State Rep. Barb Wheeler passed two bills today.

House Bill 4446 as Illinois House members read from their laptops:

Creates the College Admission Inquiries Act.

Provides that during the admission decision-making process, a college (defined as an institution of higher education authorized to confer degrees in this State) may not inquire about arrests that did not result in a criminal conviction and criminal convictions that have been sealed or expunged or make any inquiry or consider information about any arrest or criminal accusation of an individual that was followed by a termination of that criminal action or proceeding in favor of the individual.

Provides that a college may not make any inquiry or consider information about an individual’s past criminal conviction or convictions at any time during the admission decision-making process.

Provides that after an individual has been admitted as a student, a college may make inquiries about and consider information about the individual’s past criminal conviction history for the purpose of offering support counseling and services.

Provides that a college may also make inquiries about and consider information about the individual’s past criminal conviction history for the purpose of making decisions about participation in activities and aspects of campus life associated with the individual’s status as a student.

Provides that a college may not use the information to rescind an offer of admission. Provides that a college is not required to make inquiries into or consider an individual’s criminal conviction history for any reason. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment 1

Provides that a college’s authority to make inquiries and consider information about an individual’s criminal conviction history for specified purposes is subject to federal, State, or local law.

Here is the roll call:

does the following:

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

Provides that whenever a person has been arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for an incident occurring before his or her 18th birthday that if committed by an adult would be an offense, the person may petition the court at any time for expungement of law enforcement records and juvenile court records relating to the incident and upon termination of all juvenile court proceedings relating to that incident, the court shall order the expungement of all records in the possession of the Department of State Police, the clerk of the circuit court, and law enforcement agencies relating to the incident, but only in any of the following circumstances:

1. the minor was arrested and no petition for delinquency was filed with the clerk of the circuit court;
   

   Barb Wheeler’s colleagues Jack Franks and David McSweeney did not support her bill.

2. the minor was charged with an offense and the petition or petitions were dismissed without a finding of delinquency;
3. the minor was charged with an offense and was found not delinquent of that offense;
4. the minor was placed under supervision, and the order of supervision has since been successfully terminated; or (5) the minor was adjudicated for an offense which would be a Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, or a petty or business offense if committed by an adult. Provides that no objection may be filed to a petition under this provision.

House Floor Amendment 1

Deletes provision that no objection may be filed to a petition filed to seek automatic expungement of law enforcement records and juvenile court records of a person who has been arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for an incident occurring before his or her 18th birthday that if committed by an adult would be an offense relating to that incident under the circumstances described in the bill.

Here is the roll call: