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25th Knesset · outgoing

Committee for Handling Families of Civilian Missing Persons Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הוועדה לטיפול במשפחות נעדרים אזרחיים

TL;DRA bill to establish an inter-ministerial committee to coordinate emotional, social and administrative assistance for the families of missing civilians.

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What does the bill do?

The bill establishes a committee headed by the Ministry of Labor that will coordinate between government ministries (Interior, Health, Police, Finance and others) for the families of civilians considered missing. The committee will operate for up to four years and will be established within a month of the law's commencement. Families are entitled to request assistance within five years of a police declaration that their relative is missing, and this assistance can be funded from an annual budget set by law.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: April 27, 2026

The votes on this bill

Passed18 for · 0 against · 1 abstained · 101 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudFor 1 · Absent 31
ShasAbsent 11
Otzma YehuditFor 1 · Absent 5

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 10 · Absent 14
Yisrael BeytenuFor 3 · Absent 3
Ra'amAbsent 5
Hadash–Ta'alAbstained 1 · Absent 4
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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Other bills with a similar name · 4Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.