CD CORR-RESTORATION OF RIGHTS Senate SponsorsSen. Mattie Hunter-Kimberly A. Lightford 1/13/2009SenateSession Sine Die 730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-5730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-15730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-25730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-30Amends the Unified Code of Corrections relating to relief from disabilities automatically imposed by law. Provides that the court may grant relief from forfeitures. Defines "eligible offender" for the purposes of relief from disabilities and forfeitures as a person who has been convicted of a crime that does not include an offense or attempted offense that would subject the person to registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act (rather than an offense that is not a crime of violence, a Class X or a nonprobationable offense, or a violation of the Sex Offenses or Bodily Harm Articles of the Criminal Code of 1961, but who has not been convicted more than twice of a felony). Provides that a certificate of good conduct may be granted to relieve an eligible offender of any employment-related disability or remove any bar to employment that is automatically imposed by law by reason of his or her conviction of the crime or of the offense specified in the certificate. Provides that the certificate may be limited to one or more enumerated disabilities or bars or may relieve the individual of all disabilities and bars. Provides that a conviction of a crime or of an offense specified in a certificate of good conduct may not be deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of any provision of law that imposes, by reason of a conviction, a bar to any employment, a disability to exercise any right or a disability to apply for or to receive any license, permit, or other authority or privilege covered by the certificate. Effective June 1, 2007. 2/9/2007SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty 2/9/2007SenateFirst Reading 2/9/2007SenateReferred to Rules 2/9/2007SenateChief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter 2/21/2007SenateAssigned to Judiciary Criminal Law 3/14/2007SenateHeld in Judiciary Criminal Law 3/16/2007SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules 3/19/2007SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford 1/13/2009SenateSession Sine Die