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Welfare and National Insurance

Votes on benefits, National Insurance and the social safety net

Timeline

Second and third reading16The votes where a law passes or fails
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 263) Bill, 2026
April 27, 2026Third reading
Passed27 / 0
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 262 – Temporary Provision) Bill, 2026
February 25, 2026Third reading
Passed14 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Simcha Rothman, Meirav Ben-Ari and 1 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 258) Bill, 2025
June 16, 2025Third reading
Did not pass0 / 0
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 256) Bill, 2025
March 31, 2025Third reading
Passed38 / 1
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Ofir Katz
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 255) Bill, 2025
March 5, 2025Third reading
Passed17 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 254) Bill, 2025
January 27, 2025Third reading
Passed19 / 0
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 253 and Temporary Provisions) Bill, 2025
January 20, 2025Third reading
Passed18 / 0
Government billInitiator: Yitzhak Kroizer, Yinon Azulai and 2 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 252 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2025
January 13, 2025Third reading
Passed55 / 46
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 251) Bill, 2024
November 19, 2024Third reading
Passed29 / 8
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Ariel Kallner
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 251) Bill, 2024
November 19, 2024Second reading
Passed29 / 6
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Ariel Kallner
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 250) Bill, 2024
November 19, 2024Third reading
Passed34 / 2
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 248) Bill, 2024
July 28, 2024Third reading
Passed17 / 0
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 246 – Temporary Provision) Bill, 2024
July 1, 2024Third reading
Passed21 / 0
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 244 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2024
March 13, 2024Third reading
Passed63 / 55
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 243) Bill, 2024 (P/2753/25) (P/2754/25)
February 19, 2024Third reading
Passed10 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Yitzhak Pindrus, Meirav Ben-Ari and 3 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 238 – Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Benefits for Reservists) Bill, 2023

This law provides, as a temporary provision, for anyone who served in the reserves in the period from 7.10.2023 to 31.12.2023, that the minimum compensation rate per day of reserve duty will rise to 300.61 new shekels instead of the 215.17 new shekels paid until now.

November 9, 2023Third reading
Passed11 / 0
Government bill
Preliminary and first reading69Bills at the start of the process
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 268) (Transporting a Woman in Childbirth by Ambulance) Bill, 2026

A proposal to expand the ability to contract with additional bodies (ambulance license holders) to transport women in labor who are eligible for a birth grant.

July 17, 2026First reading
Passed14 / 0
Government bill
Ensuring a Dignified Life for Senior Citizens (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 2026

The bill improves allowances for senior citizens: it links the National Insurance allowance to the average wage, increases the income support allowance, and expands the eligibility of new immigrants.

July 1, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass32 / 48
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yair Lapid, Meir Cohen and 21 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Animal Rehabilitation as Preferred Work) Bill, 2026

A bill to add animal rehabilitation as preferred work eligible for a cash grant for discharged soldiers and those completing national service.

June 24, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass25 / 41
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yasmin Fridman
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Payment of Survivors' Allowance to an Agunah and to Get Refusal Victims Who Were Widowed) Bill, 2025

A bill to recognize agunot and women refused a get as widows for the purpose of eligibility for a survivors' pension from National Insurance.

June 17, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed30 / 0
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Pnina Tamano-Shata
Senior Citizens Law (Amendment – Living Allowance for Senior Citizens) Bill, 2026

A bill to add eligibility for a monthly living allowance for senior citizens whose income is lower than the minimum wage, equal to the difference between the two amounts.

June 3, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass34 / 49
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Preferred Employment in Confrontation Line Communities in the North and South) Bill, 2025

A bill to expand the definition of 'preferred work' in National Insurance to include work in tourism, restaurants and leisure in confrontation-line communities in the north and south.

March 25, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass38 / 50
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Yael Ron Ben-Moshe
National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 263) (Indemnifying Employers for Employees' Reserve Duty Periods) Bill, 2026
March 24, 2026First reading
Passed30 / 0
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Preferred Employment in Confrontation Line Communities in the North and South) Bill, 2025

A bill to recognize work in tourism, restaurants and touring as 'preferred work' for communities on the confrontation line in the north and south, for the purpose of economic rehabilitation.

February 25, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass34 / 53
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Denial of Child Allowance to Polygamous Families) Bill, 2025

The bill states that child allowance will not be paid for a child whose parent has more than one spouse at the same time.

February 4, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed33 / 9
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Maternity Pay for Self-Employed Women – Granting the Right to Part-Time Work) Bill, 2025

A bill to allow self-employed working women to work up to 80 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period, while keeping their eligibility for maternity allowance.

January 28, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed34 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Maternity Pay for Self-Employed Women – Granting the Right to Part-Time Work) Bill, 2023

The proposal allows self-employed women to work up to 40 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period while keeping their eligibility for maternity pay.

December 10, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass8 / 27
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin, Mansour Abbas and 3 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Maternity Pay for Self-Employed Women – Granting the Right to Part-Time Work) Bill, 2025

The bill allows self-employed women to work up to 80 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period while keeping their right to maternity allowance.

December 10, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed34 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Osher Shekalim
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Supplement for a Reserve Soldier in Deposits to Long-Term Savings for a Child) (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2024

A bill to add a one-time grant of 500 shekels to the long-term savings of children whose parents served in the reserves for more than 60 days during the Swords of Iron war.

November 12, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass35 / 49
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Sharon Nir, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Increasing the Senior Citizen Allowance and Linking It to the Average Wage) Bill, 2024

A proposal to increase the old-age allowance from 17.7% to 25% of the average wage, and to link the allowance and the supplements to the average wage.

November 12, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass36 / 42
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Compliance with the Defense Service Law as a Condition for Paying Reduced National Insurance Contributions) Bill, 2025

A bill to make the continued receipt of reduced National Insurance contributions for students of Torah institutions conditional on security or civilian service.

October 22, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass38 / 53
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meirav Cohen
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Ineligibility for Child Allowance for a Parent Who Did Not Perform Qualifying Service) Bill, 2025

The bill makes the completion of qualifying service (military or civilian) a condition for receiving child allowance from National Insurance.

October 22, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass31 / 59
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Unemployment Benefits for the Self-Employed) Bill, 2025

A bill to extend unemployment benefit rights to self-employed workers, including running a separate insurance branch and setting conditions for payment.

July 2, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass25 / 40
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Vladimir Beliak, Simon Davidson and 5 more
Legal Aid Law (Amendment No. 30) (Aid to Senior Citizens Harmed by a Scam or Financial Exploitation) Bill, 2025
June 23, 2025First reading
Did not pass0 / 0
Government bill
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Extending Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits for Reservists) Bill, 2024

A proposal to extend reservists' entitlement to unemployment benefits based on their days of service, even after the end of the usual period.

June 4, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass37 / 53
Joint initiativeInitiator: Naama Lazimi, Naor Shiri and 6 more
National Insurance Law (Amendment – Denial of Child Allowance to Polygamous Families) Bill, 2023

Denying child allowances to families in which one of the parents is in a couple relationship or marriage with more than one person.

June 4, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass10 / 55
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
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Other plenum votes2Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions

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 141 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 21 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· 35
Shas· 14

Left the coalition(9 seats)

Noam· 1

Opposition(44 seats)

Ra'am· 5
Labor· 4