HB2378 Summary: Criminal Identification Act - Expungement and Sealing

• Amends the Criminal Identification Act to establish comprehensive procedures for expunging and sealing criminal records of adults and minors prosecuted as adults.

• Allows expungement of arrest records and charges resulting in acquittal, dismissal, conviction reversal, or successful completion of supervision or qualified probation, with no waiting period for acquittals/dismissals and 2-5 year waiting periods for supervision cases depending on offense type.

• Permits sealing of criminal records including arrests without charges, dismissed cases, convictions, and specific felony convictions (Classes 3-4 for drug, theft, and fraud offenses) after 3-4 years from sentence completion, with restrictions on future felony convictions.

• Prohibits expungement or sealing of records for sexual offenses against minors, DUI convictions, stalking/harassment offenses, animal cruelty Class A misdemeanors, and sex offender registration offenses, except under limited circumstances.

• Establishes court procedures requiring petitioners to file verified petitions with case details, requires 60-day notice to prosecutors and law enforcement, and mandates courts respond to inquiries about sealed/expunged records as if no records exist.