House bill would eliminate expungement fee for Illinoisans wrongfully arrested, convicted

Expungement and sealing fees cause individuals with erroneous criminal records to have a hard time moving forward with their lives.

Reforms in Cook County and in Illinois make pretrial release possible for nondangerous defendants with little money for bail.

If signed, HB 6328 will remove expungement fees in Cook County for those who were arrested but never convicted.

In 2015, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law bills restricting the transfer of juvenile offenders to adult court, establishing rules for the use of body cameras by police, and creating an expedited process in Cook County to resolve cases involving certain low-level offenses.