eligible offender as defined in 
6Section 5-5.5-5 of this Code
who has demonstrated  by clear and 
7convincing evidence that he or she has been a law-abiding 
8citizen and is fully
rehabilitated.


9    (b)(i) A certificate of good conduct may not, however, in 
10any
way prevent any judicial proceeding, administrative, 
11licensing, or other body,
board, or authority from considering 
12the conviction specified
in the certificate.


13    (ii) A certificate of good conduct shall not limit or 
14prevent the
introduction of evidence of a prior conviction for 
15purposes of impeachment of
a witness in a judicial or other 
16proceeding where otherwise authorized by the
applicable rules 
17of evidence.

18    (iii)  A certificate of good conduct does not limit any the 
19employer, landlord, judicial proceeding, administrative, 
20licensing, or other body, board, or authority from accessing 
21criminal background information; nor does it hide, alter, or 
22expunge the record. 
23    (c) An employer is not civilly or criminally liable for an 
24act or omission by an employee who has been issued a 
25certificate of good conduct, except for a willful or wanton act 
26by the employer in hiring the employee who has been issued a 
 
 
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1certificate of good conduct. 
2(Source: P.A. 96-852, eff. 1-1-10.)".