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25th Knesset · outgoing

Business Licensing Law (Amendment – Sale of Wine in a Large Store) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק רישוי עסקים (תיקון - מכירת יין בחנות גדולה)

TL;DRA proposal to add an exception allowing the sale of wine in large stores even after 23:00, contrary to the ban on selling alcoholic beverages at these hours.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Business Licensing Law of 1968 by adding a section defining "sale of wine in a large store" as an exception to the ban on selling alcoholic beverages after 23:00. The exception applies only in large food chains. The rationale for the proposal is that many consumers buy wine for use on Shabbat, on a holiday or for cooking - not for immediate drinking - and run into difficulties when their shopping ends after that hour. This proposal is identical to previous proposals submitted to the Knesset.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: January 24, 2024
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed10 for · 0 against · 1 abstained · 109 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 72 seats

LikudFor 2 · Absent 30
ShasFor 3 · Absent 8
United Torah JudaismFor 3 · Absent 4
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 6
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 1 · Abstained 1 · Absent 22
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborAbsent 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 3Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.