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25th Knesset · outgoing

Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Maximum Period of Tenure in the Role of Prime Minister) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק-יסוד: הממשלה (תיקון - תקופה מרבית לכהונה בתפקיד כראש הממשלה)

TL;DRA proposal to limit the Prime Minister's tenure to eight years.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The bill adds a new section to Basic Law: The Government setting that anyone who served as Prime Minister for eight years will not be able to serve in this position again. Multiple terms will be combined into one continuous period if there are fewer than four years between them. If a Prime Minister is serving when the limit ends, they will be considered to have resigned. Terms served before the law was enacted will not be counted for the purpose of calculating the limit.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: March 15, 2023
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected49 for · 56 against · 0 abstained · 15 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudAgainst 25 · Absent 7
ShasAgainst 10 · Absent 1
United Torah JudaismAgainst 7
Religious ZionismAgainst 7
Otzma YehuditAgainst 6
NoamAgainst 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidFor 21 · Absent 3
Blue and White – National UnityFor 8
Yisrael BeytenuFor 6
Ra'amFor 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 3 · Absent 2
LaborFor 3 · Absent 1
New Hope – The United RightFor 3 · Absent 1

Tap an MK for detailsChanged position between readingsOnly MKs who held a seat on the day of the vote are shown

Other bills with a similar name · 2Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Maximum Period of Tenure in the Role of Prime Minister) BillFebruary 18, 2026Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Maximum Period of Tenure in the Role of Prime Minister) BillMarch 15, 2023