HB5815 Summary

• Amends the Criminal Identification Act to modify expungement and sealing procedures for criminal records in Illinois.

• Allows minor traffic offenses to not affect a person's eligibility to expunge or seal records; minor traffic offenses cannot be sealed unless the person was arrested and released without charging.

• Establishes eligibility requirements and timelines for expungement based on case outcomes (acquittal, dismissal, supervision, probation) with waiting periods ranging from 2 to 5 years for different offense types.

• Creates sealing procedures for eligible records including arrests without charges, acquittals, dismissals, supervisions, and certain felony convictions; records can be sealed at varying times depending on offense type and criminal history (3-4 years after sentence completion in most cases).

• Requires courts to serve petitions on prosecutors, law enforcement, and the Department of State Police; establishes procedures for objections, hearings, and compliance within 60 days of court orders granting expungement or sealing.