Section 25 of chapter 279 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 192 of the acts of 2016 is hereby further amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following:—

(b) Whoever: (i) has been convicted 2 times previously of 1 or more of the following offenses: section 1, section 13, section 13½, subsection (b) of section 13A, section 13B, section 13B ½ , section 13B ¾ , section 13F, section 13H, subsection (b) and subsection (c) of section 13K, committing an assault and battery upon a child and by such assault and battery causing bodily injury or substantial bodily injury under subsection (b) of section 13J, section 14, section 15, subsection (a) and subsection (c) of section 15A, section 16, sections 17 and 18 if armed with a firearm, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or assault weapon, section 18A, section 18B, section 18C, section 21, section 21A, section 22, section 22A, section 22B, section 22C, section 23A, section 23B, section 24, section 24B, section 26, section 26B, section 26C, section 28, subsection (b) of section 39, and subsection (b) and subsection (c) of section 43 of chapter 265, section 1, section 14, section 102, section 102A, section 102B or section 102C of chapter 266, section 3, section 4A, section 13, section 17, subsection (b) of section 29A, subsection (b) of section 29B, section 29C, section 35A and subsection (b) of section 53A of chapter 272