IL HB4762

Prohibits the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from automatically placing on hold, delaying, or denying license applications solely because the applicant is incarcerated.

Requires the Department to consider mitigating factors when reviewing applicants with criminal convictions, including time since conviction, evidence of rehabilitation, relationship of offense to the profession sought, and employment history.

Eliminates "good moral character" as a standalone basis for license denial; applications cannot be denied solely because an applicant has prior criminal convictions without considering specified factors.

Expands protections for eligible offenders with certificates of relief from disabilities, preventing automatic license denial based on prior convictions except in specific enumerated circumstances.

Changes confidential licensure records from "expunged" to "sealed" for reporting purposes under the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act, and repeals the Department's annual reporting requirement to the General Assembly.