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25th Knesset · outgoing

Support for Nutritional Security for Infants Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק תמיכה בביטחון תזונתי אצל תינוקות

TL;DRA proposal to reimburse 50% of families' expenses on buying infant formula and breastfeeding products, subject to limited income.

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What does the bill do?

The bill sets that a parent of a toddler who has not yet reached one year of age will be entitled to a reimbursement from the state of 50% of their monthly expenses for buying infant formula products or breastfeeding products, according to rules and conditions to be set by the Minister of Health with the approval of the Labor and Welfare Committee, and provided that their monthly income does not exceed an income level to be set by the minister. The bill appoints the Minister of Health to implement the law and set the necessary regulations, and sets that the law will take effect three months from its publication.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: January 29, 2025

The votes on this bill

Rejected31 for · 40 against · 0 abstained · 49 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 62 seats

LikudAgainst 22 · Absent 10
ShasAgainst 6 · Absent 5
United Torah JudaismAgainst 3 · Absent 4
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 3 · Absent 1
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 14 seats

Otzma YehuditFor 1 · Absent 6

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 22 · Absent 2
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.