חוק הרשות למאבק באלימות, בסמים ובאלכוהול, התשע"ז-2017Law for the Authority to Combat Violence, Drugs and Alcohol, 2017 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Authority for the Fight against Violence, Drugs and Alcohol Law, 2017 was passed in its second and third readings on 26 July 2017. In 1988, the National Authority for the War against Drugs and Alcohol Abuse was established as a statutory corporation with independent powers, under the National Authority for the War against Drugs and Alcohol Abuse Law, 1988. Its main role was to act against drug and alcohol abuse for the benefit of society's welfare and to improve the quality of life of the residents of the State of Israel. Alongside its activity, the Ministry of Public Security operated, through the "Matzileh" division and the "City Without Violence" program run by the Ministry, various programs to prevent violence and increase residents' security in local authorities. The new Law provides that a single government authority will be established within the Ministry of Public Security, which will incorporate the Authority for the War against Drugs, the Matzileh division, and the "City Without Violence" program, and will carry out all the activities that these bodies have performed until now. This authority will be called: the "Authority for the Fight against Violence, Drugs and Alcohol," and its budget will be determined in the annual Budget Law, within the budget of the Ministry of Public Security. The Law enables the absorption of the employees of the current authority into the new authority as civil servants, exempt from tender procedures. The roles of the new authority will include, among others: recommending to the Minister of Public Security a comprehensive policy in the field of activity and promoting legislative amendments on the matter; developing and implementing professional programs in the fields of prevention and enforcement; acting to deepen public outreach and awareness and encourage volunteering in the field of activity; promoting cooperation by assisting government ministries, the police, and other relevant bodies operating in the field; and promoting ties with relevant international bodies. The Law also provides that the Minister of Public Security will establish an advisory committee for the new authority, whose members will be representatives of all government ministries dealing with the matter, as well as public representatives to be determined by the Minister.

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What was said in the plenum

The law abolishes the National Authority for the War on Drugs and Alcohol Abuse as an independent statutory corporation, and merges it with the "City Without Violence" and "Matzila" programs into a new inter-governmental authority within the Ministry of Public Security, alongside arrangements for absorbing employees. The discussion focused on whether treatment of drugs, alcohol and violence should be concentrated under a ministry dealing with enforcement and policing, or whether the matter should remain with an independent body or with the health and welfare ministries, which are better suited to a therapeutic-rehabilitative approach.

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An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2

Reservations to the second reading

3 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.

The reservations deal with expanding the Authority's functions in combating violence, drugs and alcohol, the method of appointing public representatives to its council, and limiting the number of additional terms of its members.

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By faction

• Joint List opposition · 2 reservations · 1 member
• Yesh Atid opposition · 1 reservation · 1 member
• Meretz opposition · 1 reservation · 5 members

A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it.

Asked to speak: Ayman Odeh (Joint List), Masud Ganaim (Joint List), Jamal Zahalka (Joint List), Ahmad Tibi (Joint List), Aida Touma Sliman (Joint List), Abd Al Hakeem Haj Yahya (Joint List), Hanin Zoabi (Joint List), Dov Khenin (Joint List), Talab Abu Arar (Joint List), Yousef Jabareen (Joint List), Osama Saadi (Joint List), Joumah Azbarga (Joint List), Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union), Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union), Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union), Stav Shaffir (Zionist Union), Itzik Shmuli (Zionist Union), Omer Barlev (Zionist Union), Yehiel Hilik Bar (Zionist Union), Amir Peretz (Zionist Union), Merav Michaeli (Zionist Union), Eitan Cabel (Zionist Union), Manuel Trajtenberg (Zionist Union), Erel Margalit (Zionist Union), Micky Rosenthal (Zionist Union), Revital Swid (Zionist Union), Yoel Hasson (Zionist Union), Zouheir Bahloul (Zionist Union), Eytan Broshi (Zionist Union), Michal Biran (Zionist Union), Nachman Shai (Zionist Union), Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union), Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin (Zionist Union), Yoseph Yonah (Zionist Union), Eyal Ben Reuven (Zionist Union), Yael Cohen Paran (Zionist Union)

Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)