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• 30 June 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לתיקון פקודת סדר הדין הפלילי (מעצר וחיפוש) (מס' 18), התשפ"ה-2025Bill to Amend the Criminal Procedure Law Ordinance (Arrest and Search) (No. 18), 2025auto22 for · 3 against · 1 abst. · 26 of 120 votedCoalition 21:0 · Opposition 1:317 members spoke
• 16 June 2025 · Third readingno roll call exists: show of hands, counted voteהצעת חוק הבעת עמדה של נפגע או נפגעת עבירה בנוגע לשחרור על־תנאי ממאסר (תיקוני חקיקה), התשפ"ה–2025Bill on the Expression of Opinion by a Crime Victim Regarding Release on Parole (legislative amendments), 2025auto
• 10 June 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הנוטריונים (תיקון מס' 11), התשפ"ה-2025Bill on Notaries Law (Amendment No. 11), 2025auto8 for · 0 against · 8 of 120 voted
• 9 June 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לשכת עורכי הדין (תיקון מס' 46), התשפ"ה-2025Bill on the Bar Association (Amendment No. 46), 2025auto24 for · 0 against · 1 abst. · 25 of 120 voted
• 3 June 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק עזרה משפטית בין מדינות (תיקון מס' 12), התשפ"ה-2025Bill Legal Aid Between States (Amendment No. 12), 2025auto22 for · 0 against · 22 of 120 voted
• 20 May 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 133 – הוראת שעה) (תיקון מס' 3), התשפ"ה-2025Bill Penal Law (Amendment No. 133 – temporary provision) (Amendment No. 3), 2025auto6 for · 0 against · 6 of 120 voted
• 31 March 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 152), התשפ"ה–2025Bill Penal Law (Amendment No. 152), 2025auto31 for · 0 against · 31 of 120 voted
• 31 March 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק כליאתם של לוחמים בלתי חוקיים (תיקון מס' 4 והוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (תיקון מס' 4), התשפ"ה-2025Bill Detention of Unlawful Combatants (Amendment No. 4 and temporary provision – Swords of Iron) (Amendment No. 4), 2025auto20 for · 0 against · 20 of 120 voted
• 31 March 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הביטוח הלאומי (תיקון מס' 256), התשפ"ה–2025Bill National Insurance (Amendment No. 256), 2025auto38 for · 1 against · 39 of 120 voted
• 27 March 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק-יסוד: השפיטה (תיקון מס' 4)Basic Law: The Judiciary Bill (Amendment No. 4)auto67 for · 1 against · 68 of 120 voted
• 27 March 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק בתי המשפט (תיקון מס' 105), התשפ"ה-2025Courts Law Bill (Amendment No. 105), 2025auto64 for · 0 against · 64 of 120 voted
• 4 March 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק נציב תלונות הציבור על שופטים (תיקון מס' 6), התשפ"ה–2025Bill on Ombudsman for Complaints against Judges (Amendment No. 6), 2025auto56 for · 48 against · 104 of 120 votedCoalition 50:0 · Opposition 6:48Supporters saidautoThe reason there is no commissioner is that the president (or deputy) and the Minister of Justice fail to reach agreement, leaving those entitled to file complaints hostage to a political-institutional dispute; the bill abolishes the veto right and allows appointment without dependence on such agreement.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe law creates a clear political majority on the selection committee (ministers and a Knesset representative from the coalition) compared with a minority of professionals from the judiciary, thereby allowing the coalition to effectively control who will examine complaints against judges and to exert political pressure on them.Speakers who made this point: 435 members spoke · 45 reservations
• 5 February 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (פגישה עם עורך דין של עצור בעבירת ביטחון) (תיקון מס' 5), התשפ"ה-2025Bill to Amend and Extend Emergency Regulations (Swords of Iron) (Meeting with Attorney of Detainee for Security Offense) (Amendment No. 5), 2025auto4 for · 0 against · 4 of 120 voted
• 5 February 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (הארכת מעצר לחשוד בעבירת ביטחון) (תיקון מס' 5), התשפ"ה-2025Bill to Amend and Extend the Validity of Emergency Regulations (Operation Iron Swords) (extension of detention of suspect of security offense) (Amendment No. 5), 2025auto6 for · 0 against · 6 of 120 voted
• 22 January 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לשכת עורכי הדין (תיקון מס' 45), התשפ"ה–2025Bill for the Bar Association (Amendment No. 45), 2025auto52 for · 45 against · 97 of 120 votedCoalition 45:0 · Opposition 7:45Supporters saidautoThe Bar Association's budget includes exceptionally high overheads (about 40% or more) and budget surpluses of tens of millions of shekels, while the membership fees charged to lawyers are significantly higher than those charged by the Accountants Council to their counterparts, without substantive justification and without public oversight of the spending of funds.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe law is an act of political revenge by the coalition and the Minister of Justice against the Bar Association and its elected chair, in response to the Bar and the representatives who supported it in democratic elections opposing the regime overhaul and refusing to follow the coalition's instructions on the Judicial Selection Committee.Speakers who made this point: 638 members spoke · 45 reservations
• 21 January 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק איסור הכחשת אירועי טבח 7 באוקטובר 2023 (טבח שמיני עצרת), התשפ"ה–2025Bill for the Prohibition of Denial of the Events of the Massacre of 7 October 2023 (Massacre of Simchat Torah), 2025auto16 for · 0 against · 16 of 120 voted
• 8 January 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 140 – הוראת שעה) (תיקון), התשפ"ה-2024Bill on the Penal Law (Amendment No. 140 – temporary provision) (amendment), 2024auto25 for · 1 against · 26 of 120 votedCoalition 25:0 · Opposition 0:1Supporters saidautoThere is a need to extend the temporary provision because weapons offenses endanger human life and contribute to serious crime, particularly in Arab society, and therefore it makes no sense to cancel the arrangement given the difficult reality.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoAlthough the law itself is appropriate, it is not effective in practice because there are not enough investigations and arrests for weapons offenses, and in practice almost no one is punished with the minimum sentence set, which indicates a lack of genuine interest in addressing crime in Arab society.Speakers who made this point: 129 members spoke · 41 reservations
• 6 January 2025 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק שחרור על תנאי ממאסר (תיקון מס' 17 – הוראת שעה) (תיקון מס' 4), התשפ"ה-2024Bill Conditional Release from Imprisonment (Amendment No. 17 – temporary provision) (Amendment No. 4), 2024auto32 for · 0 against · 1 abst. · 33 of 120 voted
• 11 December 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק מניעת מימון לייצוג משפטי בידי מדינת ישראל (חשוד, נאשם או מורשע בעבירת ביטחון - חרבות ברזל), התשפ"ה–2024Bill for the Prevention of Financing of Legal Representation by the State of Israel (Suspect, Accused or Convicted of a Security Offense - Swords of Iron), 2024auto26 for · 4 against · 30 of 120 votedCoalition 26:0 · Opposition 0:4Supporters saidautoThere is no moral justification for Israeli citizens, including those murdered and abducted in the massacre and their family members, to continue paying out of their own pockets for the legal defense of those who murdered, raped, and massacred them.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe bill, as it stands, does not sufficiently address the more fundamental question of the terrorists' status in criminal proceedings, and the entire legal approach toward them should be changed instead of settling for a partial amendment of the funding source.Speakers who made this point: 121 members spoke · 83 reservations
• 11 December 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הגנה על הציבור מפני ארגוני פשיעה, התשפ"ה-2024Bill for the Protection of the Public from Organized Crime Organizations, 2024auto32 for · 0 against · 3 abst. · 35 of 120 voted
• 27 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק כליאתם של לוחמים בלתי חוקיים (תיקון מס' 4 והוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (תיקון מס' 3), התשפ"ה-2024Bill for the Detention of Unlawful Combatants (Amendment No. 4 and temporary provision - Operation Iron Swords) (Amendment No. 3), 2024auto20 for · 1 against · 21 of 120 votedCoalition 20:0 · Opposition 0:1Supporters saidautoThe continuation of the fighting in Gaza and southern Lebanon leads to a significant increase in the number of detainees, and therefore there is a need to extend the temporary provision expanding detention powers.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe term 'unlawful combatants' should be avoided in reference to those so designated in the law, since they are terrorists and murderers, not combatants.Speakers who made this point: 12 members spoke
• 27 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 150), התשפ"ד–2024Bill for amending the Penal Law (Amendment No. 150), 2024auto25 for · 5 against · 2 abst. · 32 of 120 votedCoalition 25:0 · Opposition 0:527 members spoke · 19 reservations
• 20 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק מגבלות על חזרתו של עבריין מין לסביבת נפגע העבירה (תיקון מס' 10), התשפ"ד–2024Bill on Restrictions on a Sex Offender's Return to the Vicinity of the Victim of the Offense (Amendment No. 10), 2024auto28 for · 0 against · 1 abst. · 29 of 120 voted
• 19 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 151) , התשפ"ה-2024Bill Penal Law (Amendment No. 151), 2024auto17 for · 0 against · 17 of 120 voted
• 19 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הביטוח הלאומי (תיקון מס' 250), התשפ"ה–2024Bill National Insurance (Amendment No. 250), 2024auto34 for · 2 against · 36 of 120 voted
• 12 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק סדר הדין הפלילי (סמכויות אכיפה – נתוני תקשורת) (תיקון מס' 3), התשפ"ד–2024Bill on the Criminal Procedure Law (Enforcement Powers - Communications Data) (Amendment No. 3), 2024auto15 for · 0 against · 15 of 120 voted
• 12 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (פגישה עם עורך דין של עצור בעבירת ביטחון) (תיקון מס 4), התשפ"ה-2024Bill to Amend and Extend the Validity of Emergency Regulations (Operation Iron Swords) (Meeting with a lawyer of a detainee for a security offence) (Amendment No. 4), 2024auto17 for · 3 against · 20 of 120 votedCoalition 17:0 · Opposition 0:37 members spoke · 21 reservations
• 12 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (הארכת מעצר לחשוד בעבירת ביטחון) (תיקון מס' 4), התשפ"ה-2024Bill for the Amendment and Extension of Emergency Regulations (Iron Swords) (Extension of Detention of a Suspect for a Security Offense) (Amendment No. 4), 2024auto17 for · 4 against · 21 of 120 votedCoalition 17:0 · Opposition 0:4Supporters saidautoThe need to continue the investigations of detainees connected to the events of 7 October and the ground maneuver in Gaza, including the discovery of additional information requiring ongoing investigation, necessitates extending the Regulations.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe repeated extensions of the Emergency Regulations without enacting a permanent framework law for handling Nukhba detainees and participants in the events of 7 October is not a proper situation, and the government should be required to submit a permanent legislative arrangement on the matter.Speakers who made this point: 110 members spoke · 15 reservations
• 7 November 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הנוער (שפיטה, ענישה ודרכי טיפול) (תיקון מס' 25 - הוראות שעה), התשפ"ד–2024Bill on the Youth Law (Adjudication, Punishment and Treatment Methods) (Amendment No. 25 - Temporary Provisions), 2024auto55 for · 33 against · 88 of 120 votedCoalition 55:0 · Opposition 0:33Supporters saidautoThe bill includes procedural protections for the minor (probation report, follow-up hearing, limiting detention periods to the minimum required) and balances the need to protect the public against the rights of the minor.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe law harms children's basic rights (such as the right to detention as a last resort, limiting detention periods, being brought before a judge, and detention separate from adults) and contradicts the principles of international law, which seek to rehabilitate children rather than punish them as adults.Speakers who made this point: 117 members spoke · 18 reservations
• 29 October 2024 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הסיוע המשפטי (תיקון מס' 27 – הוראת שעה), התשפ"ד–2024Bill on Legal Aid (Amendment No. 27 – temporary provision), 2024auto22 for · 0 against · 22 of 120 voted

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• חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (הארכת מעצר לחשוד בעבירת בטחון) (תיקון מס' 9), התשפ"ו-2026Emergency Regulations (Swords of Iron) (Extension of Detention of a Suspect in a Security Offence) (Amendment No. 9) Amendment and Extension of Validity Law, 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 28 July 2026 · passed
• חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (פגישה עם עורך דין של עצור בעבירת ביטחון) (תיקון מס' 8), התשפ"ו-2026.Emergency Regulations (Swords of Iron) (Meeting with an Attorney for a Detainee Held for a Security Offence) (Amendment No. 8) Amendment and Extension of Validity Law, 2026.auto25th Knesset · latest vote 28 July 2026 · passed
• חוק נוכחות עורך דין בחקירת קטינים ואנשים עם מוגבלות (תיקוני חקיקה והוראת שעה), התשפ"ו-2026Presence of an Attorney at the Interrogation of Minors and Persons with Disabilities (Legislative Amendments and Temporary Provision) Law, 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 28 July 2026 · passed
• חוק לתיקון פקודת סדר הדין הפלילי (מעצר וחיפוש) (מס' 19 - הוראת שעה), התשפ"ו-2026Law Amending the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Arrest and Search) (No. 19 – temporary provision), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 17 July 2026 · passed
• חוק היועץ המשפטי לממשלה (חוות דעת, ייצוג ופיקוח), התשפ"ו–2026Attorney General Law (Legal Opinions, Representation and Oversight), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 15 July 2026 · passed · 65 members spoke · 778 reservations
• חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 155), התשפ"ו–2026Penal Law (Amendment No. 155), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 29 June 2026 · passed
• הצעת חוק סדר הדין הפלילי (סמכויות אכיפה - חיפוש בגוף ונטילת אמצעי זיהוי) (תיקון - הגדרת חיפוש בעירום מלא כחיפוש פנימי), התשפ"ו-2026Criminal Procedure (Enforcement Powers - Body Search and Taking of Identification Means) Bill (Amendment - Defining a Full Strip Search as an Internal Search), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 24 June 2026
• חוק כליאתם של לוחמים בלתי חוקיים (תיקון מס' 4 והוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (תיקון מס' 8), התשפ"ו-2026Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants (Amendment No. 4 and temporary provision – Swords of Iron) Law (Amendment No. 8), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 24 June 2026 · passed
• חוק לתיקון פקודת המשטרה (מס' 45), התשפ"ו–2026Police Ordinance (Amendment No. 45) Law, 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 11 June 2026 · passed · 56 members spoke · 89 reservations
• הצעת חוק בתי המשפט (תיקון - חוות דעת פסיכיאטר לעניין איסור פרסומים), התשפ"ו-2026Courts (Amendment - Psychiatrist's Opinion Regarding Publication Bans) Bill, 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 10 June 2026
• הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון - החמרת ענישה על פגיעה בקטין או בחסר ישע), התשפ"ו-2026Penal (Amendment - Harsher Punishment for Harming a Minor or a Helpless Person) Bill, 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 10 June 2026
• חוק בתי המשפט (תיקון מס' 107), התשפ"ו–2026Courts Law (Amendment No. 107), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 9 June 2026 · passed
• חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 154), התשפ"ו-2026Penal Law (Amendment No. 154), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 8 June 2026 · passed
• הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון - ביטול עבירת המטרד על ידי עיסוק בזנות), התשפ"ה-2025Penal Bill (Amendment – Repeal of the Offence of Nuisance by Engaging in Prostitution), 2025auto25th Knesset · latest vote 3 June 2026
• הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון - ביטול עבירת המטרד על ידי עיסוק בזנות), התשפ"ה-2025Penal Bill (Amendment – Repeal of the Offence of Nuisance by Engaging in Prostitution), 2025auto25th Knesset · latest vote 3 June 2026
• הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון - ביטול עבירת המטרד על ידי עיסוק בזנות), התשפ"ה-2025Penal Bill (Amendment – Repeal of the Offence of Nuisance by Engaging in Prostitution), 2025auto25th Knesset · latest vote 3 June 2026
• הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון - ביטול עבירת המטרד על ידי עיסוק בזנות), התשפ"ג-2023Penal Bill (Amendment – Repeal of the Offence of Nuisance by Engaging in Prostitution), 2023auto25th Knesset · latest vote 3 June 2026
• חוק העמדה לדין בשל אירועי טבח 7 באוקטובר 2023 (טבח שמיני עצרת), התשפ"ו–2026Prosecution for the Events of the 7 October 2023 Massacre (Simchat Torah Massacre) Law, 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 11 May 2026 · passed
• הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 162) (תקיפת חייל), התשפ"ו–2026Penal Law Bill (Amendment No. 162) (Assault on a Soldier), 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 31 March 2026
• חוק עונש מוות למחבלים, התשפ"ו-2026Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, 2026auto25th Knesset · latest vote 30 March 2026 · passed · 48 members spoke · 1,239 reservations

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