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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 360 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. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 13 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 1986, chapters 300 and 627; in 1987, chapters 130, 131, 692, and 693; in 1992, chapter 746; in 1993, chapters 730 and 742; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>; in 1998, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0551\">551<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0581\">581<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a>; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0778\">778<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0467\">467<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0383\">383<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0580\">580<\/a>; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0809\">809<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81089,"section_number":"19.2-389","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Dissemination of criminal history record information","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-389\/"}],"refers_to":[{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272261,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79115,"identifier":"63.2-1719","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/3\/63.2-1719","url":"\/63.2-1719\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1719\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/3\/63.2-1719","dublin_core":{"Title":"Barrier crime; construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1719","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For purposes of this chapter, in the case of <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> welfare agencies and foster and <span class=\"dictionary\">adoptive homes<\/span> approved by <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span>-placing agencies, <span class=\"dictionary\">convictions<\/span> for any barrier <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled\" href=\"\/19.2-392.02\/\">19.2-392.02<\/a> shall include prior adult <span class=\"dictionary\">convictions<\/span> and juvenile <span class=\"dictionary\">convictions<\/span> or adjudications of delinquency based on a <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> that would be a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> if committed by an adult within or outside the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBARRIER CRIME; CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 63.2-1719)\n\nFor purposes of this chapter, in the case of child welfare agencies and foster\nand adoptive homes approved by child-placing agencies, convictions for any\nbarrier crime as defined in \u00a7 19.2-392.02 shall include prior adult convictions\nand juvenile convictions or adjudications of delinquency based on a crime that\nwould be a felony if committed by an adult within or outside the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 360, \u00a7 63.1-198.1; 1986, cc. 300, 627; 1987, cc. 130, 131,\n692, 693; 1992, c. 746; 1993, cc. 730, 742; 1996, c. 747; 1998, cc. 551, 581;\n1999, c. 740; 2001, c. 778; 2002, c. 747; 2003, c. 467; 2012, c. 383; 2016, c.\n580; 2017, c. 809.","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}}