SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A monumental bill to automatically seal records for people convicted of nonviolent felonies is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk.

The Clean Slate Act will allow felony convictions currently eligible for expungement to be automatically sealed by a circuit court judge or the Illinois State Police.

State lawmakers passed legislation in 2017 to allow certain offenders with nonviolent felony convictions to apply for expungement. Yet, each of the state's 102 counties have addressed the record sealing process differently.

Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria) said it is past time for a streamlined process to open doors for job opportunities and allow 1.7 million Illinoisans who served time to rebuild their lives.

"They simply want to have an opportunity. They want

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