West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB2894: Prohibiting human trafficking of illegal aliens
Status: Passed one chamber, March 31, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to add a definition for "illegal alien" under human trafficking and provide that illegal aliens are not eligible for restitution.
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §61-14-1, §61-14-2, §61-14-3, §61-14-4, §61-14-5, §61-14-6, §61-14-7, and §61-14-8 and creating a new section §61-14-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to human trafficking, adding a definition for "illegal alien"; general provisions and penalties; and providing that illegal aliens are not eligible for restitution. ARTICLE 14. human trafficking AND HUMAN SMUGGLING. §61-14-1. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the meaning specified unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "Adul.
From the engrossed text, March 26, 2025:
A BILL to amend and reenact §61-14-1, §61-14-2, §61-14-3, §61-14-4, §61-14-5, §61-14-6, §61-14-7, and §61-14-8 and creating a new section §61-14-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to human trafficking, adding a definition for "illegal alien"; general provisions and penalties; and providing that illegal aliens are not eligible for restitution. ARTICLE 14. human trafficking AND HUMAN SMUGGLING. §61-14-1. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the meaning specified unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "Adult" "Adult" means an individual 18 years of age or older. (2) "Coercion" (B) The use of a plan, pattern, or statement with intent to cause an individual to believe that failure to perform an act will result in the use of force against, abduction of, serious harm to, physical restraint of, or deportation of an individual; (C) The abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process; (D) The destruction or taking of, or the threatened destruction or taking of, an individual's identification document or other property; or (E) The use of an individual's physical or mental impairment when the impairment has a substantial adverse effect on the individual's cognitive or volitional function. As used in this article, "coercion" does not include statements or actions made by a duly authorized state or …