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ARTICLE · 07 JANUARY 2019

Illinois General Assembly Corrects Additional Juvenile Court Act Errors

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The Illinois Juvenile Court Act (JCA) (705 ILCS 405/1-1 et seq.) was amended significantly in late 2017.

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Newly Amended Law Also Provides Relief to Law Enforcement Agencies

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The Illinois General Assembly's Public Act 100-1162, signed on Dec. 20, 2018, amends the Juvenile Court Act (JCA) to extend the deadlines for automatic expungement of juvenile law enforcement records.
  • Compliance with the JCA's automatic expungement requirements are now more practical.
  • Under the JCA, law enforcement agencies gain the authority to share juvenile law enforcement records with additional people, including the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor.

The Illinois Juvenile Court Act (JCA) (705 ILCS 405/1-1 et seq.) was amended significantly in late 2017. The amendments, in Public Act 100-0285, imposed tighter restrictions on public access to juvenile law enforcement records and added privacy protections to juveniles who had interactions with law enforcement (See Holland & Knight alert, "New Procedures for Handling Juvenile Police Records for Illinois

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