SB807: Larceny; subsequent offenses, penalty.

SENATE BILL NO. 807

Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 8, 2020
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-104 of the Code of Virginia, relating to larceny; subsequent offenses; penalty.
Patron-- Morrissey

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-104 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-104. Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor larceny; penalty.

When a person is convicted of an offense of larceny or any offense deemed to be or punished as larceny under any provision of the Code, and it is alleged in the warrant, indictment, or information on which he is convicted, and admitted, or found by the jury or judge before whom he is tried, that he has been before convicted in the Commonwealth of Virginia or in another jurisdiction for any offense of larceny or any offense deemed or punishable as larceny, or of any substantially similar offense in any other jurisdiction, regardless of whether the prior convictions were misdemeanors, felonies, or a combination thereof, he shall be confined in jail not less than thirty 30 days nor more than twelve 12 months; and for a third, or any subsequent offense, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.