Government bill · 24th Knesset · published as law 18 November 2021

חוק התכנית הכלכלית (תיקוני חקיקה ליישום המדיניות הכלכלית לשנות התקציב 2021 ו-2022), התשפ"ב-2021Law on the Economic Plan (legislative amendments for implementation of economic policy for budget years 2021 and 2022), 2021 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית

Topics: State budget · no asterisk — automatically from words in the title

What the sponsors propose

The bill includes a wide range of legislative amendments for implementing economic policy for the 2021 and 2022 budget years. According to the sponsors, the purpose of the law is to raise the standard of living in Israel, strengthen economic growth, increase employment and productivity, reduce the cost of living, and reduce the regulatory burden. Among other things, it is proposed to regulate digital mailing between public bodies and citizens and corporations, to establish a requirement for preparing financial reports for corporations established by law, to promote reforms in the fields of construction, housing, and urban renewal, to gradually raise the retirement age for women to 65 and establish tools to reduce gender gaps in the labor market, and to regulate the participation of detainees and prisoners in legal proceedings via video conferencing.

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Hebrew original

הצעת החוק כוללת מגוון רחב של תיקוני חקיקה ליישום המדיניות הכלכלית לשנות התקציב 2021 ו-2022. לדברי המציעים, מטרת החוק להעלות את רמת החיים בישראל, לחזק את הצמיחה במשק, להגדיל את התעסוקה והפריון, להוזיל את יוקר המחיה ולצמצם את הנטל הרגולטורי. בין היתר מוצע להסדיר דיוור דיגיטלי בין גופים ציבוריים לאזרחים ותאגידים, לקבוע חובת עריכת דוחות כספיים לתאגידים שהוקמו בחוק, לקדם רפורמות בתחום הבינוי והשיכון ופינוי ובינוי, להעלות בהדרגה את גיל הפרישה לנשים לגיל 65 ולקבוע כלים לצמצום פערים מגדריים בשוק העבודה, וכן להסדיר השתתפות עצורים ואסירים בדיונים משפטיים באמצעות היוועדות חזותית.

An automatic summary of the explanatory notes written by the bill's sponsors. These are their arguments, not an official Knesset summary. · The bill on the Knesset website

Readings

What was said in the plenum

The law, brought as part of the two-year budget for 2021–2022, includes dozens of legislative amendments and structural reforms in various fields (kashrut, business licensing, planning and construction, retirement age, pensions, regulation, transportation, and more) that, according to the government, are intended to strengthen the economy and reduce the cost of living. The debate focused on whether this is a social budget that restores the state to proper functioning after three years without an approved budget, versus the claim that this is an overreaching arrangements law that pushes through reforms unrelated to the budget via an expedited and undemocratic process and harms weaker populations.

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Hebrew original

החוק, שהובא כחלק מהתקציב הדו-שנתי לשנים 2021–2022, כולל עשרות תיקוני חקיקה ורפורמות מבניות במגוון תחומים (כשרות, רישוי עסקים, תכנון ובנייה, גיל פרישה, פנסיה, רגולציה, תחבורה ועוד) שנועדו לדברי הממשלה לחזק את הכלכלה ולהוריד את יוקר המחיה. הדיון התמקד בשאלה אם מדובר בתקציב חברתי שמחזיר את המדינה לתפקוד תקין אחרי שלוש שנים בלי תקציב מאושר, לעומת הטענה שזהו חוק הסדרים דורסני שמעביר רפורמות שאינן קשורות לתקציב בהליך מזורז ולא דמוקרטי ופוגע בשכבות החלשות.

Arguments for

Arguments against

Who spoke (85)
MemberFactionReadingsSpeechesIn the final vote
Hamad Amar—First reading, Third reading3no record
Moshe AbutbulShas oppositionFirst reading1against
Avi MaozReligious Zionism oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Moshe GafniUnited Torah Judaism oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Yitzhak Ze'ev PindrusUnited Torah Judaism oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Yuli Yoel EdelsteinLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Osama SaadiJoint List oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Ofir KatzLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading4against
Israel KatzLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Uriel BussoShas oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Bezalel SmotrichReligious Zionism oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Elina Bardach YalovYisrael Beytenu coalitionFirst reading1for
David AmsalemLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading4against
Karine Elharrar—First reading1no record
Keren BarakLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Orly Levi-AbekasisLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading3against
Desta Gadi YevarkanLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2for
Shlomo KarhiLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading6against
Eli CohenLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading3against
Yuval SteinitzLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
May GolanLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2no record
Yoav KischLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading4against
Benjamin NetanyahuLikud oppositionFirst reading, Third reading2against
Alex KushnirYisrael Beytenu coalitionThird reading2for
Avigdor Liberman—Third reading2no record
Waleed TahaRa'am coalitionThird reading1for
Michael Mordechai BitonBlue and White coalitionThird reading1for
Gilad KarivLabor coalitionThird reading1for
Efrat Rayten MaromLabor coalitionThird reading1for
Yulia MalinovskyYisrael Beytenu coalitionThird reading1for
Idit SilmanYamina coalitionThird reading1for
Yakov LitzmanUnited Torah Judaism oppositionThird reading2against
Itamar Ben GvirReligious Zionism oppositionThird reading1against
Samy Abu ShahadehJoint List oppositionThird reading1against
Yoav Ben TzurShas oppositionThird reading1against
Yakov MargiShas oppositionThird reading1against
Aida Touma SlimanJoint List oppositionThird reading1against
Orit Malka StrockReligious Zionism oppositionThird reading1against
מיכל וולדיגר (הציונות הדתית)—Third reading1—
Simcha RothmanReligious Zionism oppositionThird reading1against
Galit Distel AtbaryanLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Kathrin ShitritLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Ofer CassifJoint List oppositionThird reading1against
Meir CohenYesh Atid coalitionThird reading1for
Israel EichlerUnited Torah Judaism oppositionThird reading1against
Uri MaklevUnited Torah Judaism oppositionThird reading1against
Ofir AkunisLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Nachman Shai—Third reading5no record
Nachman Shai—Third reading3no record
Meir PorushUnited Torah Judaism oppositionThird reading1against
Etty Hava AtiaLikud oppositionThird reading2against
David BitanLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Tzachi HanegbiLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Yariv LevinLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Nir OrbachYamina coalitionThird reading1for
Meir Itzhak HalevyNew Hope coalitionThird reading1for
Sharon Roffe OfirYisrael Beytenu coalitionThird reading1for
Alon TalBlue and White coalitionThird reading1for
Yossi ShainYisrael Beytenu coalitionThird reading1for
Ruth Wasserman LandeBlue and White coalitionThird reading1for
Moshe TurpazYesh Atid coalitionThird reading1for
Iman Khatib YassinRa'am coalitionThird reading1for
Mazen GhanaimRa'am coalitionThird reading1for
Michal Shir SegmanNew Hope coalitionThird reading1for
Zvi HauserNew Hope coalitionThird reading1for
Ali SalalhaMeretz coalitionThird reading1for
Inbar BezekYesh Atid coalitionThird reading1for
Yomtob KalfonYamina coalitionThird reading1for
Vladimir BeliakYesh Atid coalitionThird reading1for
Michael MalkieliShas oppositionThird reading1against
Yinon AzoulayShas oppositionThird reading1against
Haim BitonShas oppositionThird reading1against
Yaakov AsherUnited Torah Judaism oppositionThird reading1against
Ofir SoferReligious Zionism oppositionThird reading1against
Fateen MullaLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Amir OhanaLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Yoav GallantLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Nir BarkatLikud oppositionThird reading1against
Ahmad TibiJoint List oppositionThird reading1against
Ayman OdehJoint List oppositionThird reading1against
Amichai ChikliYamina coalitionThird reading1against
Yair LapidYesh Atid coalitionThird reading3for
Naftali BennettYamina coalitionThird reading1for
Zeev Elkin—Third reading2no record
Makhluf Miki ZoharLikud oppositionThird reading1against

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. A very long debate: every speech was shortened to the same length before summarising. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2

Reservations, sections and other votes (153)

In order. Votes on reservations and individual sections are shown separately from the vote on the bill as a whole.

Source: bill page in the Knesset legislation database ↗

Law on the Economic Plan (legislative amendments for implementation of economic policy for budget years 2021 and 2022), 2021 · How the Knesset Votes