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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1815 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 705 ILCS 405/5-915 Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the juvenile law enforcement records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis are subject to automatic expungement. Provides that the law enforcement agency who initiated the violation shall automatically expunge, on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile law enforcement records of a person eligible under this provision. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the process for access, review, and confirmation of the automatic expungement by the law enforcement agency. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or in the absence of a court order on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile court records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis in the clerk's possession or control and which contains the final satisfactory disposition which pertain to a person eligible under this provision. Effective immediately. LRB104 08537 RLC 18589 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1815 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 705 ILCS 405/5-915 705 ILCS 405/5-915 Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the juvenile law enforcement records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis are subject to automatic expungement. Provides that the law enforcement agency who initiated the violation shall automatically expunge, on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile law enforcement records of a person eligible under this provision. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the process for access, review, and confirmation of the automatic expungement by the law enforcement agency. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or in the absence of a court order on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile court records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis in the clerk's possession or control and which contains the final satisfactory disposition which pertain to a person eligible under this provision. Effective immediately. LRB104 08537 RLC 18589 b LRB104 08537 RLC 18589 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the juvenile law enforcement records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis are subject to automatic expungement. Provides that the law enforcement agency who initiated the violation shall automatically expunge, on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile law enforcement records of a person eligible under this provision. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the process for access, review, and confirmation of the automatic expungement by the law enforcement agency. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or in the absence of a court order on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile court records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis in the clerk's possession or control and which contains the final satisfactory disposition which pertain to a person eligible under this provision. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 5-915 as follows:
16	16	6 (705 ILCS 405/5-915)
17	17	7 Sec. 5-915. Expungement of juvenile law enforcement and
18	18	8 juvenile court records.
19	19	9 (0.05) (Blank).
20	20	10 (0.1)(a) The Illinois State Police and all law enforcement
21	21	11 agencies within the State shall automatically expunge, on or
22	22	12 before January 1 of each year, except as described in
23	23	13 paragraph (c) of this subsection (0.1), all juvenile law
24	24	14 enforcement records relating to events occurring before an
25	25	15 individual's 18th birthday if:
26	26	16 (1) one year or more has elapsed since the date of the
27	27	17 arrest or law enforcement interaction documented in the
28	28	18 records;
29	29	19 (2) no petition for delinquency or criminal charges
30	30	20 were filed with the clerk of the circuit court relating to
31	31	21 the arrest or law enforcement interaction documented in
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33	33	23 (3) 6 months have elapsed since the date of the arrest
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40	40	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the juvenile law enforcement records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis are subject to automatic expungement. Provides that the law enforcement agency who initiated the violation shall automatically expunge, on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile law enforcement records of a person eligible under this provision. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the process for access, review, and confirmation of the automatic expungement by the law enforcement agency. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or in the absence of a court order on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile court records of a person who before his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis in the clerk's possession or control and which contains the final satisfactory disposition which pertain to a person eligible under this provision. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 without an additional subsequent arrest or filing of a
69	69	2 petition for delinquency or criminal charges whether
70	70	3 related or not to the arrest or law enforcement
71	71	4 interaction documented in the records.
72	72	5 (b) If the law enforcement agency is unable to verify
73	73	6 satisfaction of conditions (2) and (3) of this subsection
74	74	7 (0.1), records that satisfy condition (1) of this subsection
75	75	8 (0.1) shall be automatically expunged if the records relate to
76	76	9 an offense that if committed by an adult would not be an
77	77	10 offense classified as a Class 2 felony or higher, an offense
78	78	11 under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or Criminal Code
79	79	12 of 2012, or an offense under Section 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
80	80	13 12-15, or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
81	81	14 (c) If the juvenile law enforcement record was received
82	82	15 through a public submission to a statewide student
83	83	16 confidential reporting system administered by the Illinois
84	84	17 State Police, the record will be maintained for a period of 5
85	85	18 years according to all other provisions in this subsection
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87	87	20 (0.15) If a juvenile law enforcement record meets
88	88	21 paragraph (a) of subsection (0.1) of this Section, a juvenile
89	89	22 law enforcement record created:
90	90	23 (1) prior to January 1, 2018, but on or after January
91	91	24 1, 2013 shall be automatically expunged prior to January
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93	93	26 (2) prior to January 1, 2013, but on or after January
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104	104	1 1, 2000, shall be automatically expunged prior to January
105	105	2 1, 2023; and
106	106	3 (3) prior to January 1, 2000 shall not be subject to
107	107	4 the automatic expungement provisions of this Act.
108	108	5 Nothing in this subsection (0.15) shall be construed to
109	109	6 restrict or modify an individual's right to have the person's
110	110	7 juvenile law enforcement records expunged except as otherwise
111	111	8 may be provided in this Act.
112	112	9 (0.16) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
113	113	10 Section, commencing 180 days after the effective date of this
114	114	11 amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the juvenile law
115	115	12 enforcement records of a person who before his or her 21st
116	116	13 birthday has committed an act which if committed by an adult
117	117	14 would constitute a criminal violation under the Cannabis
118	118	15 Control Act or a criminal violation of Section 3.5 of the Drug
119	119	16 Paraphernalia Control Act with respect to cannabis are subject
120	120	17 to automatic expungement. The law enforcement agency who
121	121	18 initiated the violation shall automatically expunge, on or
122	122	19 before January 1 and July 1 of each year, the juvenile law
123	123	20 enforcement records of a person eligible under this subsection
124	124	21 (0.16). The law enforcement agency shall provide by rule the
125	125	22 process for access, review, and confirmation of the automatic
126	126	23 expungement by the law enforcement agency.
127	127	24 (0.2)(a) Upon dismissal of a petition alleging delinquency
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129	129	26 termination of an order of supervision, or the successful
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140	140	1 termination of an adjudication for an offense which would be a
141	141	2 Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, or a petty or
142	142	3 business offense if committed by an adult, the court shall
143	143	4 automatically order the expungement of the juvenile court
144	144	5 records and juvenile law enforcement records. The clerk shall
145	145	6 deliver a certified copy of the expungement order to the
146	146	7 Illinois State Police and the arresting agency. Upon request,
147	147	8 the State's Attorney shall furnish the name of the arresting
148	148	9 agency. The expungement shall be completed within 60 business
149	149	10 days after the receipt of the expungement order.
150	150	11 (b) If the chief law enforcement officer of the agency, or
151	151	12 the chief law enforcement officer's designee, certifies in
152	152	13 writing that certain information is needed for a pending
153	153	14 investigation involving the commission of a felony, that
154	154	15 information, and information identifying the juvenile, may be
155	155	16 retained until the statute of limitations for the felony has
156	156	17 run. If the chief law enforcement officer of the agency, or the
157	157	18 chief law enforcement officer's designee, certifies in writing
158	158	19 that certain information is needed with respect to an internal
159	159	20 investigation of any law enforcement office, that information
160	160	21 and information identifying the juvenile may be retained
161	161	22 within an intelligence file until the investigation is
162	162	23 terminated or the disciplinary action, including appeals, has
163	163	24 been completed, whichever is later. Retention of a portion of
164	164	25 a juvenile's law enforcement record does not disqualify the
165	165	26 remainder of a juvenile's record from immediate automatic
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176	176	1 expungement.
177	177	2 (0.3)(a) Upon an adjudication of delinquency based on any
178	178	3 offense except a disqualified offense, the juvenile court
179	179	4 shall automatically order the expungement of the juvenile
180	180	5 court and law enforcement records 2 years after the juvenile's
181	181	6 case was closed if no delinquency or criminal proceeding is
182	182	7 pending and the person has had no subsequent delinquency
183	183	8 adjudication or criminal conviction. On the date that the
184	184	9 minor's sentence ends or the date that the court enters an
185	185	10 order committing the minor to the Department of Juvenile
186	186	11 Justice, the juvenile court judge shall schedule a date to
187	187	12 enter the automatic expungement order. The minor must be
188	188	13 notified but shall not be required to be present for the
189	189	14 scheduled court date when automatic expungement is to be
190	190	15 ordered. If the minor is not yet eligible on the originally
191	191	16 scheduled date, the court shall schedule a subsequent date to
192	192	17 enter the automatic expungement order. The clerk shall deliver
193	193	18 a certified copy of the expungement order to the Illinois
194	194	19 State Police and the arresting agency. Upon request, the
195	195	20 State's Attorney shall furnish the name of the arresting
196	196	21 agency. The expungement shall be completed within 60 business
197	197	22 days after the receipt of the expungement order. In this
198	198	23 subsection (0.3), "disqualified offense" means any of the
199	199	24 following offenses: Section 8-1.2, 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1,
200	200	25 9-3, 9-3.2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-9,
201	201	26 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-6.5,
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213	213	2 12-7.1, 12-7.5, 12-20.5, 12-32, 12-33, 12-34, 12-34.5, 18-1,
214	214	3 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-6, 19-3, 19-6, 20-1, 20-1.1, 24-1.2,
215	215	4 24-1.2-5, 24-1.5, 24-3A, 24-3B, 24-3.2, 24-3.8, 24-3.9,
216	216	5 29D-14.9, 29D-20, 30-1, 31-1a, 32-4a, or 33A-2 of the Criminal
217	217	6 Code of 2012, or subsection (b) of Section 8-1, paragraph (4)
218	218	7 of subsection (a) of Section 11-14.4, subsection (a-5) of
219	219	8 Section 12-3.1, paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a)
220	220	9 of Section 12-6, subsection (a-3) or (a-5) of Section 12-7.3,
221	221	10 paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of Section 12-7.4,
222	222	11 subparagraph (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section
223	223	12 12-9, subparagraph (H) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of
224	224	13 Section 24-1.6, paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section
225	225	14 25-1, or subsection (a-7) of Section 31-1 of the Criminal Code
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227	227	16 (b) If the chief law enforcement officer of the agency, or
228	228	17 the chief law enforcement officer's designee, certifies in
229	229	18 writing that certain information is needed for a pending
230	230	19 investigation involving the commission of a felony, that
231	231	20 information, and information identifying the juvenile, may be
232	232	21 retained in an intelligence file until the investigation is
233	233	22 terminated or for one additional year, whichever is sooner.
234	234	23 Retention of a portion of a juvenile's juvenile law
235	235	24 enforcement record does not disqualify the remainder of a
236	236	25 juvenile's record from immediate automatic expungement.
237	237	26 (0.31) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
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248	248	1 Section, commencing 180 after the effective date of this
249	249	2 amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the clerk of the
250	250	3 circuit court shall expunge, upon order of the court, or in the
251	251	4 absence of a court order on or before January 1 and July 1 of
252	252	5 each year, the juvenile court records of a person who before
253	253	6 his or her 21st birthday has committed an act which if
254	254	7 committed by an adult would constitute a criminal violation
255	255	8 under the Cannabis Control Act or a criminal violation of
256	256	9 Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act with respect
257	257	10 to cannabis in the clerk's possession or control and which
258	258	11 contains the final satisfactory disposition which pertain to a
259	259	12 person eligible under this subsection (0.31).
260	260	13 (0.4) Automatic expungement for the purposes of this
261	261	14 Section shall not require law enforcement agencies to
262	262	15 obliterate or otherwise destroy juvenile law enforcement
263	263	16 records that would otherwise need to be automatically expunged
264	264	17 under this Act, except after 2 years following the subject
265	265	18 arrest for purposes of use in civil litigation against a
266	266	19 governmental entity or its law enforcement agency or personnel
267	267	20 which created, maintained, or used the records. However, these
268	268	21 juvenile law enforcement records shall be considered expunged
269	269	22 for all other purposes during this period and the offense,
270	270	23 which the records or files concern, shall be treated as if it
271	271	24 never occurred as required under Section 5-923.
272	272	25 (0.5) Subsection (0.1) or (0.2) of this Section does not
273	273	26 apply to violations of traffic, boating, fish and game laws,
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284	284	1 or county or municipal ordinances.
285	285	2 (0.6) Juvenile law enforcement records of a plaintiff who
286	286	3 has filed civil litigation against the governmental entity or
287	287	4 its law enforcement agency or personnel that created,
288	288	5 maintained, or used the records, or juvenile law enforcement
289	289	6 records that contain information related to the allegations
290	290	7 set forth in the civil litigation may not be expunged until
291	291	8 after 2 years have elapsed after the conclusion of the
292	292	9 lawsuit, including any appeal.
293	293	10 (0.7) Officer-worn body camera recordings shall not be
294	294	11 automatically expunged except as otherwise authorized by the
295	295	12 Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.
296	296	13 (1) Whenever a person has been arrested, charged, or
297	297	14 adjudicated delinquent for an incident occurring before a
298	298	15 person's 18th birthday that if committed by an adult would be
299	299	16 an offense, and that person's juvenile law enforcement and
300	300	17 juvenile court records are not eligible for automatic
301	301	18 expungement under subsection (0.1), (0.2), or (0.3), the
302	302	19 person may petition the court at any time at no cost to the
303	303	20 person for expungement of juvenile law enforcement records and
304	304	21 juvenile court records relating to the incident and, upon
305	305	22 termination of all juvenile court proceedings relating to that
306	306	23 incident, the court shall order the expungement of all records
307	307	24 in the possession of the Illinois State Police, the clerk of
308	308	25 the circuit court, and law enforcement agencies relating to
309	309	26 the incident, but only in any of the following circumstances:
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320	320	1 (a) the minor was arrested and no petition for
321	321	2 delinquency was filed with the clerk of the circuit court;
322	322	3 (a-5) the minor was charged with an offense and the
323	323	4 petition or petitions were dismissed without a finding of
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325	325	6 (b) the minor was charged with an offense and was
326	326	7 found not delinquent of that offense;
327	327	8 (c) the minor was placed under supervision under
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329	329	10 successfully terminated; or
330	330	11 (d) the minor was adjudicated for an offense which
331	331	12 would be a Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, or a
332	332	13 petty or business offense if committed by an adult.
333	333	14 (1.5) At no cost to the person, the Illinois State Police
334	334	15 shall allow a person to use the Access and Review process,
335	335	16 established in the Illinois State Police, for verifying that
336	336	17 the person's juvenile law enforcement records relating to
337	337	18 incidents occurring before the person's 18th birthday eligible
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342	342	23 (2) Any person whose delinquency adjudications are not
343	343	24 eligible for automatic expungement under subsection (0.3) of
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345	345	26 expunge all juvenile law enforcement records relating to any
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356	356	1 incidents occurring before the person's 18th birthday which
357	357	2 did not result in proceedings in criminal court and all
358	358	3 juvenile court records with respect to any adjudications
359	359	4 except those based upon first degree murder or an offense
360	360	5 under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012 if the person is
361	361	6 required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act
362	362	7 at the time the person petitions the court for expungement;
363	363	8 provided that 2 years have elapsed since all juvenile court
364	364	9 proceedings relating to the person have been terminated and
365	365	10 the person's commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice
366	366	11 under this Act has been terminated.
367	367	12 (2.5) If a minor is arrested and no petition for
368	368	13 delinquency is filed with the clerk of the circuit court at the
369	369	14 time the minor is released from custody, the youth officer, if
370	370	15 applicable, or other designated person from the arresting
371	371	16 agency, shall notify verbally and in writing to the minor or
372	372	17 the minor's parents or guardians that the minor shall have an
373	373	18 arrest record and shall provide the minor and the minor's
374	374	19 parents or guardians with an expungement information packet,
375	375	20 information regarding this State's expungement laws including
376	376	21 a petition to expunge juvenile law enforcement and juvenile
377	377	22 court records obtained from the clerk of the circuit court.
378	378	23 (2.6) If a minor is referred to court, then, at the time of
379	379	24 sentencing, dismissal of the case, or successful completion of
380	380	25 supervision, the judge shall inform the delinquent minor of
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392	392	1 circuit court shall provide an expungement information packet
393	393	2 to the minor, written in plain language, including information
394	394	3 regarding this State's expungement laws and a petition for
395	395	4 expungement, a sample of a completed petition, expungement
396	396	5 instructions that shall include information informing the
397	397	6 minor that (i) once the case is expunged, it shall be treated
398	398	7 as if it never occurred, (ii) the minor shall not be charged a
399	399	8 fee to petition for expungement, (iii) once the minor obtains
400	400	9 an expungement, the minor may not be required to disclose that
401	401	10 the minor had a juvenile law enforcement or juvenile court
402	402	11 record, and (iv) if petitioning the minor may file the
403	403	12 petition on the minor's own or with the assistance of an
404	404	13 attorney. The failure of the judge to inform the delinquent
405	405	14 minor of the minor's right to petition for expungement as
406	406	15 provided by law does not create a substantive right, nor is
407	407	16 that failure grounds for: (i) a reversal of an adjudication of
408	408	17 delinquency; (ii) a new trial; or (iii) an appeal.
409	409	18 (2.6-1) A trafficking victim, as defined by paragraph (10)
410	410	19 of subsection (a) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012,
411	411	20 may petition for vacation and expungement or immediate sealing
412	412	21 of his or her juvenile court records and juvenile law
413	413	22 enforcement records relating to events that resulted in the
414	414	23 victim's adjudication of delinquency for an offense if
415	415	24 committed by an adult would be a violation of the criminal laws
416	416	25 occurring before the victim's 18th birthday upon the
417	417	26 completion of his or her juvenile court sentence if his or her
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428	428	1 participation in the underlying offense was a result of human
429	429	2 trafficking under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or
430	430	3 a severe form of trafficking under the federal Trafficking
431	431	4 Victims Protection Act.
432	432	5 (2.7) (Blank).
433	433	6 (2.8) (Blank).
434	434	7 (3) (Blank).
435	435	8 (3.1) (Blank).
436	436	9 (3.2) (Blank).
437	437	10 (3.3) (Blank).
438	438	11 (4) (Blank).
439	439	12 (5) (Blank).
440	440	13 (5.5) Whether or not expunged, records eligible for
441	441	14 automatic expungement under subdivision (0.1)(a), (0.2)(a), or
442	442	15 (0.3)(a) may be treated as expunged by the individual subject
443	443	16 to the records.
444	444	17 (6) (Blank).
445	445	18 (6.5) The Illinois State Police or any employee of the
446	446	19 Illinois State Police shall be immune from civil or criminal
447	447	20 liability for failure to expunge any records of arrest that
448	448	21 are subject to expungement under this Section because of
449	449	22 inability to verify a record. Nothing in this Section shall
450	450	23 create Illinois State Police liability or responsibility for
451	451	24 the expungement of juvenile law enforcement records it does
452	452	25 not possess.
453	453	26 (7) (Blank).
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464	464	1 (7.5) (Blank).
465	465	2 (8) The expungement of juvenile law enforcement or
466	466	3 juvenile court records under subsection (0.1), (0.2), or (0.3)
467	467	4 of this Section shall be funded by appropriation by the
468	468	5 General Assembly for that purpose.
469	469	6 (9) (Blank).
470	470	7 (10) (Blank).
471	471	8 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
472	472	9 102-752, eff. 1-1-23; 103-22, eff. 8-8-23; 103-154, eff.
473	473	10 6-30-23; 103-379, eff. 7-28-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-717,
474	474	11 eff. 1-1-25; 103-787, eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
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