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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 588<\/a> and 623<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 409<\/a>; in 2017, chapters 624<\/a> and 668<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"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":77776,"section_number":"2.2-511","catch_line":"Criminal cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-511\/"},{"id":63586,"section_number":"53.1-202.3","catch_line":"Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-202.3\/"},{"id":58640,"section_number":"53.1-40.02","catch_line":"Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-40.02\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65851,"section_number":"18.2-46.4","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-46.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57068,"identifier":"18.2-46.5","token":"18.2\/4\/2.2\/18.2-46.5","url":"\/18.2-46.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-46.5\/","token":"18.2\/4\/2.2\/18.2-46.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Committing, conspiring and aiding and abetting acts of terrorism prohibited; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-46.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person who commits or conspires to commit, or aids and abets the commission of an act of terrorism<\/span>, as defined in § 18.2-46.4<\/a>, is guilty of a Class 2 felony<\/span> if the base offense<\/span> of such act of terrorism<\/span> may be punished by life imprisonment, or a term of imprisonment of not less than twenty years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who commits, conspires to commit, or aids and abets the commission of an act of terrorism<\/span>, as defined in § 18.2-46.4<\/a>, is guilty of a Class 3 felony<\/span> if the maximum penalty<\/span> for the base offense<\/span> of such act of terrorism<\/span> is a term of imprisonment or incarceration in jail of less than twenty years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any person who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or attempts to cause another to participate in an act or acts of terrorism, as defined in § 18.2-46.4<\/a>, is guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any person who knowingly provides any material<\/span> support (i) to an individual or organization whose primary objective is to commit an act of terrorism<\/span> and (ii) does so with the intent<\/span> to further such individual’s or organization’s objective is guilty of a Class 3 felony<\/span>. If the death of any person results from providing any material<\/span> support, then the person who provided such material<\/span> support is guilty of a Class 2 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMITTING, CONSPIRING AND AIDING AND ABETTING ACTS OF TERRORISM PROHIBITED;\nPENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-46.5)\n\nA. Any person who commits or conspires to commit, or aids and abets the\ncommission of an act of terrorism, as defined in § 18.2-46.4, is guilty of\na Class 2 felony if the base offense of such act of terrorism may be punished by\nlife imprisonment, or a term of imprisonment of not less than twenty years.\n\nB. Any person who commits, conspires to commit, or aids and abets the commission\nof an act of terrorism, as defined in § 18.2-46.4, is guilty of a Class 3\nfelony if the maximum penalty for the base offense of such act of terrorism is a\nterm of imprisonment or incarceration in jail of less than twenty years.\n\nC. Any person who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes\nor attempts to cause another to participate in an act or acts of terrorism, as\ndefined in § 18.2-46.4, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\nD. Any person who knowingly provides any material support (i) to an individual\nor organization whose primary objective is to commit an act of terrorism and\n(ii) does so with the intent to further such individual’s or\norganization’s objective is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the death of\nany person results from providing any material support, then the person who\nprovided such material support is guilty of a Class 2 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, cc. 588, 623; 2007, c. 409; 2017, cc. 624, 668.","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}}