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Pritzker signs Clean Slate Act to automatically seal some criminal convictions

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JIM TALAMONTI

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation to automate the state’s record-sealing process for individuals with certain criminal convictions.

The governor signed the Clean Slate Act in Chicago on Friday.

Pritzker said the new law would help two-million people get a fresh start.

CLEAN SLATE 1A :09 “…an education.”

State Rep. Patrick Windhorst spoke on the House floor last fall and expressed concern about one provision in the bill.

CLEAN SLATE 1B :12 “…to sealing.”

Pritzker said individuals with murder, domestic battery, DUI and sex crime convictions are not eligible for record sealing.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation to automate the state’s record-sealing process for individuals with certain criminal convictions. Jim Talamonti reports.

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