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Basic Laws

Votes on Basic Laws

Timeline

Second and third reading9The votes where a law passes or fails
Preliminary and first reading80Bills at the start of the process
Basic Law: The Declaration of Independence Bill

A bill to enshrine the Declaration of Independence as a Basic Law that will set the values of the state as Jewish and democratic.

July 8, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass32 / 49
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Naama Lazimi
Basic Law: Torah Study Bill

The Basic Law states that Torah study is a fundamental value in the heritage of the Jewish people and in the State of Israel.

July 1, 2026First reading
Passed63 / 53
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Moshe Gafni, Ya'akov Asher
Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Adequate Representation for Women on the List of Candidates for the Knesset) Bill

A bill to change Basic Law: The Knesset to ensure representation of at least 30% women on every party's list of candidates.

July 1, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass32 / 50
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Sharon Nir, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
Basic Law: Torah Study Bill

The Basic Law states that Torah study is a fundamental value in the heritage of the Jewish people and in the State of Israel.

June 10, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed56 / 43
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Moshe Gafni, Ya'akov Asher
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Senior Appointments in the Civil Service) Bill

The bill gives the government exclusive authority to appoint and transfer senior officials in the civil service, with hearings in the Knesset and automatic termination of tenure after 100 days.

June 10, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed53 / 41
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Shalom Danino
Basic Law: Authority to Investigate and Prosecute (Legislative Amendments) Bill

A bill to split the role of the Attorney General in two: a prosecutor general (criminal law) and a legal adviser (other fields), with amendments to Basic Laws.

June 1, 2026First reading
Passed65 / 47
Committee bill
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Restrictions on a Minister Serving in More Than One Ministry) Bill

A bill to limit a minister to heading only one ministry, except for the Prime Minister.

March 11, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass0 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Vladimir Beliak, Karine Elharrar
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Maximum Period of Tenure in the Role of Prime Minister) Bill

A bill to limit the Prime Minister's tenure to at most eight consecutive years.

February 18, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass44 / 55
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Benny Gantz, Pnina Tamano-Shata and 5 more
Budget Foundations Law (Amendment – Support for Haredi Educational Corporations) Bill, 2025

The bill changes the Budget Foundations Law to remove unique budgetary benefits given to Haredi education corporations.

February 11, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass30 / 49
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Moshe Tur-Paz
Basic Law: The Druze Community Bill

A proposal to recognize the Druze community as a unique religious and cultural community, preserve its identity and promote Druze settlement.

January 21, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass39 / 53
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Limiting the Prime Minister's Tenure to Two Consecutive Terms) Bill

A proposal to limit the Prime Minister's tenure to two consecutive terms of office or eight consecutive years.

January 14, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass39 / 55
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Limiting the Prime Minister's Term of Office) Bill

A bill to limit the Prime Minister's tenure to two terms or eight years in total, with no possibility of being appointed to the position after reaching the limit.

January 14, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass44 / 54
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Efrat Rayten, Karine Elharrar
Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – The Right to Be Elected) Bill

A bill to tighten the eligibility conditions for being elected to the Knesset by requiring the exclusion of anyone convicted of serious terrorism or security offenses, regardless of the time that has passed since the end of the sentence.

January 14, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass25 / 45
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Moshe Tur-Paz
Budget Foundations Law (Amendment – Preventing Support for Institutions That Incite Draft Evasion) Bill, 2025

A bill to prevent budgetary support for public institutions that incite evasion of military service.

January 7, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass37 / 51
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Vladimir Beliak, Naor Shiri and 6 more
Basic Law: The Judiciary (Amendment – Leave for the State to Appeal a Person's Criminal Acquittal) Bill

The proposal restricts the state's right to appeal acquittals in criminal proceedings, and makes such an appeal require leave from the court.

December 24, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed16 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Simcha Rothman
Basic Law: The Judiciary (Amendment – Leave for the State to Appeal a Person's Criminal Acquittal) Bill

The bill limits the state's right to appeal a person's acquittal in criminal proceedings, and will require leave of the court.

December 24, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed19 / 0
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Eitan Ginzburg
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Conditioning Membership in the Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs on Military Service) Bill

A bill to bar ministers who did not serve in the army or who were declared deserters from being members of the Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs.

December 24, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass33 / 53
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meirav Cohen
Basic Law: Salaries of Officeholders in Government Authorities (Legislative Amendments) Bill

A bill to introduce a uniform law setting the salaries of officeholders in the branches of government based on the President's salary, while transferring the authority to an external public committee.

December 10, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed56 / 41
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Avihai Boaron
Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Minimum Representation for Both Sexes on the List of Candidates for the Knesset) Bill

A bill to amend Basic Law: The Knesset to require minimum equal representation of both sexes on lists of candidates for the Knesset.

December 3, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass45 / 54
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Merav Michaeli
Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Adequate Representation for Women on the List of Candidates for the Knesset) Bill

A bill to amend Basic Law: The Knesset to ensure that no less than 30% of the candidates on election lists are women.

December 3, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass44 / 54
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Sharon Nir, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
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Other plenum votes70Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions
Decision of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on splitting the Attorney General and Chief Prosecutor (Appointment, Tenure, Duties and Powers) Bill, 2026

The law sets that the Attorney General will give legal opinions and legal advice on matters of law to all parts of the executive branch, and will help the government carry out its policy and goals within the framework of the law, uphold the rule of law in the executive branch and establish uniformity and coordination in it in interpreting the law.

July 7, 2026Decision on debate procedure
Passed59 / 45
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Hanoch Milwidsky, Yitzhak Kroizer and 17 more
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Minister of Finance the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Sections 1J(c) and 8(b) of the Foreign Workers Law, 1991 – regarding the enactment of regulations on an annual fee for receiving a permit to employ a foreign worker in the hotel industry
July 7, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed52 / 1
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 11C of the Entry into Israel Law, 1952 – regarding revoking the residence permit of an infiltrator convicted of committing an offense and removing them from Israel
July 7, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed53 / 0
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Minister of Finance the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 4 of the Mikveh Israel Agricultural School Law, 1976.
July 7, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed54 / 0
Transfer of the Basic Law: Torah Study Bill from the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee to the House Committee

The Basic Law states that Torah study is a fundamental value in the heritage of the Jewish people and in the State of Israel.

June 22, 2026Transfer of the bill between committees
Passed48 / 35
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Moshe Gafni, Ya'akov Asher
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 3A(c1) of the Entry into Israel Law, 1952, regarding the extension of a visitor's residence permit for a foreign worker, or the granting of a new visa and permit to a foreign worker, in special and exceptional circumstances of the foreign worker's contribution to the economy, to culture, to sport or to society.
June 22, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed18 / 0
House Committee proposal regarding the re-establishment of the Special Committee for Amendments to Basic Law: The Government
February 23, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed57 / 46
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under several laws
January 14, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed16 / 9
Regular motion for the agenda on the subject: "The court's decision to issue an order nisi to amend a Basic Law was made without authority, and it is void ab initio (void)"
January 7, 2026Motion for the agenda
Passed24 / 2
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under several laws
January 5, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed52 / 46
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the power vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 23A of the Civil Service (Appointments) Law, 1959, regarding assigning the role of head of the Population and Immigration Authority and assigning the role of chair of the District Planning and Building Committee of the Tel Aviv District
December 8, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed47 / 38
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to Minister Amihai Eliyahu the powers vested in the Minister of Justice under Sections 3, 18, 20A and 24A of the Extradition Law, 1954
December 1, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed47 / 38
Recommendation of the joint committee of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee regarding extending the validity of the declaration of a state of emergency
December 1, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed18 / 5
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under several laws
November 25, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed47 / 41
Government announcement under Section 31(a) of Basic Law: The Government, regarding the appointment of Minister Yariv Levin as Minister of Labor, Minister of Religious Services and Minister of Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition, in addition to his role as Minister of Justice
November 24, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed48 / 42
Government announcement under Section 31(a) of Basic Law: The Government, regarding the appointment of Minister Haim Katz as Minister of Health and Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs, in addition to his roles as Minister of Tourism and Minister of Construction and Housing
November 24, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed48 / 42
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under several laws
November 17, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed51 / 46
Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Labor under several laws
November 17, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed51 / 46
Decision of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on splitting the Rabbinical Courts Jurisdiction (Marriage and Divorce) Law (Amendment No. 6) (Authority to Join Child Support) Bill, 2025

A bill to clarify that rabbinical courts have full authority to hear child support claims joined to a divorce claim, including reimbursement of support expenses.

October 27, 2025Decision on debate procedure
Passed51 / 40
Government bill
Government announcement under Section 31(a) of Basic Law: The Government, regarding the appointment of Minister Haim Katz as Minister of Construction and Housing, in addition to his roles as Minister of Tourism and as Acting Minister of Health and Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs
September 17, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum
Passed42 / 27
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Knesset map by topic

A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 152 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 32 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.

Coalition(67 seats)

Likud· 44
Shas· 14

Left the coalition(9 seats)

Noam· 1

Opposition(44 seats)

Ra'am· 5
Labor· 4