3 June 2026, 17:41 · 25th Knesset · vote no. 46023

Preliminary readingVote on the billelectronic vote

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), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Bill passed preliminary reading: 27 for, 4 against

31 of 120 voted — counted from roll-call records (no official result is published)

31 of 120 members voted. The plenum has no quorum: a decision passes by a simple majority of those voting. A special majority (61 votes) is needed only for no-confidence motions and some provisions of Basic Laws. Glossary →

What was put to the vote

«להעביר את הצעת החוק לוועדה שתקבע ועדת הכנסת להכנה לקריאה ראשונה»

Preliminary reading: The first vote on a member's bill: the Knesset decides whether to consider it at all. A committee then prepares the text. Glossary →

Bill: 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), 2025auto

By party on the day of the vote

coalition3 for · 0 against
opposition24 for · 4 against
  • for
  • abstained
  • against
Yesh Atidיש עתידopposition13 for · 0 against — majority for

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Blue and Whiteכחול לבן - המחנה הממלכתיopposition7 for · 0 against — majority for

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Ra'amרע"םopposition0 for · 4 against — majority against

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Likudהליכודcoalition2 for · 0 against — majority for

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Laborהעבודהopposition2 for · 0 against — majority for

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Shasהתאחדות הספרדים שומרי תורה תנועתו של מרן הרב עובדיה יוסף זצ"לcoalition1 for · 0 against — majority for

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Hadash–Ta'alחד"ש-תע"לopposition1 for · 0 against — majority for

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Yisrael Beytenuישראל ביתנוopposition1 for · 0 against — majority for

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Roll call (31)

Showing 31 of 31

MemberParty at the timeVoteSource code
Boaz BismuthLikudfor7
Kathrin ShitritLikudfor7
Merav MichaeliLaborfor7
Gilad KarivLaborfor7
Yakov MargiShasfor7
Ofer CassifHadash–Ta'alfor7
Debbie BitonYesh Atidfor7
Vladimir BeliakYesh Atidfor7
Merav Ben AriYesh Atidfor7
Moshe TurpazYesh Atidfor7
Meirav CohenYesh Atidfor7
Ron KatzYesh Atidfor7
Mickey LevyYesh Atidfor7
Yoav SegalovitzYesh Atidfor7
Adi EzuzYesh Atidfor7
Yasmin FridmanYesh Atidfor7
Matti Sarfatti HarcaviYesh Atidfor7
Elazar SternYesh Atidfor7
Naor ShiriYesh Atidfor7
Sharon NirYisrael Beytenufor7
Michael Mordechai BitonBlue and Whitefor7
Eitan GinzburgBlue and Whitefor7
Benjamin GantzBlue and Whitefor7
Orit Farkash HacohenBlue and Whitefor7
Yael Ron Ben-MosheBlue and Whitefor7
Alon SchusterBlue and Whitefor7
Pnina TamenoBlue and Whitefor7
Waleed AlhwashlaRa'amagainst8
Yasir HujeiratRa'amagainst8
Iman Khatib YassinRa'amagainst8
Mansour AbbasRa'amagainst8
Numbers and sources
For
27
Against
4
Abstained
0
Present, did not vote
0

Only members with a record are counted. No record does not mean the member was absent. Official results for votes after July 2021 are not published in the open data.

Source: vote page on the Knesset website ↗

Penal Bill (Amendment – Repeal of the Offence of Nuisance by Engaging in Prostitution), 2025 — 3 June 2026 · How the Knesset Votes