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Bill	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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 298	Illinois HB 298 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2011-01-28	2011-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d8cbbc6f-39d6-4838-a3e2-e8e99bf060dc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=298&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=55958&SessionID=84&GA=97	f5e3fa5db413a79b634a60144d752529770bfc572527e0468cff27ebdeabf830	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/d8cbbc6f-39d6-4838-a3e2-e8e99bf060dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).