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25th Knesset · outgoing

Electricity Sector Law (Amendment – Reduced Rate for Hospitals in the Periphery) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק משק החשמל (תיקון - תעריף מופחת לבתי חולים בפריפריה)

TL;DRA proposal to grant a 50% reduced electricity rate to hospitals located in the periphery.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Electricity Sector Law so that hospitals located in the periphery will pay a reduced payment of 50% of the general rate for their electricity consumption. Hospitals in the periphery will be defined as a hospital in Hadera and north of it or in Ashdod and south of it. The proposal is justified by the difficulties in raising donations for hospitals in the periphery compared with hospitals in the center, which affects their ability to invest in services.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: December 3, 2025
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected46 for · 56 against · 1 abstained · 17 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 27 · Absent 5
ShasAgainst 8 · Absent 3
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamFor 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 24
Yisrael BeytenuFor 4 · Absent 2
Ra'amFor 4 · Absent 1
Hadash–Ta'alFor 2 · Abstained 1 · Absent 2
LaborFor 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.