103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1101

 

Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2630/5.2
410 ILCS 705/10-15
705 ILCS 405/5-125
720 ILCS 5/14-3
720 ILCS 550/7  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 707
720 ILCS 550/9  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 709
720 ILCS 550/10  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 710
720 ILCS 550/16.2
720 ILCS 550/4 rep.
725 ILCS 5/115-23

    Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police and all law enforcement agencies within the State shall automatically expunge all criminal history records of an arrest, charge not initiated by arrest, order of supervision, or order of qualified probation for any person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, automatically expunge the court records of a person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a person imprisoned solely as a result of one or more convictions for possession of cannabis shall be released from incarceration on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Repeals the provision prohibiting the possession of cannabis. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning cannabis.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by
5changing Section 5.2 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2630/5.2)
7    Sec. 5.2. Expungement, sealing, and immediate sealing.
8    (a) General Provisions.
9        (1) Definitions. In this Act, words and phrases have
10    the meanings set forth in this subsection, except when a
11    particular context clearly requires a different meaning.
12            (A) The following terms shall have the meanings
13        ascribed to them in the following Sections of the
14        Unified Code of Corrections:
15                Business Offense, Section 5-1-2.
16                Charge, Section 5-1-3.
17                Court, Section 5-1-6.
18                Defendant, Section 5-1-7.
19                Felony, Section 5-1-9.
20                Imprisonment, Section 5-1-10.
21                Judgment, Section 5-1-12.
22                Misdemeanor, Section 5-1-14.
23                Offense, Section 5-1-15.

 

 

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1                Parole, Section 5-1-16.
2                Petty Offense, Section 5-1-17.
3                Probation, Section 5-1-18.
4                Sentence, Section 5-1-19.
5                Supervision, Section 5-1-21.
6                Victim, Section 5-1-22.
7            (B) As used in this Section, "charge not initiated
8        by arrest" means a charge (as defined by Section 5-1-3
9        of the Unified Code of Corrections) brought against a
10        defendant where the defendant is not arrested prior to
11        or as a direct result of the charge.
12            (C) "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or
13        sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a
14        verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered
15        by a legally constituted jury or by a court of
16        competent jurisdiction authorized to try the case
17        without a jury. An order of supervision successfully
18        completed by the petitioner is not a conviction. An
19        order of qualified probation (as defined in subsection
20        (a)(1)(J)) successfully completed by the petitioner is
21        not a conviction. An order of supervision or an order
22        of qualified probation that is terminated
23        unsatisfactorily is a conviction, unless the
24        unsatisfactory termination is reversed, vacated, or
25        modified and the judgment of conviction, if any, is
26        reversed or vacated.

 

 

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1            (D) "Criminal offense" means a petty offense,
2        business offense, misdemeanor, felony, or municipal
3        ordinance violation (as defined in subsection
4        (a)(1)(H)). As used in this Section, a minor traffic
5        offense (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)) shall not
6        be considered a criminal offense.
7            (E) "Expunge" means to physically destroy the
8        records or return them to the petitioner and to
9        obliterate the petitioner's name from any official
10        index or public record, or both. Nothing in this Act
11        shall require the physical destruction of the circuit
12        court file, but such records relating to arrests or
13        charges, or both, ordered expunged shall be impounded
14        as required by subsections (d)(9)(A)(ii) and
15        (d)(9)(B)(ii).
16            (F) As used in this Section, "last sentence" means
17        the sentence, order of supervision, or order of
18        qualified probation (as defined by subsection
19        (a)(1)(J)), for a criminal offense (as defined by
20        subsection (a)(1)(D)) that terminates last in time in
21        any jurisdiction, regardless of whether the petitioner
22        has included the criminal offense for which the
23        sentence or order of supervision or qualified
24        probation was imposed in his or her petition. If
25        multiple sentences, orders of supervision, or orders
26        of qualified probation terminate on the same day and

 

 

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1        are last in time, they shall be collectively
2        considered the "last sentence" regardless of whether
3        they were ordered to run concurrently.
4            (G) "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense,
5        business offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the
6        Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a
7        municipal or local ordinance.
8            (G-5) "Minor Cannabis Offense" means a violation
9        of Section 4 or 5 of the Cannabis Control Act
10        concerning not more than 30 grams of any substance
11        containing cannabis, provided the violation did not
12        include a penalty enhancement under Section 7 of the
13        Cannabis Control Act and is not associated with an
14        arrest, conviction or other disposition for a violent
15        crime as defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the
16        Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.
17            (H) "Municipal ordinance violation" means an
18        offense defined by a municipal or local ordinance that
19        is criminal in nature and with which the petitioner
20        was charged or for which the petitioner was arrested
21        and released without charging.
22            (I) "Petitioner" means an adult or a minor
23        prosecuted as an adult who has applied for relief
24        under this Section.
25            (J) "Qualified probation" means an order of
26        probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control

 

 

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1        Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
2        Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and
3        Community Protection Act, Section 5-6-3.3 or 5-6-3.4
4        of the Unified Code of Corrections, Section
5        12-4.3(b)(1) and (2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (as
6        those provisions existed before their deletion by
7        Public Act 89-313), Section 10-102 of the Illinois
8        Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section
9        40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, or Section 10
10        of the Steroid Control Act. For the purpose of this
11        Section, "successful completion" of an order of
12        qualified probation under Section 10-102 of the
13        Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act and
14        Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act means
15        that the probation was terminated satisfactorily and
16        the judgment of conviction was vacated.
17            (K) "Seal" means to physically and electronically
18        maintain the records, unless the records would
19        otherwise be destroyed due to age, but to make the
20        records unavailable without a court order, subject to
21        the exceptions in Sections 12 and 13 of this Act. The
22        petitioner's name shall also be obliterated from the
23        official index required to be kept by the circuit
24        court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts
25        Act, but any index issued by the circuit court clerk
26        before the entry of the order to seal shall not be

 

 

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1        affected.
2            (L) "Sexual offense committed against a minor"
3        includes, but is not limited to, the offenses of
4        indecent solicitation of a child or criminal sexual
5        abuse when the victim of such offense is under 18 years
6        of age.
7            (M) "Terminate" as it relates to a sentence or
8        order of supervision or qualified probation includes
9        either satisfactory or unsatisfactory termination of
10        the sentence, unless otherwise specified in this
11        Section. A sentence is terminated notwithstanding any
12        outstanding financial legal obligation.
13        (2) Minor Traffic Offenses. Orders of supervision or
14    convictions for minor traffic offenses shall not affect a
15    petitioner's eligibility to expunge or seal records
16    pursuant to this Section.
17        (2.5) Commencing 180 days after July 29, 2016 (the
18    effective date of Public Act 99-697), the law enforcement
19    agency issuing the citation shall automatically expunge,
20    on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the law
21    enforcement records of a person found to have committed
22    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23    103rd General Assembly a civil law violation of subsection
24    (a) of Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act or subsection
25    (c) of Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act
26    in the law enforcement agency's possession or control and

 

 

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1    which contains the final satisfactory disposition which
2    pertain to the person issued a citation for that offense.
3    The law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the
4    process for access, review, and to confirm the automatic
5    expungement by the law enforcement agency issuing the
6    citation. Commencing 180 days after July 29, 2016 (the
7    effective date of Public Act 99-697), the clerk of the
8    circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or
9    in the absence of a court order on or before January 1 and
10    July 1 of each year, the court records of a person found in
11    the circuit court to have committed before the effective
12    date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly
13    a civil law violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the
14    Cannabis Control Act or subsection (c) of Section 3.5 of
15    the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act in the clerk's
16    possession or control and which contains the final
17    satisfactory disposition which pertain to the person
18    issued a citation for any of those offenses.
19        (3) Exclusions. Except as otherwise provided in
20    subsections (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(8), (e), (e-5), and (e-6)
21    of this Section, the court shall not order:
22            (A) the sealing or expungement of the records of
23        arrests or charges not initiated by arrest that result
24        in an order of supervision for or conviction of: (i)
25        any sexual offense committed against a minor; (ii)
26        Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a

 

 

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1        similar provision of a local ordinance; or (iii)
2        Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
3        similar provision of a local ordinance, unless the
4        arrest or charge is for a misdemeanor violation of
5        subsection (a) of Section 11-503 or a similar
6        provision of a local ordinance, that occurred prior to
7        the offender reaching the age of 25 years and the
8        offender has no other conviction for violating Section
9        11-501 or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
10        similar provision of a local ordinance.
11            (B) the sealing or expungement of records of minor
12        traffic offenses (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)),
13        unless the petitioner was arrested and released
14        without charging.
15            (C) the sealing of the records of arrests or
16        charges not initiated by arrest which result in an
17        order of supervision or a conviction for the following
18        offenses:
19                (i) offenses included in Article 11 of the
20            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
21            or a similar provision of a local ordinance,
22            except Section 11-14 and a misdemeanor violation
23            of Section 11-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
24            the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision
25            of a local ordinance;
26                (ii) Section 11-1.50, 12-3.4, 12-15, 12-30,

 

 

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1            26-5, or 48-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
2            Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a
3            local ordinance;
4                (iii) Section Sections 12-3.1 or 12-3.2 of the
5            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
6            2012, or Section 125 of the Stalking No Contact
7            Order Act, or Section 219 of the Civil No Contact
8            Order Act, or a similar provision of a local
9            ordinance;
10                (iv) Class A misdemeanors or felony offenses
11            under the Humane Care for Animals Act; or
12                (v) any offense or attempted offense that
13            would subject a person to registration under the
14            Sex Offender Registration Act.
15            (D) (blank).
16    (b) Expungement.
17        (1) A petitioner may petition the circuit court to
18    expunge the records of his or her arrests and charges not
19    initiated by arrest when each arrest or charge not
20    initiated by arrest sought to be expunged resulted in: (i)
21    acquittal, dismissal, or the petitioner's release without
22    charging, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B); (ii) a
23    conviction which was vacated or reversed, unless excluded
24    by subsection (a)(3)(B); (iii) an order of supervision and
25    such supervision was successfully completed by the
26    petitioner, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(A) or

 

 

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1    (a)(3)(B); or (iv) an order of qualified probation (as
2    defined in subsection (a)(1)(J)) and such probation was
3    successfully completed by the petitioner.
4        (1.5) When a petitioner seeks to have a record of
5    arrest expunged under this Section, and the offender has
6    been convicted of a criminal offense, the State's Attorney
7    may object to the expungement on the grounds that the
8    records contain specific relevant information aside from
9    the mere fact of the arrest.
10        (2) Time frame for filing a petition to expunge.
11            (A) When the arrest or charge not initiated by
12        arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an acquittal,
13        dismissal, the petitioner's release without charging,
14        or the reversal or vacation of a conviction, there is
15        no waiting period to petition for the expungement of
16        such records.
17            (B) When the arrest or charge not initiated by
18        arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an order of
19        supervision, successfully completed by the petitioner,
20        the following time frames will apply:
21                (i) Those arrests or charges that resulted in
22            orders of supervision under Section 3-707, 3-708,
23            3-710, or 5-401.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or
24            a similar provision of a local ordinance, or under
25            Section 11-1.50, 12-3.2, or 12-15 of the Criminal
26            Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a

 

 

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1            similar provision of a local ordinance, shall not
2            be eligible for expungement until 5 years have
3            passed following the satisfactory termination of
4            the supervision.
5                (i-5) Those arrests or charges that resulted
6            in orders of supervision for a misdemeanor
7            violation of subsection (a) of Section 11-503 of
8            the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision
9            of a local ordinance, that occurred prior to the
10            offender reaching the age of 25 years and the
11            offender has no other conviction for violating
12            Section 11-501 or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle
13            Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance
14            shall not be eligible for expungement until the
15            petitioner has reached the age of 25 years.
16                (ii) Those arrests or charges that resulted in
17            orders of supervision for any other offenses shall
18            not be eligible for expungement until 2 years have
19            passed following the satisfactory termination of
20            the supervision.
21            (C) When the arrest or charge not initiated by
22        arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an order of
23        qualified probation, successfully completed by the
24        petitioner, such records shall not be eligible for
25        expungement until 5 years have passed following the
26        satisfactory termination of the probation.

 

 

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1        (3) Those records maintained by the Illinois State
2    Police for persons arrested prior to their 17th birthday
3    shall be expunged as provided in Section 5-915 of the
4    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
5        (4) Whenever a person has been arrested for or
6    convicted of any offense, in the name of a person whose
7    identity he or she has stolen or otherwise come into
8    possession of, the aggrieved person from whom the identity
9    was stolen or otherwise obtained without authorization,
10    upon learning of the person having been arrested using his
11    or her identity, may, upon verified petition to the chief
12    judge of the circuit wherein the arrest was made, have a
13    court order entered nunc pro tunc by the Chief Judge to
14    correct the arrest record, conviction record, if any, and
15    all official records of the arresting authority, the
16    Illinois State Police, other criminal justice agencies,
17    the prosecutor, and the trial court concerning such
18    arrest, if any, by removing his or her name from all such
19    records in connection with the arrest and conviction, if
20    any, and by inserting in the records the name of the
21    offender, if known or ascertainable, in lieu of the
22    aggrieved's name. The records of the circuit court clerk
23    shall be sealed until further order of the court upon good
24    cause shown and the name of the aggrieved person
25    obliterated on the official index required to be kept by
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1    Courts Act, but the order shall not affect any index
2    issued by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the
3    order. Nothing in this Section shall limit the Illinois
4    State Police or other criminal justice agencies or
5    prosecutors from listing under an offender's name the
6    false names he or she has used.
7        (5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal
8    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
9    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal
10    sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the
11    victim of that offense may request that the State's
12    Attorney of the county in which the conviction occurred
13    file a verified petition with the presiding trial judge at
14    the petitioner's trial to have a court order entered to
15    seal the records of the circuit court clerk in connection
16    with the proceedings of the trial court concerning that
17    offense. However, the records of the arresting authority
18    and the Illinois State Police concerning the offense shall
19    not be sealed. The court, upon good cause shown, shall
20    make the records of the circuit court clerk in connection
21    with the proceedings of the trial court concerning the
22    offense available for public inspection.
23        (6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct
24    review or on collateral attack and the court determines by
25    clear and convincing evidence that the petitioner was
26    factually innocent of the charge, the court that finds the

 

 

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1    petitioner factually innocent of the charge shall enter an
2    expungement order for the conviction for which the
3    petitioner has been determined to be innocent as provided
4    in subsection (b) of Section 5-5-4 of the Unified Code of
5    Corrections.
6        (7) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Illinois
7    State Police from maintaining all records of any person
8    who is admitted to probation upon terms and conditions and
9    who fulfills those terms and conditions pursuant to
10    Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the
11    Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the
12    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
13    Section 5-6-3.3 or 5-6-3.4 of the Unified Code of
14    Corrections, Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of
15    Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
16    Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102 of the Illinois
17    Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of
18    the Substance Use Disorder Act, or Section 10 of the
19    Steroid Control Act.
20        (8) If the petitioner has been granted a certificate
21    of innocence under Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil
22    Procedure, the court that grants the certificate of
23    innocence shall also enter an order expunging the
24    conviction for which the petitioner has been determined to
25    be innocent as provided in subsection (h) of Section 2-702
26    of the Code of Civil Procedure.

 

 

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1    (c) Sealing.
2        (1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision
3    of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any
4    rights to expungement of criminal records, this subsection
5    authorizes the sealing of criminal records of adults and
6    of minors prosecuted as adults. Subsection (g) of this
7    Section provides for immediate sealing of certain records.
8        (2) Eligible Records. The following records may be
9    sealed:
10            (A) All arrests resulting in release without
11        charging;
12            (B) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
13        resulting in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when
14        the conviction was reversed or vacated, except as
15        excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B);
16            (C) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
17        resulting in orders of supervision, including orders
18        of supervision for municipal ordinance violations,
19        successfully completed by the petitioner, unless
20        excluded by subsection (a)(3);
21            (D) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
22        resulting in convictions, including convictions on
23        municipal ordinance violations, unless excluded by
24        subsection (a)(3);
25            (E) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
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1        Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of
2        the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of
3        the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection
4        Act, or Section 5-6-3.3 of the Unified Code of
5        Corrections; and
6            (F) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest
7        resulting in felony convictions unless otherwise
8        excluded by subsection (a) paragraph (3) of this
9        Section.
10        (3) When Records Are Eligible to Be Sealed. Records
11    identified as eligible under subsection (c)(2) may be
12    sealed as follows:
13            (A) Records identified as eligible under
14        subsections subsection (c)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(B) may be
15        sealed at any time.
16            (B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph
17        (E) of this paragraph (3), records identified as
18        eligible under subsection (c)(2)(C) may be sealed 2
19        years after the termination of petitioner's last
20        sentence (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(F)).
21            (C) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph
22        (E) of this paragraph (3), records identified as
23        eligible under subsections (c)(2)(D), (c)(2)(E), and
24        (c)(2)(F) may be sealed 3 years after the termination
25        of the petitioner's last sentence (as defined in
26        subsection (a)(1)(F)). Convictions requiring public

 

 

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1        registration under the Arsonist Registration Act, the
2        Sex Offender Registration Act, or the Murderer and
3        Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act may
4        not be sealed until the petitioner is no longer
5        required to register under that relevant Act.
6            (D) Records identified in subsection
7        (a)(3)(A)(iii) may be sealed after the petitioner has
8        reached the age of 25 years.
9            (E) Records identified as eligible under
10        subsection subsections (c)(2)(C), (c)(2)(D),
11        (c)(2)(E), or (c)(2)(F) may be sealed upon termination
12        of the petitioner's last sentence if the petitioner
13        earned a high school diploma, associate's degree,
14        career certificate, vocational technical
15        certification, or bachelor's degree, or passed the
16        high school level Test of General Educational
17        Development, during the period of his or her sentence
18        or mandatory supervised release. This subparagraph
19        shall apply only to a petitioner who has not completed
20        the same educational goal prior to the period of his or
21        her sentence or mandatory supervised release. If a
22        petition for sealing eligible records filed under this
23        subparagraph is denied by the court, the time periods
24        under subparagraph (B) or (C) shall apply to any
25        subsequent petition for sealing filed by the
26        petitioner.

 

 

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1        (4) Subsequent felony convictions. A person may not
2    have subsequent felony conviction records sealed as
3    provided in this subsection (c) if he or she is convicted
4    of any felony offense after the date of the sealing of
5    prior felony convictions as provided in this subsection
6    (c). The court may, upon conviction for a subsequent
7    felony offense, order the unsealing of prior felony
8    conviction records previously ordered sealed by the court.
9        (5) Notice of eligibility for sealing. Upon entry of a
10    disposition for an eligible record under this subsection
11    (c), the petitioner shall be informed by the court of the
12    right to have the records sealed and the procedures for
13    the sealing of the records.
14    (d) Procedure. The following procedures apply to
15expungement under subsections (b), (e), and (e-6) and sealing
16under subsections (c) and (e-5):
17        (1) Filing the petition. Upon becoming eligible to
18    petition for the expungement or sealing of records under
19    this Section, the petitioner shall file a petition
20    requesting the expungement or sealing of records with the
21    clerk of the court where the arrests occurred or the
22    charges were brought, or both. If arrests occurred or
23    charges were brought in multiple jurisdictions, a petition
24    must be filed in each such jurisdiction. The petitioner
25    shall pay the applicable fee, except no fee shall be
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1    waiving fees under Supreme Court Rule 298 or it is
2    otherwise waived.
3        (1.5) County fee waiver pilot program. From August 9,
4    2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-306) through
5    December 31, 2020, in a county of 3,000,000 or more
6    inhabitants, no fee shall be required to be paid by a
7    petitioner if the records sought to be expunged or sealed
8    were arrests resulting in release without charging or
9    arrests or charges not initiated by arrest resulting in
10    acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when the conviction
11    was reversed or vacated, unless excluded by subsection
12    (a)(3)(B). The provisions of this paragraph (1.5), other
13    than this sentence, are inoperative on and after January
14    1, 2022.
15        (2) Contents of petition. The petition shall be
16    verified and shall contain the petitioner's name, date of
17    birth, current address and, for each arrest or charge not
18    initiated by arrest sought to be sealed or expunged, the
19    case number, the date of arrest (if any), the identity of
20    the arresting authority, and such other information as the
21    court may require. During the pendency of the proceeding,
22    the petitioner shall promptly notify the circuit court
23    clerk of any change of his or her address. If the
24    petitioner has received a certificate of eligibility for
25    sealing from the Prisoner Review Board under paragraph
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1    Code of Corrections, the certificate shall be attached to
2    the petition.
3        (3) Drug test. The petitioner must attach to the
4    petition proof that the petitioner has taken within 30
5    days before the filing of the petition a test showing the
6    absence within his or her body of all illegal substances
7    as defined by the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and
8    the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
9    if he or she is petitioning to:
10            (A) seal felony records under clause (c)(2)(E);
11            (B) seal felony records for a violation of the
12        Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
13        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
14        or the Cannabis Control Act under clause (c)(2)(F);
15            (C) seal felony records under subsection (e-5); or
16            (D) expunge felony records of a qualified
17        probation under clause (b)(1)(iv).
18        (4) Service of petition. The circuit court clerk shall
19    promptly serve a copy of the petition and documentation to
20    support the petition under subsection (e-5) or (e-6) on
21    the State's Attorney or prosecutor charged with the duty
22    of prosecuting the offense, the Illinois State Police, the
23    arresting agency and the chief legal officer of the unit
24    of local government effecting the arrest.
25        (5) Objections.
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1        may file an objection to the petition. All objections
2        shall be in writing, shall be filed with the circuit
3        court clerk, and shall state with specificity the
4        basis of the objection. Whenever a person who has been
5        convicted of an offense is granted a pardon by the
6        Governor which specifically authorizes expungement, an
7        objection to the petition may not be filed.
8            (B) Objections to a petition to expunge or seal
9        must be filed within 60 days of the date of service of
10        the petition.
11        (6) Entry of order.
12            (A) The Chief Judge of the circuit wherein the
13        charge was brought, any judge of that circuit
14        designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties of less
15        than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge
16        at the petitioner's trial, if any, shall rule on the
17        petition to expunge or seal as set forth in this
18        subsection (d)(6).
19            (B) Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the
20        Illinois State Police, the arresting agency, or the
21        chief legal officer files an objection to the petition
22        to expunge or seal within 60 days from the date of
23        service of the petition, the court shall enter an
24        order granting or denying the petition.
25            (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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1        this Section because the petitioner has not satisfied
2        an outstanding legal financial obligation established,
3        imposed, or originated by a court, law enforcement
4        agency, or a municipal, State, county, or other unit
5        of local government, including, but not limited to,
6        any cost, assessment, fine, or fee. An outstanding
7        legal financial obligation does not include any court
8        ordered restitution to a victim under Section 5-5-6 of
9        the Unified Code of Corrections, unless the
10        restitution has been converted to a civil judgment.
11        Nothing in this subparagraph (C) waives, rescinds, or
12        abrogates a legal financial obligation or otherwise
13        eliminates or affects the right of the holder of any
14        financial obligation to pursue collection under
15        applicable federal, State, or local law.
16            (D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
17        the court shall not deny a petition to expunge or seal
18        under this Section because the petitioner has
19        submitted a drug test taken within 30 days before the
20        filing of the petition to expunge or seal that
21        indicates a positive test for the presence of cannabis
22        within the petitioner's body. In this subparagraph
23        (D), "cannabis" has the meaning ascribed to it in
24        Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act.
25        (7) Hearings. If an objection is filed, the court
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1    and all parties entitled to notice of the petition of the
2    hearing date at least 30 days prior to the hearing. Prior
3    to the hearing, the State's Attorney shall consult with
4    the Illinois State Police as to the appropriateness of the
5    relief sought in the petition to expunge or seal. At the
6    hearing, the court shall hear evidence on whether the
7    petition should or should not be granted, and shall grant
8    or deny the petition to expunge or seal the records based
9    on the evidence presented at the hearing. The court may
10    consider the following:
11            (A) the strength of the evidence supporting the
12        defendant's conviction;
13            (B) the reasons for retention of the conviction
14        records by the State;
15            (C) the petitioner's age, criminal record history,
16        and employment history;
17            (D) the period of time between the petitioner's
18        arrest on the charge resulting in the conviction and
19        the filing of the petition under this Section; and
20            (E) the specific adverse consequences the
21        petitioner may be subject to if the petition is
22        denied.
23        (8) Service of order. After entering an order to
24    expunge or seal records, the court must provide copies of
25    the order to the Illinois State Police, in a form and
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1    petitioner, to the State's Attorney or prosecutor charged
2    with the duty of prosecuting the offense, to the arresting
3    agency, to the chief legal officer of the unit of local
4    government effecting the arrest, and to such other
5    criminal justice agencies as may be ordered by the court.
6        (9) Implementation of order.
7            (A) Upon entry of an order to expunge records
8        pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) or (b)(2)(B)(ii), or
9        both:
10                (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined
11            in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency,
12            the Illinois State Police, and any other agency as
13            ordered by the court, within 60 days of the date of
14            service of the order, unless a motion to vacate,
15            modify, or reconsider the order is filed pursuant
16            to paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of this
17            Section;
18                (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk
19            shall be impounded until further order of the
20            court upon good cause shown and the name of the
21            petitioner obliterated on the official index
22            required to be kept by the circuit court clerk
23            under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but
24            the order shall not affect any index issued by the
25            circuit court clerk before the entry of the order;
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1                (iii) in response to an inquiry for expunged
2            records, the court, the Illinois State Police, or
3            the agency receiving such inquiry, shall reply as
4            it does in response to inquiries when no records
5            ever existed.
6            (B) Upon entry of an order to expunge records
7        pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) or (b)(2)(C), or
8        both:
9                (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined
10            in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency
11            and any other agency as ordered by the court,
12            within 60 days of the date of service of the order,
13            unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
14            the order is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of
15            subsection (d) of this Section;
16                (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk
17            shall be impounded until further order of the
18            court upon good cause shown and the name of the
19            petitioner obliterated on the official index
20            required to be kept by the circuit court clerk
21            under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but
22            the order shall not affect any index issued by the
23            circuit court clerk before the entry of the order;
24                (iii) the records shall be impounded by the
25            Illinois State Police within 60 days of the date
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1            unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
2            the order is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of
3            subsection (d) of this Section;
4                (iv) records impounded by the Illinois State
5            Police may be disseminated by the Illinois State
6            Police only as required by law or to the arresting
7            authority, the State's Attorney, and the court
8            upon a later arrest for the same or a similar
9            offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any
10            subsequent felony, and to the Department of
11            Corrections upon conviction for any offense; and
12                (v) in response to an inquiry for such records
13            from anyone not authorized by law to access such
14            records, the court, the Illinois State Police, or
15            the agency receiving such inquiry shall reply as
16            it does in response to inquiries when no records
17            ever existed.
18            (B-5) Upon entry of an order to expunge records
19        under subsection (e-6):
20                (i) the records shall be expunged (as defined
21            in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency
22            and any other agency as ordered by the court,
23            within 60 days of the date of service of the order,
24            unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
25            the order is filed under paragraph (12) of
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1                (ii) the records of the circuit court clerk
2            shall be impounded until further order of the
3            court upon good cause shown and the name of the
4            petitioner obliterated on the official index
5            required to be kept by the circuit court clerk
6            under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but
7            the order shall not affect any index issued by the
8            circuit court clerk before the entry of the order;
9                (iii) the records shall be impounded by the
10            Illinois State Police within 60 days of the date
11            of service of the order as ordered by the court,
12            unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider
13            the order is filed under paragraph (12) of
14            subsection (d) of this Section;
15                (iv) records impounded by the Illinois State
16            Police may be disseminated by the Illinois State
17            Police only as required by law or to the arresting
18            authority, the State's Attorney, and the court
19            upon a later arrest for the same or a similar
20            offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any
21            subsequent felony, and to the Department of
22            Corrections upon conviction for any offense; and
23                (v) in response to an inquiry for these
24            records from anyone not authorized by law to
25            access the records, the court, the Illinois State
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1            reply as it does in response to inquiries when no
2            records ever existed.
3            (C) Upon entry of an order to seal records under
4        subsection (c), the arresting agency, any other agency
5        as ordered by the court, the Illinois State Police,
6        and the court shall seal the records (as defined in
7        subsection (a)(1)(K)). In response to an inquiry for
8        such records, from anyone not authorized by law to
9        access such records, the court, the Illinois State
10        Police, or the agency receiving such inquiry shall
11        reply as it does in response to inquiries when no
12        records ever existed.
13            (D) The Illinois State Police shall send written
14        notice to the petitioner of its compliance with each
15        order to expunge or seal records within 60 days of the
16        date of service of that order or, if a motion to
17        vacate, modify, or reconsider is filed, within 60 days
18        of service of the order resolving the motion, if that
19        order requires the Illinois State Police to expunge or
20        seal records. In the event of an appeal from the
21        circuit court order, the Illinois State Police shall
22        send written notice to the petitioner of its
23        compliance with an Appellate Court or Supreme Court
24        judgment to expunge or seal records within 60 days of
25        the issuance of the court's mandate. The notice is not
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1        reconsider, or any appeal or petition for
2        discretionary appellate review, is pending.
3            (E) Upon motion, the court may order that a sealed
4        judgment or other court record necessary to
5        demonstrate the amount of any legal financial
6        obligation due and owing be made available for the
7        limited purpose of collecting any legal financial
8        obligations owed by the petitioner that were
9        established, imposed, or originated in the criminal
10        proceeding for which those records have been sealed.
11        The records made available under this subparagraph (E)
12        shall not be entered into the official index required
13        to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16
14        of the Clerks of Courts Act and shall be immediately
15        re-impounded upon the collection of the outstanding
16        financial obligations.
17            (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
18        Section, a circuit court clerk may access a sealed
19        record for the limited purpose of collecting payment
20        for any legal financial obligations that were
21        established, imposed, or originated in the criminal
22        proceedings for which those records have been sealed.
23        (10) Fees. The Illinois State Police may charge the
24    petitioner a fee equivalent to the cost of processing any
25    order to expunge or seal records. Notwithstanding any
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1    circuit court clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the
2    cost associated with the sealing or expungement of records
3    by the circuit court clerk. From the total filing fee
4    collected for the petition to seal or expunge, the circuit
5    court clerk shall deposit $10 into the Circuit Court Clerk
6    Operation and Administrative Fund, to be used to offset
7    the costs incurred by the circuit court clerk in
8    performing the additional duties required to serve the
9    petition to seal or expunge on all parties. The circuit
10    court clerk shall collect and remit the Illinois State
11    Police portion of the fee to the State Treasurer and it
12    shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund. If
13    the record brought under an expungement petition was
14    previously sealed under this Section, the fee for the
15    expungement petition for that same record shall be waived.
16        (11) Final Order. No court order issued under the
17    expungement or sealing provisions of this Section shall
18    become final for purposes of appeal until 30 days after
19    service of the order on the petitioner and all parties
20    entitled to notice of the petition.
21        (12) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. Under
22    Section 2-1203 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the
23    petitioner or any party entitled to notice may file a
24    motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order granting
25    or denying the petition to expunge or seal within 60 days
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1    service of the order, a petition to vacate, modify, or
2    reconsider shall comply with subsection (c) of Section
3    2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Upon filing of a
4    motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider, notice of the
5    motion shall be served upon the petitioner and all parties
6    entitled to notice of the petition.
7        (13) Effect of Order. An order granting a petition
8    under the expungement or sealing provisions of this
9    Section shall not be considered void because it fails to
10    comply with the provisions of this Section or because of
11    any error asserted in a motion to vacate, modify, or
12    reconsider. The circuit court retains jurisdiction to
13    determine whether the order is voidable and to vacate,
14    modify, or reconsider its terms based on a motion filed
15    under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d).
16        (14) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to Seal
17    Records. Unless a court has entered a stay of an order
18    granting a petition to seal, all parties entitled to
19    notice of the petition must fully comply with the terms of
20    the order within 60 days of service of the order even if a
21    party is seeking relief from the order through a motion
22    filed under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d) or is
23    appealing the order.
24        (15) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to
25    Expunge Records. While a party is seeking relief from the
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1    filed under paragraph (12) of this subsection (d) or is
2    appealing the order, and unless a court has entered a stay
3    of that order, the parties entitled to notice of the
4    petition must seal, but need not expunge, the records
5    until there is a final order on the motion for relief or,
6    in the case of an appeal, the issuance of that court's
7    mandate.
8        (16) The changes to this subsection (d) made by Public
9    Act 98-163 apply to all petitions pending on August 5,
10    2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-163) and to all
11    orders ruling on a petition to expunge or seal on or after
12    August 5, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-163).
13    (e) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense
14is granted a pardon by the Governor which specifically
15authorizes expungement, he or she may, upon verified petition
16to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had been
17convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief
18Judge, or in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
19presiding trial judge at the defendant's trial, have a court
20order entered expunging the record of arrest from the official
21records of the arresting authority and order that the records
22of the circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police be
23sealed until further order of the court upon good cause shown
24or as otherwise provided herein, and the name of the defendant
25obliterated from the official index requested to be kept by
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1Courts Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
2the offense for which he or she had been pardoned but the order
3shall not affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk
4before the entry of the order. All records sealed by the
5Illinois State Police may be disseminated by the Illinois
6State Police only to the arresting authority, the State's
7Attorney, and the court upon a later arrest for the same or
8similar offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any
9subsequent felony. Upon conviction for any subsequent offense,
10the Department of Corrections shall have access to all sealed
11records of the Illinois State Police pertaining to that
12individual. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the
13circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of the order to
14the person who was pardoned.
15    (e-5) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an
16offense is granted a certificate of eligibility for sealing by
17the Prisoner Review Board which specifically authorizes
18sealing, he or she may, upon verified petition to the Chief
19Judge of the circuit where the person had been convicted, any
20judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in
21counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding
22trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court order
23entered sealing the record of arrest from the official records
24of the arresting authority and order that the records of the
25circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police be sealed
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1otherwise provided herein, and the name of the petitioner
2obliterated from the official index requested to be kept by
3the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of
4Courts Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
5the offense for which he or she had been granted the
6certificate but the order shall not affect any index issued by
7the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. All
8records sealed by the Illinois State Police may be
9disseminated by the Illinois State Police only as required by
10this Act or to the arresting authority, a law enforcement
11agency, the State's Attorney, and the court upon a later
12arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose of
13sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon conviction for any
14subsequent offense, the Department of Corrections shall have
15access to all sealed records of the Illinois State Police
16pertaining to that individual. Upon entry of the order of
17sealing, the circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a copy of
18the order to the person who was granted the certificate of
19eligibility for sealing.
20    (e-6) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an
21offense is granted a certificate of eligibility for
22expungement by the Prisoner Review Board which specifically
23authorizes expungement, he or she may, upon verified petition
24to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had been
25convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief
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1presiding trial judge at the petitioner's trial, have a court
2order entered expunging the record of arrest from the official
3records of the arresting authority and order that the records
4of the circuit court clerk and the Illinois State Police be
5sealed until further order of the court upon good cause shown
6or as otherwise provided herein, and the name of the
7petitioner obliterated from the official index requested to be
8kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks
9of Courts Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
10the offense for which he or she had been granted the
11certificate but the order shall not affect any index issued by
12the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. All
13records sealed by the Illinois State Police may be
14disseminated by the Illinois State Police only as required by
15this Act or to the arresting authority, a law enforcement
16agency, the State's Attorney, and the court upon a later
17arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose of
18sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon conviction for any
19subsequent offense, the Department of Corrections shall have
20access to all expunged records of the Illinois State Police
21pertaining to that individual. Upon entry of the order of
22expungement, the circuit court clerk shall promptly mail a
23copy of the order to the person who was granted the certificate
24of eligibility for expungement.
25    (f) Subject to available funding, the Illinois Department
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1especially on employment and recidivism rates, utilizing a
2random sample of those who apply for the sealing of their
3criminal records under Public Act 93-211. At the request of
4the Illinois Department of Corrections, records of the
5Illinois Department of Employment Security shall be utilized
6as appropriate to assist in the study. The study shall not
7disclose any data in a manner that would allow the
8identification of any particular individual or employing unit.
9The study shall be made available to the General Assembly no
10later than September 1, 2010.
11    (g) Immediate Sealing.
12        (1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision
13    of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any
14    rights to expungement or sealing of criminal records, this
15    subsection authorizes the immediate sealing of criminal
16    records of adults and of minors prosecuted as adults.
17        (2) Eligible Records. Arrests or charges not initiated
18    by arrest resulting in acquittal or dismissal with
19    prejudice, except as excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B),
20    that occur on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date
21    of Public Act 100-282), may be sealed immediately if the
22    petition is filed with the circuit court clerk on the same
23    day and during the same hearing in which the case is
24    disposed.
25        (3) When Records are Eligible to be Immediately
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1    subsection (g) may be sealed immediately after entry of
2    the final disposition of a case, notwithstanding the
3    disposition of other charges in the same case.
4        (4) Notice of Eligibility for Immediate Sealing. Upon
5    entry of a disposition for an eligible record under this
6    subsection (g), the defendant shall be informed by the
7    court of his or her right to have eligible records
8    immediately sealed and the procedure for the immediate
9    sealing of these records.
10        (5) Procedure. The following procedures apply to
11    immediate sealing under this subsection (g).
12            (A) Filing the Petition. Upon entry of the final
13        disposition of the case, the defendant's attorney may
14        immediately petition the court, on behalf of the
15        defendant, for immediate sealing of eligible records
16        under paragraph (2) of this subsection (g) that are
17        entered on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective
18        date of Public Act 100-282). The immediate sealing
19        petition may be filed with the circuit court clerk
20        during the hearing in which the final disposition of
21        the case is entered. If the defendant's attorney does
22        not file the petition for immediate sealing during the
23        hearing, the defendant may file a petition for sealing
24        at any time as authorized under subsection (c)(3)(A).
25            (B) Contents of Petition. The immediate sealing
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1        petitioner's name, date of birth, current address, and
2        for each eligible record, the case number, the date of
3        arrest if applicable, the identity of the arresting
4        authority if applicable, and other information as the
5        court may require.
6            (C) Drug Test. The petitioner shall not be
7        required to attach proof that he or she has passed a
8        drug test.
9            (D) Service of Petition. A copy of the petition
10        shall be served on the State's Attorney in open court.
11        The petitioner shall not be required to serve a copy of
12        the petition on any other agency.
13            (E) Entry of Order. The presiding trial judge
14        shall enter an order granting or denying the petition
15        for immediate sealing during the hearing in which it
16        is filed. Petitions for immediate sealing shall be
17        ruled on in the same hearing in which the final
18        disposition of the case is entered.
19            (F) Hearings. The court shall hear the petition
20        for immediate sealing on the same day and during the
21        same hearing in which the disposition is rendered.
22            (G) Service of Order. An order to immediately seal
23        eligible records shall be served in conformance with
24        subsection (d)(8).
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1        conformance with subsections (d)(9)(C) and (d)(9)(D).
2            (I) Fees. The fee imposed by the circuit court
3        clerk and the Illinois State Police shall comply with
4        paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of this Section.
5            (J) Final Order. No court order issued under this
6        subsection (g) shall become final for purposes of
7        appeal until 30 days after service of the order on the
8        petitioner and all parties entitled to service of the
9        order in conformance with subsection (d)(8).
10            (K) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. Under
11        Section 2-1203 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the
12        petitioner, State's Attorney, or the Illinois State
13        Police may file a motion to vacate, modify, or
14        reconsider the order denying the petition to
15        immediately seal within 60 days of service of the
16        order. If filed more than 60 days after service of the
17        order, a petition to vacate, modify, or reconsider
18        shall comply with subsection (c) of Section 2-1401 of
19        the Code of Civil Procedure.
20            (L) Effect of Order. An order granting an
21        immediate sealing petition shall not be considered
22        void because it fails to comply with the provisions of
23        this Section or because of an error asserted in a
24        motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider. The circuit
25        court retains jurisdiction to determine whether the
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1        reconsider its terms based on a motion filed under
2        subparagraph (L) of this subsection (g).
3            (M) Compliance with Order Granting Petition to
4        Seal Records. Unless a court has entered a stay of an
5        order granting a petition to immediately seal, all
6        parties entitled to service of the order must fully
7        comply with the terms of the order within 60 days of
8        service of the order.
9    (h) Sealing; trafficking victims.
10        (1) A trafficking victim as defined by paragraph (10)
11    of subsection (a) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of
12    2012 shall be eligible to petition for immediate sealing
13    of his or her criminal record upon the completion of his or
14    her last sentence if his or her participation in the
15    underlying offense was a direct result of human
16    trafficking under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of
17    2012 or a severe form of trafficking under the federal
18    Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
19        (2) A petitioner under this subsection (h), in
20    addition to the requirements provided under paragraph (4)
21    of subsection (d) of this Section, shall include in his or
22    her petition a clear and concise statement that: (A) he or
23    she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the
24    offense; and (B) that his or her participation in the
25    offense was a direct result of human trafficking under
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1    of trafficking under the federal Trafficking Victims
2    Protection Act.
3        (3) If an objection is filed alleging that the
4    petitioner is not entitled to immediate sealing under this
5    subsection (h), the court shall conduct a hearing under
6    paragraph (7) of subsection (d) of this Section and the
7    court shall determine whether the petitioner is entitled
8    to immediate sealing under this subsection (h). A
9    petitioner is eligible for immediate relief under this
10    subsection (h) if he or she shows, by a preponderance of
11    the evidence, that: (A) he or she was a victim of human
12    trafficking at the time of the offense; and (B) that his or
13    her participation in the offense was a direct result of
14    human trafficking under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code
15    of 2012 or a severe form of trafficking under the federal
16    Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
17    (i) Minor Cannabis Offenses under the Cannabis Control
18Act.
19        (1) Expungement of Arrest Records of Minor Cannabis
20    Offenses.
21            (A) The Illinois State Police and all law
22        enforcement agencies within the State shall
23        automatically expunge all criminal history records of
24        an arrest, charge not initiated by arrest, order of
25        supervision, or order of qualified probation for a
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1        2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) if:
2                (i) One year or more has elapsed since the
3            date of the arrest or law enforcement interaction
4            documented in the records; and
5                (ii) No criminal charges were filed relating
6            to the arrest or law enforcement interaction or
7            criminal charges were filed and subsequently
8            dismissed or vacated or the arrestee was
9            acquitted.
10            (B) If the law enforcement agency is unable to
11        verify satisfaction of condition (ii) in paragraph
12        (A), records that satisfy condition (i) in paragraph
13        (A) shall be automatically expunged.
14            (C) Records shall be expunged by the law
15        enforcement agency under the following timelines:
16                (i) Records created prior to June 25, 2019
17            (the effective date of Public Act 101-27), but on
18            or after January 1, 2013, shall be automatically
19            expunged prior to January 1, 2021;
20                (ii) Records created prior to January 1, 2013,
21            but on or after January 1, 2000, shall be
22            automatically expunged prior to January 1, 2023;
23                (iii) Records created prior to January 1, 2000
24            shall be automatically expunged prior to January
25            1, 2025.
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1        the law enforcement agency receiving such inquiry
2        shall reply as it does in response to inquiries when no
3        records ever existed; however, it shall provide a
4        certificate of disposition or confirmation that the
5        record was expunged to the individual whose record was
6        expunged if such a record exists.
7            (D) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
8        restrict or modify an individual's right to have that
9        individual's records expunged except as otherwise may
10        be provided in this Act, or diminish or abrogate any
11        rights or remedies otherwise available to the
12        individual.
13        (2) Pardons Authorizing Expungement of Minor Cannabis
14    Offenses.
15            (A) Upon June 25, 2019 (the effective date of
16        Public Act 101-27), the Department of State Police
17        shall review all criminal history record information
18        and identify all records that meet all of the
19        following criteria:
20                (i) one or more convictions for a Minor
21            Cannabis Offense;
22                (ii) the conviction identified in paragraph
23            (2)(A)(i) did not include a penalty enhancement
24            under Section 7 of the Cannabis Control Act; and
25                (iii) the conviction identified in paragraph
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1            a violent crime as defined in subsection (c) of
2            Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and
3            Witnesses Act.
4            (B) Within 180 days after June 25, 2019 (the
5        effective date of Public Act 101-27), the Department
6        of State Police shall notify the Prisoner Review Board
7        of all such records that meet the criteria established
8        in paragraph (2)(A).
9                (i) The Prisoner Review Board shall notify the
10            State's Attorney of the county of conviction of
11            each record identified by State Police in
12            paragraph (2)(A) that is classified as a Class 4
13            felony. The State's Attorney may provide a written
14            objection to the Prisoner Review Board on the sole
15            basis that the record identified does not meet the
16            criteria established in paragraph (2)(A). Such an
17            objection must be filed within 60 days or by such
18            later date set by the Prisoner Review Board in the
19            notice after the State's Attorney received notice
20            from the Prisoner Review Board.
21                (ii) In response to a written objection from a
22            State's Attorney, the Prisoner Review Board is
23            authorized to conduct a non-public hearing to
24            evaluate the information provided in the
25            objection.
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1            confidential and privileged recommendation to the
2            Governor as to whether to grant a pardon
3            authorizing expungement for each of the records
4            identified by the Department of State Police as
5            described in paragraph (2)(A).
6            (C) If an individual has been granted a pardon
7        authorizing expungement as described in this Section,
8        the Prisoner Review Board, through the Attorney
9        General, shall file a petition for expungement with
10        the Chief Judge of the circuit or any judge of the
11        circuit designated by the Chief Judge where the
12        individual had been convicted. Such petition may
13        include more than one individual. Whenever an
14        individual who has been convicted of an offense is
15        granted a pardon by the Governor that specifically
16        authorizes expungement, an objection to the petition
17        may not be filed. Petitions to expunge under this
18        subsection (i) may include more than one individual.
19        Within 90 days of the filing of such a petition, the
20        court shall enter an order expunging the records of
21        arrest from the official records of the arresting
22        authority and order that the records of the circuit
23        court clerk and the Illinois State Police be expunged
24        and the name of the defendant obliterated from the
25        official index requested to be kept by the circuit
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1        Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for
2        the offense for which the individual had received a
3        pardon but the order shall not affect any index issued
4        by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the
5        order. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the
6        circuit court clerk shall promptly provide a copy of
7        the order and a certificate of disposition to the
8        individual who was pardoned to the individual's last
9        known address or by electronic means (if available) or
10        otherwise make it available to the individual upon
11        request.
12            (D) Nothing in this Section is intended to
13        diminish or abrogate any rights or remedies otherwise
14        available to the individual.
15        (3) Any individual may file a motion to vacate and
16    expunge a conviction for a misdemeanor or Class 4 felony
17    violation of Section 4 or Section 5 of the Cannabis
18    Control Act. Motions to vacate and expunge under this
19    subsection (i) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
20    Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
21    designated by the Chief Judge. The circuit court clerk
22    shall promptly serve a copy of the motion to vacate and
23    expunge, and any supporting documentation, on the State's
24    Attorney or prosecutor charged with the duty of
25    prosecuting the offense. When considering such a motion to
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1    the reasons to retain the records provided by law
2    enforcement, the petitioner's age, the petitioner's age at
3    the time of offense, the time since the conviction, and
4    the specific adverse consequences if denied. An individual
5    may file such a petition after the completion of any
6    non-financial sentence or non-financial condition imposed
7    by the conviction. Within 60 days of the filing of such
8    motion, a State's Attorney may file an objection to such a
9    petition along with supporting evidence. If a motion to
10    vacate and expunge is granted, the records shall be
11    expunged in accordance with subparagraphs (d)(8) and
12    (d)(9)(A) of this Section. An agency providing civil legal
13    aid, as defined by Section 15 of the Public Interest
14    Attorney Assistance Act, assisting individuals seeking to
15    file a motion to vacate and expunge under this subsection
16    may file motions to vacate and expunge with the Chief
17    Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
18    designated by the Chief Judge, and the motion may include
19    more than one individual. Motions filed by an agency
20    providing civil legal aid concerning more than one
21    individual may be prepared, presented, and signed
22    electronically.
23        (4) Any State's Attorney may file a motion to vacate
24    and expunge a conviction for a misdemeanor or Class 4
25    felony violation of Section 4 or Section 5 of the Cannabis
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1    subsection (i) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
2    Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
3    designated by the Chief Judge, and may include more than
4    one individual. Motions filed by a State's Attorney
5    concerning more than one individual may be prepared,
6    presented, and signed electronically. When considering
7    such a motion to vacate and expunge, a court shall
8    consider the following: the reasons to retain the records
9    provided by law enforcement, the individual's age, the
10    individual's age at the time of offense, the time since
11    the conviction, and the specific adverse consequences if
12    denied. Upon entry of an order granting a motion to vacate
13    and expunge records pursuant to this Section, the State's
14    Attorney shall notify the Prisoner Review Board within 30
15    days. Upon entry of the order of expungement, the circuit
16    court clerk shall promptly provide a copy of the order and
17    a certificate of disposition to the individual whose
18    records will be expunged to the individual's last known
19    address or by electronic means (if available) or otherwise
20    make available to the individual upon request. If a motion
21    to vacate and expunge is granted, the records shall be
22    expunged in accordance with subparagraphs (d)(8) and
23    (d)(9)(A) of this Section.
24        (5) In the public interest, the State's Attorney of a
25    county has standing to file motions to vacate and expunge
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1    jurisdiction over the underlying conviction.
2        (6) If a person is arrested for a Minor Cannabis
3    Offense as defined in this Section before June 25, 2019
4    (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) and the person's
5    case is still pending but a sentence has not been imposed,
6    the person may petition the court in which the charges are
7    pending for an order to summarily dismiss those charges
8    against him or her, and expunge all official records of
9    his or her arrest, plea, trial, conviction, incarceration,
10    supervision, or expungement. If the court determines, upon
11    review, that: (A) the person was arrested before June 25,
12    2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) for an
13    offense that has been made eligible for expungement; (B)
14    the case is pending at the time; and (C) the person has not
15    been sentenced of the minor cannabis violation eligible
16    for expungement under this subsection, the court shall
17    consider the following: the reasons to retain the records
18    provided by law enforcement, the petitioner's age, the
19    petitioner's age at the time of offense, the time since
20    the conviction, and the specific adverse consequences if
21    denied. If a motion to dismiss and expunge is granted, the
22    records shall be expunged in accordance with subparagraph
23    (d)(9)(A) of this Section.
24        (7) A person imprisoned solely as a result of one or
25    more convictions for Minor Cannabis Offenses under this
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1    the issuance of an order under this subsection.
2        (8) The Illinois State Police shall allow a person to
3    use the access and review process, established in the
4    Illinois State Police, for verifying that his or her
5    records relating to Minor Cannabis Offenses of the
6    Cannabis Control Act eligible under this Section have been
7    expunged.
8        (9) No conviction vacated pursuant to this Section
9    shall serve as the basis for damages for time unjustly
10    served as provided in the Court of Claims Act.
11        (10) Effect of Expungement. A person's right to
12    expunge an expungeable offense shall not be limited under
13    this Section. The effect of an order of expungement shall
14    be to restore the person to the status he or she occupied
15    before the arrest, charge, or conviction.
16        (11) Information. The Illinois State Police shall post
17    general information on its website about the expungement
18    process described in this subsection (i).
19    (j) Felony Prostitution Convictions.
20        (1) Any individual may file a motion to vacate and
21    expunge a conviction for a prior Class 4 felony violation
22    of prostitution. Motions to vacate and expunge under this
23    subsection (j) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
24    Judge of a judicial circuit, or any judge of the circuit
25    designated by the Chief Judge. When considering the motion
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1    following:
2            (A) the reasons to retain the records provided by
3        law enforcement;
4            (B) the petitioner's age;
5            (C) the petitioner's age at the time of offense;
6        and
7            (D) the time since the conviction, and the
8        specific adverse consequences if denied. An individual
9        may file the petition after the completion of any
10        sentence or condition imposed by the conviction.
11        Within 60 days of the filing of the motion, a State's
12        Attorney may file an objection to the petition along
13        with supporting evidence. If a motion to vacate and
14        expunge is granted, the records shall be expunged in
15        accordance with subparagraph (d)(9)(A) of this
16        Section. An agency providing civil legal aid, as
17        defined in Section 15 of the Public Interest Attorney
18        Assistance Act, assisting individuals seeking to file
19        a motion to vacate and expunge under this subsection
20        may file motions to vacate and expunge with the Chief
21        Judge of a judicial circuit or any judge of the circuit
22        designated by the Chief Judge, and the motion may
23        include more than one individual.
24        (2) Any State's Attorney may file a motion to vacate
25    and expunge a conviction for a Class 4 felony violation of
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1    subsection (j) may be filed with the circuit court, Chief
2    Judge of a judicial circuit, or any judge of the circuit
3    court designated by the Chief Judge, and may include more
4    than one individual. When considering the motion to vacate
5    and expunge, a court shall consider the following reasons:
6            (A) the reasons to retain the records provided by
7        law enforcement;
8            (B) the petitioner's age;
9            (C) the petitioner's age at the time of offense;
10            (D) the time since the conviction; and
11            (E) the specific adverse consequences if denied.
12        If the State's Attorney files a motion to vacate and
13    expunge records for felony prostitution convictions
14    pursuant to this Section, the State's Attorney shall
15    notify the Prisoner Review Board within 30 days of the
16    filing. If a motion to vacate and expunge is granted, the
17    records shall be expunged in accordance with subparagraph
18    (d)(9)(A) of this Section.
19        (3) In the public interest, the State's Attorney of a
20    county has standing to file motions to vacate and expunge
21    pursuant to this Section in the circuit court with
22    jurisdiction over the underlying conviction.
23        (4) The Illinois State Police shall allow a person to
24    a use the access and review process, established in the
25    Illinois State Police, for verifying that his or her
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1    this Section have been expunged.
2        (5) No conviction vacated pursuant to this Section
3    shall serve as the basis for damages for time unjustly
4    served as provided in the Court of Claims Act.
5        (6) Effect of Expungement. A person's right to expunge
6    an expungeable offense shall not be limited under this
7    Section. The effect of an order of expungement shall be to
8    restore the person to the status he or she occupied before
9    the arrest, charge, or conviction.
10        (7) Information. The Illinois State Police shall post
11    general information on its website about the expungement
12    process described in this subsection (j).
13(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
14101-159, eff. 1-1-20; 101-306, eff. 8-9-19; 101-593, eff.
1512-4-19; 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-145, eff. 7-23-21;
16102-558, 8-20-21; 102-639, eff. 8-27-21; 102-813, eff.
175-13-22; 102-933, eff. 1-1-23; revised 12-8-22.)
 
18    Section 10. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
19by changing Section 10-15 as follows:
 
20    (410 ILCS 705/10-15)
21    Sec. 10-15. Persons under 21 years of age.
22    (a) Nothing in this Act is intended to permit the transfer
23of cannabis, with or without remuneration, to a person under
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1purchase, possess, use, process, transport, grow, or consume
2cannabis except where authorized by the Compassionate Use of
3Medical Cannabis Program Act or by the Community College
4Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program.
5    (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law
6authorizing the possession of medical cannabis, nothing in
7this Act authorizes a person who is under 21 years of age to
8possess cannabis. A person under 21 years of age with cannabis
9in his or her possession is guilty of a civil law violation as
10outlined in paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Cannabis Control
11Act as it existed on the effective date of this amendatory Act
12of the 103rd General Assembly.
13    (c) If the person under the age of 21 was in a motor
14vehicle at the time of the offense, the Secretary of State may
15suspend or revoke the driving privileges of any person for a
16violation of this Section under Section 6-206 of the Illinois
17Vehicle Code and the rules adopted under it.
18    (d) It is unlawful for any parent or guardian to knowingly
19permit his or her residence, any other private property under
20his or her control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or watercraft
21under his or her control to be used by an invitee of the
22parent's child or the guardian's ward, if the invitee is under
23the age of 21, in a manner that constitutes a violation of this
24Section. A parent or guardian is deemed to have knowingly
25permitted his or her residence, any other private property
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1watercraft under his or her control to be used in violation of
2this Section if he or she knowingly authorizes or permits
3consumption of cannabis by underage invitees. Any person who
4violates this subsection (d) is guilty of a Class A
5misdemeanor and the person's sentence shall include, but shall
6not be limited to, a fine of not less than $500. If a violation
7of this subsection (d) directly or indirectly results in great
8bodily harm or death to any person, the person violating this
9subsection is guilty of a Class 4 felony. In this subsection
10(d), where the residence or other property has an owner and a
11tenant or lessee, the trier of fact may infer that the
12residence or other property is occupied only by the tenant or
13lessee.
14(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
 
15    Section 15. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
16changing Section 5-125 as follows:
 
17    (705 ILCS 405/5-125)
18    Sec. 5-125. Concurrent jurisdiction. Any minor alleged to
19have violated a traffic, boating, or fish and game law, or a
20municipal or county ordinance, may be prosecuted for the
21violation and if found guilty punished under any statute or
22ordinance relating to the violation, without reference to the
23procedures set out in this Article, except that:
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1    Article; and
2        (2) the confidentiality of records provisions in Part
3    9 of this Article shall apply to any law enforcement and
4    court records relating to prosecution of a minor under 18
5    years of age for a municipal or county ordinance violation
6    or a violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the
7    Cannabis Control Act committed before the effective date
8    of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or
9    subsection (c) of Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia
10    Control Act; except that these confidentiality provisions
11    shall not apply to or affect any proceeding to adjudicate
12    the violation.
13    For the purpose of this Section, "traffic violation" shall
14include a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
15or the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to the offense of
16reckless homicide, Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
17Code, or any similar county or municipal ordinance.
18(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)
 
19    Section 20. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
20changing Section 14-3 as follows:
 
21    (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
22    Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
23exempt from the provisions of this Article:
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1    communications, and television communications of any sort
2    where the same are publicly made;
3        (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of
4    any common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course
5    of their employment in the operation, maintenance or
6    repair of the equipment of such common carrier by wire so
7    long as no information obtained thereby is used or
8    divulged by the hearer;
9        (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise
10    whether it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of
11    later broadcasts of any function where the public is in
12    attendance and the conversations are overheard incidental
13    to the main purpose for which such broadcasts are then
14    being made;
15        (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
16    to any emergency communication made in the normal course
17    of operations by any federal, state or local law
18    enforcement agency or institutions dealing in emergency
19    services, including, but not limited to, hospitals,
20    clinics, ambulance services, fire fighting agencies, any
21    public utility, emergency repair facility, civilian
22    defense establishment or military installation;
23        (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required
24    to be open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
25        (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
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1    or advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
2    retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must
3    be destroyed, erased or turned over to local law
4    enforcement authorities within 24 hours from the time of
5    such recording and shall not be otherwise disseminated.
6    Failure on the part of the individual or business
7    operating any such recording or listening device to comply
8    with the requirements of this subsection shall eliminate
9    any civil or criminal immunity conferred upon that
10    individual or business by the operation of this Section;
11        (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of
12    the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening
13    with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
14    enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
15    of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
16    consented to it being intercepted or recorded under
17    circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for
18    the protection of the law enforcement officer or any
19    person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the
20    course of an investigation of a forcible felony, a felony
21    offense of involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
22    servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons under
23    Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
24    prostitution, solicitation of a sexual act, or pandering,
25    a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances
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1    felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and
2    Community Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or
3    "gang-related" felony as those terms are defined in the
4    Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, or
5    any felony offense involving any weapon listed in
6    paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (a) of Section
7    24-1 of this Code. Any recording or evidence derived as
8    the result of this exemption shall be inadmissible in any
9    proceeding, criminal, civil or administrative, except (i)
10    where a party to the conversation suffers great bodily
11    injury or is killed during such conversation, or (ii) when
12    used as direct impeachment of a witness concerning matters
13    contained in the interception or recording. The Director
14    of the Illinois State Police shall issue regulations as
15    are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
16    tape recordings, and reports regarding their use;
17        (g-5) (Blank);
18        (g-6) With approval of the State's Attorney of the
19    county in which it is to occur, recording or listening
20    with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
21    enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
22    of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
23    consented to it being intercepted or recorded in the
24    course of an investigation of child pornography,
25    aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
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1    aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
2    the offense was at the time of the commission of the
3    offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
4    force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
5    was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
6    years of age. In all such cases, an application for an
7    order approving the previous or continuing use of an
8    eavesdropping device must be made within 48 hours of the
9    commencement of such use. In the absence of such an order,
10    or upon its denial, any continuing use shall immediately
11    terminate. The Director of the Illinois State Police shall
12    issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
13    devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding
14    their use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived
15    in the course of an investigation of child pornography,
16    aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
17    child, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
18    aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
19    the offense was at the time of the commission of the
20    offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
21    force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
22    was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
23    years of age shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
24    Attorney General prosecuting any case involving child
25    pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
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1    exploitation of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
2    in which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
3    commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or
4    criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which
5    the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission
6    of the offense under 18 years of age be reviewed in camera
7    with notice to all parties present by the court presiding
8    over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the court to be
9    relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be admissible
10    at the trial of the criminal case. Absent such a ruling,
11    any such recording or evidence shall not be admissible at
12    the trial of the criminal case;
13        (h) Recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
14    in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation
15    between a uniformed peace officer, who has identified his
16    or her office, and a person in the presence of the peace
17    officer whenever (i) an officer assigned a patrol vehicle
18    is conducting an enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle
19    emergency lights are activated or would otherwise be
20    activated if not for the need to conceal the presence of
21    law enforcement.
22        For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement
23    stop" means an action by a law enforcement officer in
24    relation to enforcement and investigation duties,
25    including but not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian
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1    commercial motor vehicle stops, roadside safety checks,
2    requests for identification, or responses to requests for
3    emergency assistance;
4        (h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while
5    in the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an
6    occupant of a police vehicle including, but not limited
7    to, (i) recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
8    in-car video camera and (ii) recordings made in the
9    presence of the peace officer utilizing video or audio
10    systems, or both, authorized by the law enforcement
11    agency;
12        (h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video
13    camera recording during the use of a taser or similar
14    weapon or device by a peace officer if the weapon or device
15    is equipped with such camera;
16        (h-15) Recordings made under subsection (h), (h-5), or
17    (h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency
18    that employs the peace officer who made the recordings for
19    a storage period of 90 days, unless the recordings are
20    made as a part of an arrest or the recordings are deemed
21    evidence in any criminal, civil, or administrative
22    proceeding and then the recordings must only be destroyed
23    upon a final disposition and an order from the court.
24    Under no circumstances shall any recording be altered or
25    erased prior to the expiration of the designated storage
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1    recording medium may be erased and reissued for
2    operational use;
3        (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the
4    request of a person, not a law enforcement officer or
5    agent of a law enforcement officer, who is a party to the
6    conversation, under reasonable suspicion that another
7    party to the conversation is committing, is about to
8    commit, or has committed a criminal offense against the
9    person or a member of his or her immediate household, and
10    there is reason to believe that evidence of the criminal
11    offense may be obtained by the recording;
12        (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either
13    (1) a corporation or other business entity engaged in
14    marketing or opinion research or (2) a corporation or
15    other business entity engaged in telephone solicitation,
16    as defined in this subsection, to record or listen to oral
17    telephone solicitation conversations or marketing or
18    opinion research conversations by an employee of the
19    corporation or other business entity when:
20            (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of
21        service quality control of marketing or opinion
22        research or telephone solicitation, the education or
23        training of employees or contractors engaged in
24        marketing or opinion research or telephone
25        solicitation, or internal research related to
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1        solicitation; and
2            (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
3        least one person who is an active party to the
4        marketing or opinion research conversation or
5        telephone solicitation conversation being monitored.
6        No communication or conversation or any part, portion,
7    or aspect of the communication or conversation made,
8    acquired, or obtained, directly or indirectly, under this
9    exemption (j), may be, directly or indirectly, furnished
10    to any law enforcement officer, agency, or official for
11    any purpose or used in any inquiry or investigation, or
12    used, directly or indirectly, in any administrative,
13    judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged to any third
14    party.
15        When recording or listening authorized by this
16    subsection (j) on telephone lines used for marketing or
17    opinion research or telephone solicitation purposes
18    results in recording or listening to a conversation that
19    does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
20    telephone solicitation; the person recording or listening
21    shall, immediately upon determining that the conversation
22    does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
23    telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
24    listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
25    practicable.
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1    telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
2    shall provide current and prospective employees with
3    notice that the monitoring or recordings may occur during
4    the course of their employment. The notice shall include
5    prominent signage notification within the workplace.
6        Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
7    telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
8    shall provide their employees or agents with access to
9    personal-only telephone lines which may be pay telephones,
10    that are not subject to telephone monitoring or telephone
11    recording.
12        For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
13    solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
14    telephone by live operators:
15            (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
16            (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
17        services;
18            (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services;
19        or
20            (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration,
21        or collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
22        For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
23    opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
24    interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer
25    engaged by a corporation or other business entity whose
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1    polls and surveys measuring the opinions, attitudes, and
2    responses of respondents toward products and services, or
3    social or political issues, or both;
4        (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited
5    to, a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual
6    or audio recording, made of a custodial interrogation of
7    an individual at a police station or other place of
8    detention by a law enforcement officer under Section
9    5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or Section
10    103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
11        (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person
12    when the person knows that the interview is being
13    conducted by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor and
14    the interview takes place at a police station that is
15    currently participating in the Custodial Interview Pilot
16    Program established under the Illinois Criminal Justice
17    Information Act;
18        (m) An electronic recording, including but not limited
19    to, a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual
20    or audio recording, made of the interior of a school bus
21    while the school bus is being used in the transportation
22    of students to and from school and school-sponsored
23    activities, when the school board has adopted a policy
24    authorizing such recording, notice of such recording
25    policy is included in student handbooks and other
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1    the policy regarding recording is provided to parents of
2    students, and notice of such recording is clearly posted
3    on the door of and inside the school bus.
4        Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall
5    be confidential records and may only be used by school
6    officials (or their designees) and law enforcement
7    personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions
8    and hearings, proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of
9    1987, and criminal prosecutions, related to incidents
10    occurring in or around the school bus;
11        (n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission
12    from a microphone placed by a person under the authority
13    of a law enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance
14    vehicle while simultaneously capturing a photographic or
15    video image;
16        (o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
17    during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
18    enforcement officer or individual acting on behalf of a
19    law enforcement officer when the use of such device is
20    necessary to protect the safety of the general public,
21    hostages, or law enforcement officers or anyone acting on
22    their behalf;
23        (p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
24    to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed
25    or advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline",
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1    beginning of each call as required by Section 34-21.8 of
2    the School Code. The recordings may be retained only by
3    the Chicago Police Department or other law enforcement
4    authorities, and shall not be otherwise retained or
5    disseminated;
6        (q)(1) With prior request to and written or verbal
7    approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which
8    the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or
9    listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a
10    conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any
11    person acting at the direction of a law enforcement
12    officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented
13    to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the
14    course of an investigation of a qualified offense. The
15    State's Attorney may grant this approval only after
16    determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that
17    inculpatory conversations concerning a qualified offense
18    will occur with a specified individual or individuals
19    within a designated period of time.
20        (2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception
21    contained in this subsection (q), a law enforcement
22    officer shall make a request for approval to the
23    appropriate State's Attorney. The request may be written
24    or verbal; however, a written memorialization of the
25    request must be made by the State's Attorney. This request
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1    necessary by the State's Attorney but shall include, at a
2    minimum, the following information about each specified
3    individual whom the law enforcement officer believes will
4    commit a qualified offense:
5            (A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or
6        alias;
7            (B) a physical description; or
8            (C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph
9        (2), any other supporting information known to the law
10        enforcement officer at the time of the request that
11        gives rise to reasonable cause to believe that the
12        specified individual will participate in an
13        inculpatory conversation concerning a qualified
14        offense.
15        (3) Limitations on approval. Each written approval by
16    the State's Attorney under this subsection (q) shall be
17    limited to:
18            (A) a recording or interception conducted by a
19        specified law enforcement officer or person acting at
20        the direction of a law enforcement officer;
21            (B) recording or intercepting conversations with
22        the individuals specified in the request for approval,
23        provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
24        include the recording or intercepting of conversations
25        with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
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1        are acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators
2        with the individuals specified in the request for
3        approval in the commission of a qualified offense;
4            (C) a reasonable period of time but in no event
5        longer than 24 consecutive hours;
6            (D) the written request for approval, if
7        applicable, or the written memorialization must be
8        filed, along with the written approval, with the
9        circuit clerk of the jurisdiction on the next business
10        day following the expiration of the authorized period
11        of time, and shall be subject to review by the Chief
12        Judge or his or her designee as deemed appropriate by
13        the court.
14        (3.5) The written memorialization of the request for
15    approval and the written approval by the State's Attorney
16    may be in any format, including via facsimile, email, or
17    otherwise, so long as it is capable of being filed with the
18    circuit clerk.
19        (3.10) Beginning March 1, 2015, each State's Attorney
20    shall annually submit a report to the General Assembly
21    disclosing:
22            (A) the number of requests for each qualified
23        offense for approval under this subsection; and
24            (B) the number of approvals for each qualified
25        offense given by the State's Attorney.
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1    of any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has
2    been recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception
3    may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or
4    other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury,
5    department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative
6    committee, or other authority of this State, or a
7    political subdivision of the State, other than in a
8    prosecution of:
9            (A) the qualified offense for which approval was
10        given to record or intercept a conversation under this
11        subsection (q);
12            (B) a forcible felony committed directly in the
13        course of the investigation of the qualified offense
14        for which approval was given to record or intercept a
15        conversation under this subsection (q); or
16            (C) any other forcible felony committed while the
17        recording or interception was approved in accordance
18        with this subsection (q), but for this specific
19        category of prosecutions, only if the law enforcement
20        officer or person acting at the direction of a law
21        enforcement officer who has consented to the
22        conversation being intercepted or recorded suffers
23        great bodily injury or is killed during the commission
24        of the charged forcible felony.
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1    part of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral
2    communication that has been intercepted as a result of
3    this exception, but nothing in this subsection shall be
4    deemed to prevent a court from otherwise excluding the
5    evidence on any other ground recognized by State or
6    federal law, nor shall anything in this subsection be
7    deemed to prevent a court from independently reviewing the
8    admissibility of the evidence for compliance with the
9    Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or with Article
10    I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution.
11        (6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to
12    qualified offenses. Whenever any private conversation or
13    private electronic communication has been recorded or
14    intercepted as a result of this exception that is not
15    related to an offense for which the recording or intercept
16    is admissible under paragraph (4) of this subsection (q),
17    no part of the contents of the communication and evidence
18    derived from the communication may be received in evidence
19    in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before
20    any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency,
21    regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority
22    of this State, or a political subdivision of the State,
23    nor may it be publicly disclosed in any way.
24        (6.5) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules as
25    are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
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1    subsection (q).
2        (7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection
3    (q) only:
4            "Forcible felony" includes and is limited to those
5        offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code
6        of 1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act
7        of the 97th General Assembly, and only as those
8        offenses have been defined by law or judicial
9        interpretation as of that date.
10            "Qualified offense" means and is limited to:
11                (A) a felony violation of the Cannabis Control
12            Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
13            the Methamphetamine Control and Community
14            Protection Act, except for violations of:
15                    (i) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act
16                committed before the effective date of this
17                amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly;
18                    (ii) Section 402 of the Illinois
19                Controlled Substances Act; and
20                    (iii) Section 60 of the Methamphetamine
21                Control and Community Protection Act; and
22                (B) first degree murder, solicitation of
23            murder for hire, predatory criminal sexual assault
24            of a child, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
25            criminal sexual assault, aggravated arson,
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1            abduction, trafficking in persons, involuntary
2            servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
3            minor, or gunrunning.
4            "State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
5        State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
6        designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
7        approval to record or intercept conversations under
8        this subsection (q).
9        (8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and
10    after January 1, 2027. No conversations intercepted
11    pursuant to this subsection (q), while operative, shall be
12    inadmissible in a court of law by virtue of the
13    inoperability of this subsection (q) on January 1, 2027.
14        (9) Recordings, records, and custody. Any private
15    conversation or private electronic communication
16    intercepted by a law enforcement officer or a person
17    acting at the direction of law enforcement shall, if
18    practicable, be recorded in such a way as will protect the
19    recording from editing or other alteration. Any and all
20    original recordings made under this subsection (q) shall
21    be inventoried without unnecessary delay pursuant to the
22    law enforcement agency's policies for inventorying
23    evidence. The original recordings shall not be destroyed
24    except upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
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1    to, motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or
2    audio recording, made of a lineup under Section 107A-2 of
3    the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
4(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
5102-918, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
6    Section 25. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by
7changing Sections 7, 9, 10, and 16.2 as follows:
 
8    (720 ILCS 550/7)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 707)
9    Sec. 7. (a) Any person who is at least 18 years of age who
10violates Section 5 of this Act by delivering cannabis to a
11person under 18 years of age who is at least 3 years his junior
12may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term up to twice the
13maximum term otherwise authorized by Section 5.
14    (b) Any person under 18 years of age who violates Section 4
15or 5 of this Act may be treated by the court in accordance with
16the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
17(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 
18    (720 ILCS 550/9)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 709)
19    Sec. 9. (a) Any person who engages in a calculated
20criminal cannabis conspiracy, as defined in subsection (b), is
21guilty of a Class 3 felony, and fined not more than $200,000
22and shall be subject to the forfeitures prescribed in
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1offense after one or more prior convictions under this
2Section, Section 4 (d), Section 5 (d), Section 8 (d) or any law
3of the United States or of any State relating to cannabis, or
4controlled substances as defined in the Illinois Controlled
5Substances Act, in addition to the fine and forfeiture
6authorized above, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 felony for
7which an offender may not be sentenced to death.
8    (b) For purposes of this section, a person engages in a
9calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy when:
10    (1) he violates Section 4 (d), 4 (e), 5 (d), 5 (e), 8 (c)
11or 8 (d) of this Act; and
12    (2) such violation is a part of a conspiracy undertaken or
13carried on with 2 or more other persons; and
14    (3) he obtains anything of value greater than $500 from,
15or organizes, directs or finances such violation or
16conspiracy.
17    (c) Any person who is convicted under this Section of
18engaging in a calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy shall
19forfeit to the State of Illinois:
20    (1) the receipts obtained by him in such conspiracy; and
21    (2) any of his interests in, claims against, receipts
22from, or property or rights of any kind affording a source of
23influence over, such conspiracy.
24    (d) The circuit court may enter such injunctions,
25restraining orders, directions, or prohibitions, or take such
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1performance bonds, in connection with any property, claim,
2receipt, right or other interest subject to forfeiture under
3this Section, as it deems proper.
4(Source: P.A. 84-1233.)
 
5    (720 ILCS 550/10)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 710)
6    Sec. 10. (a) Whenever any person who has not previously
7been convicted of any felony offense under this Act or any law
8of the United States or of any State relating to cannabis, or
9controlled substances as defined in the Illinois Controlled
10Substances Act, pleads guilty to or is found guilty of
11violating Section Sections 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 5(a), 5(b), 5(c),
12or 8 of this Act, the court may, without entering a judgment
13and with the consent of such person, sentence him to
14probation.
15    (b) When a person is placed on probation, the court shall
16enter an order specifying a period of probation of 24 months,
17and shall defer further proceedings in the case until the
18conclusion of the period or until the filing of a petition
19alleging violation of a term or condition of probation.
20    (c) The conditions of probation shall be that the person:
21(1) not violate any criminal statute of any jurisdiction; (2)
22refrain from possession of a firearm or other dangerous
23weapon; (3) submit to periodic drug testing at a time and in a
24manner as ordered by the court, but no less than 3 times during
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1paid by the probationer; and (4) perform no less than 30 hours
2of community service, provided community service is available
3in the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county
4board. The court may give credit toward the fulfillment of
5community service hours for participation in activities and
6treatment as determined by court services.
7    (d) The court may, in addition to other conditions,
8require that the person:
9        (1) make a report to and appear in person before or
10    participate with the court or such courts, person, or
11    social service agency as directed by the court in the
12    order of probation;
13        (2) pay a fine and costs;
14        (3) work or pursue a course of study or vocational
15    training;
16        (4) undergo medical or psychiatric treatment; or
17    treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism;
18        (5) attend or reside in a facility established for the
19    instruction or residence of defendants on probation;
20        (6) support his dependents;
21        (7) refrain from possessing a firearm or other
22    dangerous weapon;
23        (7-5) refrain from having in his or her body the
24    presence of any illicit drug prohibited by the Cannabis
25    Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
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1    unless prescribed by a physician, and submit samples of
2    his or her blood or urine or both for tests to determine
3    the presence of any illicit drug;
4        (8) and in addition, if a minor:
5            (i) reside with his parents or in a foster home;
6            (ii) attend school;
7            (iii) attend a non-residential program for youth;
8            (iv) contribute to his own support at home or in a
9        foster home.
10    (e) Upon violation of a term or condition of probation,
11the court may enter a judgment on its original finding of guilt
12and proceed as otherwise provided.
13    (f) Upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions of
14probation, the court shall discharge such person and dismiss
15the proceedings against him.
16    (g) A disposition of probation is considered to be a
17conviction for the purposes of imposing the conditions of
18probation and for appeal, however, discharge and dismissal
19under this Section is not a conviction for purposes of
20disqualification or disabilities imposed by law upon
21conviction of a crime (including the additional penalty
22imposed for subsequent offenses under Section 4(c), 4(d), 5(c)
23or 5(d) of this Act).
24    (h) A person may not have more than one discharge and
25dismissal under this Section within a 4-year period.
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1the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine
2Control and Community Protection Act within 5 years subsequent
3to a discharge and dismissal under this Section, the discharge
4and dismissal under this Section shall be admissible in the
5sentencing proceeding for that conviction as a factor in
6aggravation.
7    (j) Notwithstanding subsection (a), before a person is
8sentenced to probation under this Section, the court may refer
9the person to the drug court established in that judicial
10circuit pursuant to Section 15 of the Drug Court Treatment
11Act. The drug court team shall evaluate the person's
12likelihood of successfully completing a sentence of probation
13under this Section and shall report the results of its
14evaluation to the court. If the drug court team finds that the
15person suffers from a substance abuse problem that makes him
16or her substantially unlikely to successfully complete a
17sentence of probation under this Section, then the drug court
18shall set forth its findings in the form of a written order,
19and the person shall not be sentenced to probation under this
20Section, but shall be considered for the drug court program.
21(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-3, eff. 1-1-18;
22100-575, eff. 1-8-18.)
 
23    (720 ILCS 550/16.2)
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1    (a) Before or after the trial in a prosecution for a
2violation of Section 4, 5, 5.1, 5.2, 8, or 9 of this Act, a law
3enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the law
4enforcement agency must preserve, subject to a continuous
5chain of custody, not less than 6,001 grams of any substance
6containing cannabis and not less than 51 cannabis sativa
7plants with respect to the offenses enumerated in this
8subsection (a) and must maintain sufficient documentation to
9locate that evidence. Excess quantities with respect to the
10offenses enumerated in this subsection (a) cannot practicably
11be retained by a law enforcement agency because of its size,
12bulk, and physical character.
13    (b) The court may before trial transfer excess quantities
14of any substance containing cannabis or cannabis sativa plants
15with respect to a prosecution for any offense enumerated in
16subsection (a) to the sheriff of the county, or may in its
17discretion transfer such evidence to the Illinois State
18Police, for destruction after notice is given to the
19defendant's attorney of record or to the defendant if the
20defendant is proceeding pro se.
21    (c) After a judgment of conviction is entered and the
22charged quantity is no longer needed for evidentiary purposes
23with respect to a prosecution for any offense enumerated in
24subsection (a), the court may transfer any substance
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1to the Illinois State Police, for destruction after notice is
2given to the defendant's attorney of record or to the
3defendant if the defendant is proceeding pro se. No evidence
4shall be disposed of until 30 days after the judgment is
5entered, and if a notice of appeal is filed, no evidence shall
6be disposed of until the mandate has been received by the
7circuit court from the Appellate Court.
8(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
9    (720 ILCS 550/4 rep.)
10    Section 30. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by
11repealing Section 4.
 
12    Section 40. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
13amended by changing Section 115-23 as follows:
 
14    (725 ILCS 5/115-23)
15    Sec. 115-23. Admissibility of cannabis. In a prosecution
16for a violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the Cannabis
17Control Act committed before the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or a municipal
19ordinance for possession of cannabis that is punished by only
20a fine, cannabis shall only be admitted into evidence based
21upon:
22        (1) a properly administered field test; or
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1    officer's training and experience as qualified by the
2    court.
3(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)