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

Maine lawmakers are advancing a bill to seal many records 5–10 years after conviction, aiming to reduce long-term barriers to employment and housing while drawing debate over transparency and public safety.

Illinois’ new Clean Slate Act will seal eligible non-violent conviction records through an automated process, reducing barriers to employment, housing, and education while promoting second chances and successful reentry.

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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.