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25th Knesset · outgoing

Statistics Ordinance Amendment (Reference to the Characterization of Local Authorities) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק לתיקון פקודת הסטטיסטיקה (הפניה לאפיון הרשויות המקומיות)

TL;DRThe proposal provides that decisions on matters based on the socio-economic index of local authorities will be required to use the index of communities for communities in regional councils.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal adds a section to the Statistics Ordinance and provides that any decision or determination under law based on the socio-economic index of local authorities will be required to use this index for each community and each local authority. However, in communities in a certain regional council, if the decision concerns a general matter of the regional council, the socio-economic index of the entire regional council may also be used. In addition, the proposal amends provisions in the Income Tax Ordinance, replacing the term "ranking" with "index" in definitions related to socio-economic scoring.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: February 5, 2025
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed25 for · 0 against · 4 abstained · 91 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 62 seats

LikudFor 9 · Absent 23
ShasFor 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismFor 3 · Absent 4
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 14 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidAbstained 4 · Absent 20
Ra'amFor 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alFor 2 · Absent 3
LaborAbsent 4

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