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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CRIM ID-SEALING RECORDS"
+description: "Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Adds that the court shall not order the sealing of records of an arrest which results in the petitioner being charged with a felony offense or records of a charge not initiated by arrest for a felony offense unless (i) the charge results in acquittal, dismissal, or the petitioner's release without conviction or (ii) the charge results in a conviction, but the conviction was reversed or vacated. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "HB 298"
+citation: "Illinois HB 298 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-01-28"
+last_action: "2011-08-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8cbbc6f-39d6-4838-a3e2-e8e99bf060dc"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=298&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=55958&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "f5e3fa5db413a79b634a60144d752529770bfc572527e0468cff27ebdeabf830"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 298 (97th) — CRIM ID-SEALING RECORDS
+
+Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Adds that the court shall not order the sealing of records of an arrest which results in the petitioner being charged with a felony offense or records of a charge not initiated by arrest for a felony offense unless (i) the charge results in acquittal, dismissal, or the petitioner's release without conviction or (ii) the charge results in a conviction, but the conviction was reversed or vacated. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0298&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55958&DocNum=298&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0298eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55958&DocNum=298&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0298enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55958&DocNum=298&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **68–34** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Constance A. Howard — primary (person)
+- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
+- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Constance A. Howard `filing`
+- **2011-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
+- **2011-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-001-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
+- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-04-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
+- **2011-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
+- **2011-04-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 068-034-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
+- **2011-04-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Johnson
+- **2011-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
+- **2011-05-06** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
+- **2011-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2011
+- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
+- **2011-05-23** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
+- **2011-05-23** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
+- **2011-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-05-23** Passed Both Houses
+- **2011-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2011-08-19** Effective Date August 19, 2011
+- **2011-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0443 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8cbbc6f-39d6-4838-a3e2-e8e99bf060dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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