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25th Knesset · outgoing

Police Ordinance Amendment (Opening a Criminal Investigation) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק לתיקון פקודת המשטרה (פתיחה בחקירה פלילית)

TL;DRThe bill requires the Israel Police to open a criminal investigation in every case of an offense committed by a police officer that caused bodily injury or harm to health.

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What does the bill do?

The bill amends the Police Ordinance (Consolidated Version), 5731-1971, so that the Police Internal Investigations Department (PIID) will be required to open an immediate criminal investigation in every case it learns of an offense committed by a police officer that causes injury or harm to health, instead of carrying out a preliminary review at its discretion. In addition, the bill eliminates a section of the Police Law, 5766-2006, that referred to a provision requiring the approval of the Attorney General to enforce disciplinary offenses against police officers for unlawful use of force.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: June 5, 2024

The votes on this bill

Rejected16 for · 35 against · 0 abstained · 69 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 72 seats

LikudAgainst 16 · Absent 16
ShasAgainst 8 · Absent 3
United Torah JudaismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Religious ZionismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Otzma YehuditAgainst 2 · Absent 4
NoamAgainst 1

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 2 · Absent 22
Yisrael BeytenuFor 2 · Absent 4
Ra'amFor 4 · Absent 1
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 4

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