Skip to main content
25th Knesset · outgoing

Committee for Handling Families of Civilian Missing Persons Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הוועדה לטיפול במשפחות נעדרים אזרחיים

TL;DRA bill to establish an inter-ministerial committee to handle assistance to families of missing citizens.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The proposal provides for establishing a committee headed by a representative of the Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Services, with the participation of representatives of additional ministries including Interior, Health, National Insurance, the Administrator General and Finance. The committee will act to regulate cooperation between government ministries in caring for family members of missing persons, providing emotional support, and arranging legal and economic matters relating to the missing persons and the rights of their family members. An assistance program will be established in the Ministry of Welfare to accompany and emotionally support family members, with an annual budget to be allocated in the Budget Law, for up to four years in the basic case.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: April 27, 2026
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed25 for · 0 against · 1 abstained · 94 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudFor 3 · Absent 29
ShasFor 2 · Absent 9
Religious ZionismFor 2 · Absent 5
Otzma YehuditFor 1 · Absent 5

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 10 · Absent 14
Yisrael BeytenuFor 3 · Absent 3
Ra'amAbsent 5
Hadash–Ta'alAbstained 1 · Absent 4
LaborFor 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 · 4Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.