HB2894 HFAT Akers 3-31

Morgan 3345

Delegate Akers moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

H. B. 2894 -- 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, and creating crimes relating to human smuggling of an adult and human smuggling of a minor and establishing penalties for each of these newly created crimes, amending the definition of “coercion”, adding definitions for “human smuggling, smuggling, or smuggles”, "illegal alien", and immediate family member”; general provisions and enhancement of criminal penalties; providing that an individual convicted of an offense under this article when a finding of an “aggravated circumstance” has been made may not be eligible for parole before serving five years in a correctional facility when the sentence is of an indeterminate nature; providing that if an individual is convicted of an offense under this article when the victim is a minor shall not be eligible for parole; redefining what constitutes an :aggravating circumstance”; and providing that illegal aliens are not eligible for restitution and under what other situations restitution may be ordered by a court; and creating an exemption for medical, mental health, and legal services being provided for an illegal alien”;

Adopted

Rejected