Bill > HB1406

This bill amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to modify the automatic expungement process for juvenile court and law enforcement records. Specifically, the bill prevents the automatic expungement of records for a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent for an attempt to commit a "disqualified offense". A disqualified offense is a list of serious criminal offenses, including various types of murder, sexual offenses, violent crimes, and weapons offenses. The bill also adds a new procedural requirement that when a minor's case ends or they are committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the juvenile court judge must schedule a date for automatic expungement, and the minor must be notified of this date, though their presence is not required. This change means that juveniles who attempt to commit certain serious crimes will not have their records automatically expunged after two years, potentially maintaining a more permanent record of their involvement in serious criminal activity.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1406&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104