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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 396<\/a>, 435<\/a>, and 847<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapters 396<\/a> and 397<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"},{"id":83381,"section_number":"52-28.1","catch_line":"Reporting of gang-related criminal information; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report","order_by":null,"url":"\/52-28.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60069,"section_number":"18.2-46.2","catch_line":"Prohibited criminal street gang participation; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-46.2\/"},{"id":70242,"section_number":"18.2-46.3","catch_line":"Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-46.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64920,"identifier":"18.2-46.3:1","token":"18.2\/4\/2.1\/18.2-46.3_1","url":"\/18.2-46.3_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-46.3_1\/","token":"18.2\/4\/2.1\/18.2-46.3_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Third or subsequent conviction of criminal street gang crimes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-46.3:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon a felony<\/span> conviction<\/span> of \u00a7 18.2-46.2<\/a> or 18.2-46.3<\/a>, where it is alleged in the warrant, information or indictment<\/span> on which a person is convicted that (i) such person has been previously convicted twice under any combination of \u00a7 18.2-46.2<\/a> or 18.2-46.3<\/a>, within 10 years of the third or subsequent offense<\/span>, and (ii) each such offense<\/span> occurred on different dates, such person is guilty of a Class 2 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTHIRD OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG CRIMES (\u00a7 18.2-46.3:1)\n\nUpon a felony conviction of \u00a7 18.2-46.2 or 18.2-46.3, where it is alleged in\nthe warrant, information or indictment on which a person is convicted that (i)\nsuch person has been previously convicted twice under any combination of \u00a7\n18.2-46.2 or 18.2-46.3, within 10 years of the third or subsequent offense, and\n(ii) each such offense occurred on different dates, such person is guilty of a\nClass 2 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 396, 435, 847; 2023, cc. 396, 397.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}