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25th Knesset · outgoing

Government Companies Law (Amendment – Duty to Donate Surplus Food) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק החברות הממשלתיות (תיקון - חובת תרומת מזון עודף)

TL;DRThe proposal requires government companies whose main field is food to contract with surplus food rescue organizations, under defined conditions.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Government Companies Law in order to add definitions of surplus food, food rescue organizations and food distribution organizations. Government companies for which food is their main field of activity will be required to contract with surplus food rescue organizations, unless the company has fewer than five hundred employees or has confirmed in a signed affidavit that the quantity of surplus food does not allow operating a dedicated system for collecting it.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 23, 2024

The votes on this bill

Passed28 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 92 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 5 · Absent 27
ShasFor 4 · Absent 7
United Torah JudaismFor 2 · Absent 5
Otzma YehuditFor 1 · Absent 5
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 5 · Absent 19
Yisrael BeytenuFor 1 · Absent 5
Ra'amFor 4 · Absent 1
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
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.