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25th Knesset · outgoing

Civil Defense Law (Amendment – Supervision of Shared Shelters) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק ההתגוננות האזרחית (תיקון - פיקוח על מקלטים משותפים)

TL;DRA proposal to grant local authorities powers of supervision and inspection over shared shelters, and the power to impose fines for failure to fix defects.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The proposal adds a section to the Civil Defense Law authorizing a local authority to conduct inspections of shared shelters and of shelters in factories located within its jurisdiction, in order to check their maintenance and their ability to serve as a refuge. Local authority employees are authorized to enter the shelters at a reasonable hour in order to carry out the inspections. If maintenance defects are found, the owners or residents will be instructed to fix them within a period to be set. If the defects are not fixed, a fine may be imposed at the rate to be set in Section 24. The fines will be paid to the local authority's treasury.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: March 18, 2026
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected29 for · 45 against · 0 abstained · 46 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 21 · Absent 11
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Religious ZionismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 2 · Absent 2

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 21 · Absent 3
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.