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25th Knesset · outgoing

Military Security Coordinators Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק רכזי ביטחון שוטף צבאיים

TL;DRA proposal to enact a law regulating the appointment, training, powers and responsibility of military routine security coordinators in localities.

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What does the bill do?

The bill defines the role of the military routine security coordinator and sets that the coordinator will be appointed by an officer with the rank of major general appointed by the Chief of Staff. The security coordinator will be from among the locality's residents in accordance with defined eligibility conditions, and will be subordinate in terms of command to the military commander of the area. The role will include coordinating routine security activities, preparing the locality for emergencies, maintaining order and managing contact between emergency and security bodies. The security coordinator will be an employee of the Ministry of Defense with employment conditions identical to a security officer, and will be funded from the civil emergency budget.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 17, 2024

The votes on this bill

Rejected32 for · 50 against · 0 abstained · 38 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudAgainst 22 · Absent 10
ShasAgainst 10 · Absent 1
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 6
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 22 · Absent 2
Yisrael BeytenuFor 1 · Absent 5
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.