Rep. Justin Slaughter

Filed: 3/22/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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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    (d) The existence of a certificate of good conduct does not
3preclude a landlord or an administrative, licensing, or other
4body, board, or authority from retaining full discretion to
5grant or deny the application for housing or licensure.
6(Source: P.A. 96-852, eff. 1-1-10.)".