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Advocates and directly impacted individuals in Maryland call for reducing barriers for people with past arrest and conviction records.

New polling shows most Maryland voters support the Maryland Clean Slate Act, which would use an automated process to seal eligible records and reduce barriers to jobs, housing, and stability.

Maine’s Clean Slate Act would modernize record sealing with an automated process that expands opportunities, protects public safety, and supports people moving forward after past involvement with the justice system.

This piece highlights how Illinois’ Clean Slate Act helps people rebuild workforce participation and strengthens the state’s economy, alongside other reader opinions on politics and culture.

Illinois lawmakers have enacted a new Clean Slate law to automatically seal records for people with non-violent offenses three years after finishing their sentence, expanding access to jobs, housing, and loans beginning in 2029.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed the Clean Slate Act, a bipartisan law to automate the sealing of eligible records for people who have completed their sentences for non-violent offenses, expanding access to employment, housing, and education by removing procedural barriers.

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Illinois’ historic Clean Slate Act into law, expanding automatic record sealing to remove barriers that hinder people’s access to jobs, housing, and education.

Illinois lawmakers passed the Clean Slate Act, a bipartisan law that will automatically seal eligible conviction records and expand access to jobs, housing, and education for people after they’ve served their sentence.

Illinois’ Clean Slate law will automatically seal eligible nonviolent records for millions of people, streamlining a process that previously required individual applications and helping remove barriers to employment, housing, and community participation.