Requiring public lodging establishments to provide human trafficking awareness training for employees

SB 922 requires hotels and public lodging establishments in West Virginia to provide annual human trafficking awareness training to employees who perform housekeeping or work at front desks. The bill mandates posting multilingual signs (in English, Spanish, and other prevalent local languages) by January 1, 2027, and establishing procedures for reporting suspected trafficking to the National Human Trafficking Hotline or local law enforcement. Training must cover definitions of sex and labor trafficking, how to identify victims in hotel settings, and employee reporting responsibilities. The bill explicitly states it does not create new legal claims for victims and allows the Bureau for Public Health to develop implementing rules.