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Government bill · 25th Knesset · published as law 31 May 2023

חוק ההתייעלות הכלכלית (תיקוני חקיקה להשגת יעדי התקציב לשנות התקציב 2023 ו-2024), התשפ"ג-2023Law on Economic Streamlining (legislative amendments for achieving budget targets for budget years 2023 and 2024), 2023 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית

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

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law establishes a series of amendments to various laws in accordance with the budget targets for the 2023 and 2024 budget years, including in the areas of: taxes, housing market taxation, national insurance, government collection, and pensions.

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Hebrew original

החוק קובע שורה של תיקונים בחוקים שונים בהתאם ליעדי התקציב לשנות התקציב 2023 ו-2024, בין היתר בנושאים: מסים, מיסוי בשוק הדיור, ביטוח לאומי, גבייה ממשלתית וגמלאות.

Sponsors

Efrat Rayten Marom, Iman Khatib Yassin, Michael Mordechai Biton, Mansour Abbas, Waleed Taha

Readings

What was said in the plenum

The bill is the Economic Arrangements Law for the 2023-2024 budget years, which includes structural reforms and accompanying legislative amendments to the state budget in the areas of housing, competition, bureaucracy and the public sector. The first-reading debate focused mostly not on the provisions of the law itself but on the Prime Minister's announcement that evening regarding the suspension of the judicial overhaul legislation, on the agreement between the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Security regarding the establishment of a National Guard, and on the implications of the political crisis for the economy and society.

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Hebrew original

הצעת החוק היא חוק ההסדרים לשנות התקציב 2023-2024, הכולל רפורמות מבניות ותיקוני חקיקה נלווים לתקציב המדינה בתחומי הדיור, התחרות, הבירוקרטיה והמגזר הציבורי. הדיון בקריאה הראשונה נסב ברובו לא על סעיפי החוק עצמם אלא על ההכרזה של ראש הממשלה באותו הערב על השהיית חקיקת ההפיכה המשטרית, על ההסכם בין ראש הממשלה לשר לביטחון לאומי בנוגע להקמת משמר לאומי, ועל השלכות המשבר הפוליטי על הכלכלה והחברה.

Arguments for

  • This is a responsible budget and economic plan intended to raise the standard of living, strengthen growth and employment, lower the cost of living and maintain fiscal stability in the face of global economic challenges.
    Michal Miriam Woldiger (Religious Zionism)
  • The law includes important and welcome provisions, such as handling construction waste and housing reforms, which are essential to advance.
    Zeev Elkin (National Unity)
  • This is the largest budget in the country's history, requiring positive amendments such as a differential distribution of municipal property tax and addressing monopolies.
    Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid)

Arguments against

  • The political crisis surrounding the regime coup severely damaged investor confidence, the high-tech sector and economic activity, and therefore the budget's underlying assumptions are not well-founded and are unrealistic.
    Orit Farkash Hacohen (National Unity), Vladimir Beliak (Yesh Atid)
  • The budget and the Economic Arrangements Law do not provide a genuine response to the cost of living, the sharp rise in prices (eggs, matzah, vegetables) and the monopolies, and do not include sufficient benefits or protections for weak populations such as the elderly, at-risk youth, new immigrants and residents of the periphery.
    Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid), Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid), Ron Katz (Yesh Atid), Alon Schuster (National Unity), Naor Shiri (Yesh Atid), Debbie Biton (Yesh Atid), Iman Khatib Yassin (Ra'am), Oded Forer (Yisrael Beytenu), Pnina Tameno (National Unity)
  • A significant portion of the law's provisions, particularly in the housing reforms, are expected to fail or not be implemented due to opposition from local government and political pressures, and thus will not truly contribute to solving housing problems.
    Zeev Elkin (National Unity)
  • The budget was prepared without transparency and in an unprofessional manner, including a discrepancy between political promises (such as to the Minister of National Security) and the actual data in the budget book.
    Vladimir Beliak (Yesh Atid)
  • The agreement between the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Security to establish a national guard/militia under his control should be opposed, as it could harm the Arab population and protesters and undermine the democratic character of the state.
    Youssef Atauna (Hadash–Ta'al), Ayman Odeh (Hadash–Ta'al), Ron Katz (Yesh Atid), Iman Khatib Yassin (Ra'am), Orna Barbivay (Yesh Atid), Shelly Tal Meron (Yesh Atid), Yasir Hujeirat (Ra'am)
Who spoke (44)
MemberFactionReadingsSpeechesIn the final vote
Michal Miriam WoldigerReligious Zionism coalitionFirst reading1for
Matan KahanaNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Orit Farkash HacohenNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Sharren Miriam HaskelNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Idan RollYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Youssef AtaunaHadash–Ta'al oppositionFirst reading1against
Gilad KarivLabor oppositionFirst reading1against
Zeev ElkinNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Meir CohenYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Ayman OdehHadash–Ta'al oppositionFirst reading1no record
Yoav SegalovitzYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Sharon NirYisrael Beytenu oppositionFirst reading1against
Tatiana MazarskyYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Mickey LevyYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Ron KatzYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Waleed AlhwashlaRa'am oppositionFirst reading1against
Michael Mordechai BitonNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Chili TropperNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Alon SchusterNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Naor ShiriYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Evgeny SovaYisrael Beytenu oppositionFirst reading1against
Debbie BitonYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Vladimir BeliakYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Iman Khatib YassinRa'am oppositionFirst reading1against
Simon DavidsonYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Meirav CohenYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Orna BarbivayYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Yasmin FridmanYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Yorai Lahav HertzanuYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Michal Shir SegmanYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Shelly Tal MeronYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Moshe TurpazYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Efrat Rayten MaromLabor oppositionFirst reading1against
Yasir HujeiratRa'am oppositionFirst reading1against
Elazar SternYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Oded ForerYisrael Beytenu oppositionFirst reading1against
Matti Sarfatti HarcaviYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Ram Ben BarakYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Pnina TamenoNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Gadi EisenkotNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Yifat Shasha BitonNational Unity oppositionFirst reading1against
Merav Ben AriYesh Atid oppositionFirst reading1against
Hanoch Dov MilwidskyLikud coalitionFirst reading1for
Itamar Ben GvirOtzma Yehudit coalitionFirst reading1for

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, sections and other votes (34)

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 Economic Streamlining (legislative amendments for achieving budget targets for budget years 2023 and 2024), 2023 · How the Knesset Votes