Public Comments

HB 4433 raises serious concerns about cost and liability for our state and local governments. Expanding enforcement roles usually means higher expenses, more lawsuits, and more risk for taxpayers.

West Virginia already has real needs like schools, healthcare, infrastructure. We shouldn’t be pouring money into policies that create legal exposure instead of real solutions.

For these reasons, I strongly oppose HB 4433.

Get your heads out of your asses. This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard of. How about focusing on protecting children and getting prices of groceries brought down!

To the Members of the House Judiciary Committee,

I am writing to voice my strong opposition to HB 4433. This bill is a direct attack on vulnerable people and a complete distraction from the real issues our state is facing.

I find it shameful that while we were promised a session focused on jobs and the cost of living, the committee is instead spending time on a bill that protects human traffickers. By blocking undocumented victims from seeking restitution, you are essentially telling traffickers that they can exploit people with zero financial consequences. Restitution isn't a "perk"—it is a basic requirement of justice.

Furthermore, the attempt to criminalize anyone who helps an undocumented person is dangerous. We should be encouraging people to look out for their neighbors, not threatening them with harsh sentences for basic acts of humanity. This kind of fear-mongering doesn't make our communities safer; it just makes them more divided.

Please stop targeting vulnerable people to score political points. I urge you to vote NO on HB 4433 and get back to the work you actually promised to do for our economy and our families.

Anyone who is a victim of human trafficking in this country deserves recourse and justice regardless of citizenship! How cruel to think otherwise.

I am writing to urge your support for legislation that modernizes and improves provider credentialing processes with health insurance payors.

Inefficient and inconsistent credentialing creates unnecessary delays in patient access to care, administrative burden for providers, and higher system-wide costs. Providers often wait months to become credentialed or re-credentialed, even when their qualifications are unchanged, preventing patients from receiving timely services and discouraging participation in insurance networks.

Legislation that streamlines credentialing - such as standardizing credentialing requirements, setting enforceable timelines, and reducing administrative burdens - would improve access to care. These reforms would especially benefit underserved communities, where provider shortages are already acute.

I respectfully ask you to support policies that promote a more efficient, consistent, and provider-friendly credentialing system. Doing so will help ensure patients receive timely care and allow clinicians to focus on what matters most: delivering high-quality healthcare.

• This bill is unnecessary and out of touch with the real issues West Virginians are facing. HB 4433 doesn’t address affordability, healthcare, or community safety and it creates more problems instead.

I believe this new bill goes against what American stands for. Helping people in need (even people who are not American citizens) is something I love about American. I feel like as a country we are moving away from being kind and helpful to those in need. Stop being mean.

All people have God given dignity.  Each person is worthy of respect.  Do not criminalize providing basic human needs.