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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;DRThe bill permits the sale of wine in large stores even after 11:00 p.m., as an exception to the ban on selling intoxicating beverages at these hours.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The bill adds an exception to the 1968 Business Licensing Law, allowing the sale of wine in large stores (as defined in the Promotion of Competition in the Food Sector Law) even after 11:00 p.m. The exception is limited to wine only and does not apply to other alcoholic beverages. The bill is meant to make things easier for consumers doing large shopping at late hours for religious needs, for cooking or for use on holidays and Shabbat, while preserving the original purpose of the law of limiting alcohol drinking among young people at night.

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

Passed9 for · 0 against · 1 abstained · 110 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 AtidAbstained 1 · Absent 23
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.