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type: "Bill"
title: "ARREST RECORDS-MISTAKEN ID"
description: "Amends the State Records Act and the Local Records Act. Provides that within 180 days after an investigation by a law enforcement agency reveals that a person has been arrested as a result of mistaken identity and no charges have been filed against the person, the law enforcement agency whose officers made the arrest shall destroy the arrest records of that person made as a result of mistaken identity. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall establish an access and review process for verifying that the person's arrest records relating to arrests because of mistaken identity in which no charges have been filed have been destroyed. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the process for access, review, and automatic destruction of these records. Defines \"arrest records\" and \"law enforcement agency\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 169"
citation: "Illinois HB 169 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-14"
last_action: "2015-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cfa5bfb-2345-4900-9ec0-45997d5fcbc8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=169&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=83660&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "8f25a11b192379c36a082edba887a2a70ba01efb730b7be17d6547e0acaddbf3"
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 169 (99th) — ARREST RECORDS-MISTAKEN ID
Amends the State Records Act and the Local Records Act. Provides that within 180 days after an investigation by a law enforcement agency reveals that a person has been arrested as a result of mistaken identity and no charges have been filed against the person, the law enforcement agency whose officers made the arrest shall destroy the arrest records of that person made as a result of mistaken identity. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall establish an access and review process for verifying that the person's arrest records relating to arrests because of mistaken identity in which no charges have been filed have been destroyed. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the process for access, review, and automatic destruction of these records. Defines "arrest records" and "law enforcement agency".
## 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=09900HB0169&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=83660&DocNum=169&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0169eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=83660&DocNum=169&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0169enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=83660&DocNum=169&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9320** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **496** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-01-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `filing`
- **2015-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-03** Assigned to Restorative Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Restorative Justice Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2015-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
- **2015-02-20** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-02-20** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-03-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-03-10** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-03-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice Committee
- **2015-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2015-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-03-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Restorative Justice Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2015-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2015-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 093-020-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2015-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2015-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2015-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2015-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2015-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- **2015-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2015-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
- **2015-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 049-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0363 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cfa5bfb-2345-4900-9ec0-45997d5fcbc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).