Plenum votes

Final votes where the coalition majority and the opposition majority voted differently, with at least 60 members voting: the laws that were fought over.

• 14 December 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק-יסוד: משק המדינה (תיקון מס' 14)Bill on Basic Law: State Economy (Amendment No. 14)auto60 for · 53 against · 113 of 120 votedCoalition 60:11 · Opposition 0:42Supporters saidautoThe amendment to the Basic Law is required to adjust the dates of the differences report and the budget convergence mechanism to the reality created by the outbreak of the war, which prevented the formulation of a complete fiscal forecast by the original date.Speakers who made this point: 1Opponents saidautoThe budget allocates hundreds of millions and billions to coalition funds and unnecessary ministries instead of directing them to the needs of the war, the soldiers and the evacuees.Speakers who made this point: 925 members spoke
• 14 December 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הפחתת הגירעון והגבלת ההוצאה התקציבית (תיקון מס' 24), התשפ"ד-2023Bill on Deficit Reduction and Limitation of Budget Expenditure (Amendment No. 24), 2023auto60 for · 52 against · 112 of 120 votedCoalition 60:9 · Opposition 0:43Supporters saidautoThe coalition funds, including those intended for the ultra-Orthodox, for Judea and Samaria, and for additional sectors, are a legitimate part of the budget and serve populations that are also entitled to support, and should not be labeled as 'corruption' or 'plunder'.Speakers who made this point: 5Opponents saidautoThe government is distributing billions of shekels in coalition funds to sectors and parties (yeshivas, settlement in Judea and Samaria, unnecessary ministries, Jewish identity, heritage) instead of directing everything to the needs of the war - to soldiers, reservists, evacuees, and mental health.Speakers who made this point: 2455 members spoke · 56 reservations
• 14 December 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק תקציב נוסף לשנת הכספים 2023, התשפ"ד-2023Bill on an Additional Budget for the Fiscal Year 2023, 2023auto59 for · 45 against · 104 of 120 votedCoalition 59:2 · Opposition 0:43Supporters saidautoThe budget is needed to fund essential war needs - security expenses, care for evacuees and hostages, rehabilitation of combat zones, and support for local authorities and businesses.Speakers who made this point: 3Opponents saidautoThe budget reflects a sectoral-coalition order of priorities, in which hundreds of millions of shekels are allocated to unnecessary ministries and to purposes such as Jewish identity, heritage, yeshivas and draft evasion prevention, while the country is at war.Speakers who made this point: 3053 members spoke · 59 reservations
• 5 July 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הרשויות המקומיות (בחירות)(תיקון מס' 53), התשפ"ג-2023Local Authorities (Elections) Bill (Amendment No. 53), 2023auto43 for · 32 against · 75 of 120 votedCoalition 43:0 · Opposition 0:32Supporters saidautoThe law does not infringe on rights but rather expands the application of the constitutional right to vote and be elected, and the Ministerial Committee for Legislation also supported it for this reason.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThis is a corrupt personal law tailored to fit one specific individual (the chairperson of the appointed committee in Tiberias), and it does not address a general principle.Speakers who made this point: 1844 members spoke · 112 reservations
• 4 July 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הרבנות הראשית לישראל (הארכת כהונה של הרבנים הראשיים לישראל ושל חברי מועצת הרבנות הראשית לישראל) (הוראת שעה), התשפ"ג-2023Bill on the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (Extension of Term of the Chief Rabbis of Israel and of Members of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel) (temporary provision), 2023auto52 for · 29 against · 81 of 120 votedCoalition 50:0 · Opposition 2:29Supporters saidautoThe body that elects the Chief Rabbis lacks adequate representation, since major cities such as Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem have no serving chief rabbi, and postponing the elections will allow the composition to be completed and this distortion to be corrected.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe postponement is a personal law intended to serve a political-family struggle between associates of Shas (Deri's brother) and associates of the Rabbinate (the serving Chief Rabbi's son or brother), and does not stem from a genuine public need.Speakers who made this point: 951 members spoke
• 24 May 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק התוכנית הכלכלית (תיקוני חקיקה ליישום המדיניות הכלכלית לשנות התקציב 2023 ו-2024), התשפ"ג-2023Bill Economic Plan (legislative amendments for implementing economic policy for fiscal years 2023 and 2024), 2023auto64 for · 55 against · 119 of 120 votedCoalition 63:0 · Opposition 1:55Supporters saidautoThe committees worked hard and responsibly under short timetables to improve the law and correct distortions for the benefit of the public, including local authorities and the periphery.Speakers who made this point: 7Opponents saidautoThis is a sectoral and poor budget born of the enormous coalition funds (about 14 billion shekels) given in exchange for political support, and it does not reflect genuine national priorities.Speakers who made this point: 1475 members spoke
• 24 May 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק התקציב לשנת הכספים 2023, התשפ"ג-2023Bill Budget for Fiscal Year 2023, 2023auto64 for · 55 against · 119 of 120 votedCoalition 63:0 · Opposition 1:55Supporters saidautoThe Knesset committees worked hard and responsibly, improving and amending the proposed laws and striking a proper balance between the branches of government, despite short and unprecedented timetables.Speakers who made this point: 4Opponents saidautoThe budget transfers enormous sums (coalition funds) to coalition parties and to certain sectors, mainly the Haredi sector, instead of serving the broader national interest.Speakers who made this point: 1472 members spoke
• 24 May 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק התקציב לשנת הכספים 2024, התשפ"ג-2023Bill Budget for Fiscal Year 2024, 2023auto64 for · 56 against · 120 of 120 votedCoalition 63:0 · Opposition 1:56Supporters saidautoThe budget includes significant benefits for the public such as the cancellation of allowance offsetting, increased education grants, opening the food market to competition, and efficiency measures and reforms in taxation, construction, transportation and banking, which were prepared through serious and intensive work in the Knesset committees.Speakers who made this point: 9Opponents saidautoThe budget includes no response to the cost of living, housing prices, transportation, or the economic crisis experienced by Israeli citizens in their daily lives.Speakers who made this point: 1472 members spoke
• 24 May 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק ההתייעלות הכלכלית (תיקוני חקיקה להשגת יעדי התקציב לשנות התקציב 2023 ו-2024), התשפ"ג-2023Bill Economic Efficiency (legislative amendments for achieving budget targets for fiscal years 2023 and 2024), 2023auto64 for · 55 against · 119 of 120 votedCoalition 63:0 · Opposition 1:55Supporters saidautoThis 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.Speakers who made this point: 1Opponents saidautoThe 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.Speakers who made this point: 944 members spoke
• 24 May 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק ההתאמות הפיסקליות, התשפ"ג-2023Bill Fiscal Arrangements, 2023auto63 for · 56 against · 119 of 120 votedCoalition 62:0 · Opposition 1:56Supporters saidautoThe committees worked seriously and professionally despite short and unusual timetables, and improved the original proposals while balancing between the authorities.Speakers who made this point: 5Opponents saidautoThe budget transfers enormous sums (about 13-14 billion NIS) as coalition funds to specific sectors and parties instead of serving the general public and national needs.Speakers who made this point: 1470 members spoke · 90 reservations
• 24 May 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק-יסוד: משק המדינה (תיקון מס' 13)Basic Law: Budget of the State (Amendment No. 13)auto64 for · 56 against · 120 of 120 votedCoalition 63:0 · Opposition 1:56Supporters saidautoThe budget and the Arrangements Law are necessary to provide economic certainty and stability to the Israeli economy during a period of global uncertainty, and to strengthen growth engines, infrastructure and human capital.Speakers who made this point: 1Opponents saidautoThe Chief Economist at the Ministry of Finance, the Budget Division and the Governor of the Bank of Israel are warning of the severe economic consequences of government policy, including the judicial reform, and the proposed budget provides no response to this.Speakers who made this point: 746 members spoke · 123 reservations
• 23 May 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הפחתת הגירעון והגבלת ההוצאה התקציבית (תיקון מס' 23) (הוראת שעה), התשפ"ג-2023Bill Deficit Reduction and Limitation of Budget Expenditure (Amendment No. 23) (temporary provision), 2023auto64 for · 55 against · 119 of 120 votedCoalition 63:0 · Opposition 1:55Supporters saidautoThe budget maintains fiscal responsibility and meets the deficit and overall expenditure targets set for the state.Speakers who made this point: 1Opponents saidautoThe budget funds the establishment of a National Guard under the direct command of the Minister of National Security, which constitutes the establishment of a dangerous and illegitimate political militia.Speakers who made this point: 837 members spoke · 109 reservations
• 28 March 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק זכויות החולה (תיקון מס' 13) (הסדרים לעניין מזון בבית חולים בחג הפסח), התשפ"ג–2023 (פ/397/25) (פ/398/25) (פ/1793/25) (פ/1888/25)Bill Patient's Rights Law (Amendment No. 13) (Arrangements Regarding Food in Hospitals on Passover), 2023 (P/397/25) (P/398/25) (P/1793/25) (P/1888/25)auto48 for · 43 against · 91 of 120 votedCoalition 46:1 · Opposition 2:42Supporters saidautoThe law merely enshrines in primary legislation the authority that hospital directors held for decades, after the Supreme Court ruled that they have no such authority without an explicit law.Speakers who made this point: 4Opponents saidautoThe law is completely unnecessary, since hospitals have operated in harmony and mutual respect for decades without the need for legislation, and even the initiating members of Knesset admit this.Speakers who made this point: 1037 members spoke · 118 reservations
• 23 March 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק־יסוד: הממשלה (תיקון מס' 12)Bill Basic Law: The Government (Amendment No. 12)auto61 for · 47 against · 108 of 120 votedCoalition 60:0 · Opposition 1:47Supporters saidautoThere is a substantial constitutional void in regulating the incapacitation of the prime minister that must be addressed to ensure certainty and governmental continuity, according to both the Knesset's and the government's legal counsel.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe law is a personal law intended to protect the incumbent prime minister, against whom legal proceedings and a petition regarding his incapacity are pending, and to prevent him from being removed for any reason other than medical, even if he commits offenses or violates the conflict-of-interest arrangement.Speakers who made this point: 1354 members spoke
• 14 February 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק סמכויות מיוחדות להתמודדות עם נגיף הקורונה החדש (הוראת שעה) (תיקון מס' 12), התשפ"ג-2023Bill on Special Powers to Cope with the New Coronavirus (temporary provision) (Amendment No. 12), 2023auto51 for · 37 against · 88 of 120 votedCoalition 51:0 · Opposition 0:37Supporters saidautoA limited constitutional infrastructure should be preserved to allow the government to respond quickly if new variants or a renewed pandemic emerge, particularly at the country's points of entry.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThere is currently no morbidity situation that justifies extending emergency powers, and there is no epidemiological justification for renewing the law.Speakers who made this point: 1144 members spoke · 20 reservations
• 23 January 2023 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק-יסוד: הכנסת (תיקון מס' 52)Basic Law: the Knesset (Amendment No. 52)auto65 for · 18 against · 1 abst. · 84 of 120 votedCoalition 63:0 · Opposition 2:18Supporters saidautoThe expansion is needed in order to free up time for coalition faction Knesset members to work on committees and private legislation, since ministers and deputy ministers cannot serve on committees or submit private bills.Speakers who made this point: 1Opponents saidautoThe use of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee's legislative tool for a politically controversial law is exceptional and deviates from a multi-year tradition in which this tool was used only for consensual laws, and it harms the public's right to influence legislation as allowed by regular legislative procedures (memorandum, tabling requirement).Speakers who made this point: 228 members spoke · 55 reservations
• 28 December 2022 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק לתיקון פקודת המשטרה (מס' 37), התשפ"ג-2022Bill for the Amendment of the Police Ordinance (No. 37), 2022auto61 for · 55 against · 116 of 120 votedCoalition 0:46 · Opposition 61:9Supporters saidautoThis is an important and historic amendment to an archaic Mandatory Ordinance from 1926 that has not been substantively updated since 1970, and there is still unanimous agreement that it should be changed.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThis is hasty and negligent private legislation, advanced with an exemption from the duty to lay it before committee and without staff work, proper procedure, or public consultation, even before the government was formed and before the designated minister had even taken office.Speakers who made this point: 1657 members spoke · 899 reservations
• 27 December 2022 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק-יסוד: הממשלה (תיקון מס' 11)Basic Law: The Government (Amendment No. 11) - Billauto63 for · 55 against · 118 of 120 votedCoalition 0:46 · Opposition 63:9Supporters saidautoThe committee process was thorough, lengthy and professional, included a hearing for all parties, and therefore its results should be respected.Speakers who made this point: 3Opponents saidautoThis is personal and retroactive legislation intended to serve concrete political interests (in particular, the expected appointment of Bezalel Smotrich as an additional minister in the Ministry of Defense), rather than the public interest.Speakers who made this point: 957 members spoke · 62 reservations
• 19 December 2022 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הכנסת (תיקון מס' 51), התשפ"ג-2022Bill: Knesset Law (Amendment No. 51), 2022auto63 for · 51 against · 114 of 120 votedCoalition 0:44 · Opposition 63:732 members spoke
• 24 May 2022 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק קליטת חיילים משוחררים (תיקון מס' 24), התשפ"ב-2022Bill for the Absorption of Discharged Soldiers (Amendment No. 24), 2022auto55 for · 6 against · 61 of 120 votedCoalition 55:0 · Opposition 0:6Supporters saidautoThis is a justified expression of appreciation for soldiers, especially combat soldiers and unique populations who performed meaningful service despite difficulties, and enshrining the program in law ensures its continuity and prevents future conditioning.Speakers who made this point: 3Opponents saidautoThe proposed funding rate is too low and unfair to those who risked their lives; it should be raised to 100% (or alternatively to 75%), while the government easily finds large sums of money for other political purposes but claims it 'does not have' 50 million shekels for soldiers.Speakers who made this point: 1524 members spoke · 8 reservations
• 16 May 2022 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק הגדלת נקודות זיכוי להורים במס הכנסה והגדלת מענק עבודה (הוראת שעה), התשפ"ב-2022Bill Increase of Tax Credits for Parents in Income Tax and Increase of Work Bonus (temporary provision), 2022auto57 for · 49 against · 106 of 120 votedCoalition 56:0 · Opposition 1:49Supporters saidautoThe law grants a real and immediate financial benefit, retroactive from January 2022, to hundreds of thousands of working families and low-wage workers, and serves as a tool for reducing gaps and poverty.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoMost of the money in the law actually goes to the upper deciles and the upper-middle class, while the lower deciles, the true middle class, and weaker populations (including Arab and Haredi society) barely benefit from it, since many of them do not reach the income tax payment threshold at all.Speakers who made this point: 634 members spoke · 1 reservation
• 9 March 2022 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק שירות ביטחון (תיקון מס' 24), התשפ"ב-2022Bill Security Service (Amendment No. 24), 2022auto58 for · 57 against · 115 of 120 votedCoalition 58:1 · Opposition 0:5632 members spoke · 10 reservations
• 30 December 2021 · Third readingLaw not passedהצעת חוק התכנית הכלכלית (תיקוני חקיקה ליישום המדיניות הכלכלית לשנות התקציב 2017 ו-2018) (תיקון מס' 6), התשפ"ב-2021Bill on the Economic Plan (legislative amendments for implementation of economic policy for budget years 2017 and 2018) (Amendment No. 6), 2021auto48 for · 48 against · 96 of 120 votedCoalition 48:1 · Opposition 0:47Supporters saidautoThe transitional provision should be extended by another year to allow the Ministry of Communications to complete the comprehensive and permanent regulation of the internet broadcasting field.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoIt is unclear who benefits from extending the arrangement and why there is urgency to pass the law through a government legislative process in the middle of the night.Speakers who made this point: 119 members spoke · 10 reservations
• 28 December 2021 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק שירות ביטחון (הצבת יוצאי צבא במשטרת ישראל ובשירות בתי הסוהר) (תיקוני חקיקה) (הוראות שעה), התשפ"ב–2021Bill Security Service (placement of military veterans in the Israel Police and Prison Service) (legislative amendments) (temporary provisions), 2021auto56 for · 54 against · 110 of 120 votedCoalition 56:1 · Opposition 0:53Supporters saidautoThe shortened extension to one year only, combined with a commitment to continue examining the issues raised and to build an orderly response (such as a contact and care framework for soldiers deployed outside the IDF) within a fixed timetable, makes it possible to resolve the problems that were revealed without harming the ongoing functioning of the bodies.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThere is no justification for deploying soldiers who enlisted in the IDF to units external to it that are not under its responsibility, such as the police and the Prison Service.Speakers who made this point: 19 members spoke · 52 reservations
• 14 December 2021 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק משק הדלק (קידום התחרות) (תיקון) (תיקון מס' 3), התשפ"ב-2021Bill Fuel Market (Promoting Competition) (Amendment) (Amendment No. 3), 2021auto66 for · 50 against · 116 of 120 votedCoalition 60:0 · Opposition 6:5018 members spoke
• 5 November 2021 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק התקציב לשנת הכספים 2022, התשפ"ב-2021Bill Budget for the Fiscal Year 2022, 2021auto59 for · 56 against · 115 of 120 votedCoalition 59:1 · Opposition 0:55Supporters saidautoThe budget includes significant additions for weak populations: raising disability benefits, income supplements for the elderly, grants for Holocaust survivors, and additions for health, welfare, education, and internal security.Speakers who made this point: 2Opponents saidautoThe budget harms the weakest populations - the disabled, the elderly, the Haredim, older women, manual laborers and small businesses - while refraining from taxing wealthy individuals and large corporations.Speakers who made this point: 530 members spoke
• 4 November 2021 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק התכנית הכלכלית (תיקוני חקיקה ליישום המדיניות הכלכלית לשנות התקציב 2021 ו-2022), התשפ"ב-2021Bill Economic Plan (legislative amendments for implementation of economic policy for fiscal years 2021 and 2022), 2021auto61 for · 57 against · 118 of 120 votedCoalition 60:1 · Opposition 1:56Supporters saidautoAfter three and a half years in which the state operated without an approved budget and amid political instability, approving the budget is an essential achievement for the proper management of the state and for economic stability.Speakers who made this point: 15Opponents saidautoThe budget raises taxes and harms weaker populations, the self-employed, farmers, women, the elderly, soldiers, and large families, contrary to the coalition's promises to avoid raising taxes.Speakers who made this point: 1483 members spoke
• 4 November 2021 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק התקציב לשנת הכספים 2021, התשפ"ב-2021Bill Budget for the Fiscal Year 2021, 2021auto61 for · 59 against · 120 of 120 votedCoalition 61:1 · Opposition 0:58Supporters saidautoThe budget includes concrete achievements such as a budget of 3 billion shekels for Druze and Circassian society, extending the land benefit for discharged Druze soldiers, and programs such as 'Mmadim' for studies for discharged soldiers.Speakers who made this point: 3Opponents saidautoThe budget harms the weakest populations - elderly women, manual laborers, working mothers, the elderly, people with disabilities, the poor and farmers - through raising the retirement age, cuts and taxation, while wealthy people are not harmed.Speakers who made this point: 630 members spoke
• 4 November 2021 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק ההתייעלות הכלכלית (תיקוני חקיקה להשגת יעדי התקציב לשנות התקציב 2021 ו-2022), התשפ"ב-2021Bill Economic Efficiency (legislative amendments to achieve budget targets for fiscal years 2021 and 2022), 2021auto61 for · 59 against · 120 of 120 votedCoalition 61:1 · Opposition 0:5883 members spoke · 280 reservations
• 3 November 2021 · Third readingLaw passedהצעת חוק מסגרות תקציב המדינה (הוראות מיוחדות לשנים 2021 ו-2022) (תיקוני חקיקה והוראת שעה), התשפ"ב-2021Bill State Budget Framework (Special Provisions for Years 2021 and 2022) (legislative amendments and temporary provision), 2021auto62 for · 58 against · 120 of 120 votedCoalition 61:1 · Opposition 1:57Supporters saidautoThis is the most socially oriented budget in the country's history, including significant additions to health, welfare, education, security, people with disabilities, Holocaust survivors, and senior citizens.Speakers who made this point: 4Opponents saidautoThe budget harms weak and disadvantaged populations through tax increases (sweetened beverages, disposable utensils, Rav-Kav transit card, congestion fee) and damage to social services, and therefore is not as socially oriented as presented.Speakers who made this point: 1349 members spoke · 44 reservations

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