An estimated 2 million Illinois residents who’ve served their sentences for nonviolent offenses will become eligible to have their state criminal records automatically sealed beginning in 2029, under the so-called Clean Slate measure signed into law.

An estimated 2 million Illinois residents who’ve served their sentences for nonviolent offenses will become eligible to have their state criminal records automatically sealed beginning in 2029, under the so-called Clean Slate measure signed into law.