West Virginia 2026 Session Status: Enacted 9 R cosponsors

HB 4433 — Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Last action — Chapter 191, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2026. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill aims to prohibit human smuggling and trafficking activities.

This legislation focuses on prohibiting human smuggling and trafficking. It seeks to create measures against these crimes to protect individuals.

Summary

Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to HB 4433 adds the terms "and willfully" to strengthen the intent required for certain actions related to human trafficking and smuggling. Additionally, it changes the phrasing from "to avoid" to "for the purposes of avoiding," clarifying the intent behind specific actions. These changes matter because they ensure that individuals must not only act knowingly but also with willful intent, which could influence how cases are prosecuted and understood within the law. This could potentially lead to harsher penalties for those found guilty of such crimes.

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HB4433 HFA Kimble 1-23 #1WRV 3133 Delegate Kimble and Delegate Akers moved to amend the committee substitute on page 8, section 7, line 3, by striking subsection (b) in its entirety and renumbering the section accordingly.   AdoptedRejected
HB4433 SFA Weld #2 2-17Curia 7824Senator Weld moved to amend the amendment on page 3, section 1, line 51, after the word “knowingly” by inserting the words “and willfully”;And,On page 3, section 1, line 52, after the word “alien” by striking the words “to avoid” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “for the purposes of avoiding”. AdoptedRejected
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Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. To Judiciary

  3. Introduced in House

  4. To House Judiciary

  5. Markup Discussion

  6. By substitute, do pass

  7. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  8. Read 1st time

  9. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  10. Read 2nd time

  11. Amendment reported by the Clerk

  12. Amendment rejected (Voice vote)

  13. Amendment reported by the Clerk

  14. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  15. Amendment reported by the Clerk

  16. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  17. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  18. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  19. Read 3rd time

  20. Passed House (Roll No. 20 )

  21. Communicated to Senate

  22. Introduced in Senate

  23. To Judiciary

  24. To Judiciary

  25. Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment

  26. On 1st reading

  27. Read 1st time

  28. On 2nd reading

  29. Read 2nd time

  30. On 3rd reading with right to amend

  31. Laid over on 3rd reading 2/16/2026 with right to amend, com. amend pending

  32. Read 3rd time

  33. Committee Amendment Reported

  34. Garcia amends to com. amendment rejected (Roll No. 108)

  35. Weld amends. to com. amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  36. Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)

  37. Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 109)

  38. Senate requests House to concur

  39. House received Senate message

  40. House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 215)

  41. Communicated to Senate

  42. House Message received

  43. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 364)

  44. Communicated to House

  45. Completed legislative action

  46. House received Senate message

  47. To Governor 3/9/2026 - Senate Journal

  48. To Governor 3/9/26

  49. Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 - Senate Journal

  50. Approved by Governor 3/14/26

  51. Chapter 191, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on · 10 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (141)

141 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Roll Call

Passed 32 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 29000
Democrat 2200
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 32200
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Nay
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Rick Garcia Democrat Nay
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Glenn Jeffries Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jay Taylor Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Mark R. Maynard Republican Yea
Mike Oliverio Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Robbie Morris Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Willis Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea

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PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB

Passed 87 Yea · 8 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 85003
Unaffiliated 2001
Democrat 0801
Total 87805
% of votes cast 87%8%0%5%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Flanigan — Yea
Linville — Yea
Kump — Not Voting
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Nay
Evan Hansen Democrat Nay
Hollis Lewis Democrat Nay
John Williams Democrat Nay
Kayla Young Democrat Nay
Mike Pushkin Democrat Nay
Rick Garcia Democrat Nay
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Nay
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Not Voting
Adam Burkhammer Republican Yea
Adam Vance Republican Yea
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Bill Bell Republican Yea
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Smith Republican Not Voting
Bryan Ward Republican Yea
Carl "Bill" Roop Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Charles Sheedy Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
Chuck Horst Republican Yea
Clay Riley Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dana Ferrell Republican Yea
Dave Foggin Republican Yea
David Cannon Republican Yea
David Green Republican Yea
David McCormick Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Doug Smith Republican Yea
Elias Coop-Gonzalez Republican Yea
Eric Brooks Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
Geno Chiarelli Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Street Republican Yea
Gregory A. Watt Republican Yea
Guy Ward Republican Yea
Henry Dillon Republican Yea
Ian T. Masters Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Not Voting
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Funkhouser Republican Yea
Joe Parsons Republican Yea
Joe Statler Republican Yea
John Jordan Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Jonathan Kyle Republican Yea
Jonathan Pinson Republican Yea
Jordan Bridges Republican Yea
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Yea
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Lori Dittman Republican Yea
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marshall W. Clay Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Michael Amos Republican Not Voting
Michael Hite Republican Yea
Michael Hornby Republican Yea
Mickey Petitto Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Lucas Republican Yea
Phil Mallow Republican Yea
Ray Canterbury Republican Yea
Rick Hillenbrand Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Ryan Browning Republican Yea
S. Chris Anders Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea
Scot C. Heckert Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Tresa Howell Republican Yea
Tristan Leavitt Republican Yea
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Roll Call

Passed 30 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 12001
Unaffiliated 18201
Total 30202
% of votes cast 88%6%0%6%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
ROSE — Yea
BARNHART — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
JEFFRIES — Not Voting
TAKUBO — Yea
MARTIN — Yea
TARR — Yea
MAYNARD, M — Yea
TAYLOR — Yea
MORRIS — Yea
WELD — Yea
OLIVERIO — Yea
WILLIS — Yea
PHILLIPS — Yea
WOELFEL — Nay
GARCIA — Nay
QUEEN — Yea
WOODRUM — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
Amy Grady Republican Yea
Anne B. Charnock Republican Yea
Brian Helton Republican Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Craig A. Hart Republican Yea
Darren Thorne Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Laura Wakim Chapman Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Not Voting
Scott Fuller Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vince Deeds Republican Yea
Zack Maynard Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 81 Yea · 9 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 77008
Unaffiliated 4001
Democrat 0900
Total 81909
% of votes cast 82%9%0%9%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Barnhart — Yea
Kump — Yea
Flanigan — Yea
Linville — Yea
Ward — Not Voting
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Nay
Evan Hansen Democrat Nay
Hollis Lewis Democrat Nay
John Williams Democrat Nay
Kayla Young Democrat Nay
Mike Pushkin Democrat Nay
Rick Garcia Democrat Nay
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Nay
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Nay
Adam Burkhammer Republican Yea
Adam Vance Republican Yea
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Bill Bell Republican Yea
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Smith Republican Yea
Carl "Bill" Roop Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Charles Sheedy Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
Chuck Horst Republican Yea
Clay Riley Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dana Ferrell Republican Yea
Dave Foggin Republican Yea
David Cannon Republican Yea
David Green Republican Yea
David McCormick Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Doug Smith Republican Not Voting
Elias Coop-Gonzalez Republican Yea
Eric Brooks Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
Geno Chiarelli Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Street Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Watt Republican Yea
Henry Dillon Republican Yea
Ian T. Masters Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Not Voting
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Funkhouser Republican Yea
Joe Parsons Republican Yea
Joe Statler Republican Yea
John Jordan Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Jonathan Kyle Republican Yea
Jonathan Pinson Republican Yea
Jordan Bridges Republican Not Voting
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Yea
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Lori Dittman Republican Yea
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Not Voting
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marshall W. Clay Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Michael Amos Republican Yea
Michael Hite Republican Yea
Michael Hornby Republican Yea
Mickey Petitto Republican Not Voting
Pat McGeehan Republican Not Voting
Patrick Lucas Republican Yea
Phil Mallow Republican Yea
Ray Canterbury Republican Not Voting
Rick Hillenbrand Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Ryan Browning Republican Yea
S. Chris Anders Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea
Scot C. Heckert Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Tresa Howell Republican Yea
Tristan Leavitt Republican Yea
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4433 do?
Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking
Who sponsors HB 4433?
HB 4433 is sponsored by Ward, Kump, Bill Ridenour (Republican), Jim Butler (Republican), Phil Mallow (Republican), Carl Martin (Republican), Rick Hillenbrand (Republican), Laura Kimble (Republican), D. Rolland Jennings (Republican), James Robert "JB" Akers II (Republican), and Jordan Maynor (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 4433?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2026. Enacted.
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