House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 14-50.16A by amending the following definitions. Amends one of the five criteria that can be met to meet the definition of criminal gang leader or organizer so that the person supervises or directs the actions of another criminal gang member or members during criminal gang activity (was, exercises control and authority over other criminal gang members). Amends the definition of criminal gang member so that it is now any person who (1) meets three or more of the listed criteria or (2) meets at least two of the listed criteria, and one of the criteria is (a) the person admits to being a member of a criminal gang; (b) the person is identified as a criminal gang member by a reliable source; or (c) the person is in possession of or linked to a criminal gang by physical evidence, including ledgers, rosters, or membership documents; this is a newly added criteria. Removes from those criteria that the person is in possession of or linked to a criminal gang by physical evidence. Amends the criteria about appearing in social media to promote a criminal gang so that it is now appearing in photographs, social media, or written or electronic communication to promote a criminal gang or document criminal gang activity.