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25th Knesset · outgoing

Mandatory Tenders Law (Amendment – Preference for an Employer of Reservists) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק חובת המכרזים (תיקון - העדפה למעסיק משרתי מילואים)

TL;DRThe bill sets a 10% scoring bonus in government tenders for businesses in which at least 50% of employees are active reservists.

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What does the bill do?

The bill adds a section to the Mandatory Tenders Law granting a scoring advantage in tenders published under law. A business in which at least 50% of employees are active reservists will receive an addition of 10% to its score in weighing the tender results. This provision is intended to encourage employers to employ reservists and to support employees serving in the reserves, in order to ease the economic and personal burden created by this service.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: January 14, 2026
Initiated by: oppositionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected35 for · 50 against · 2 abstained · 33 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 21 · Abstained 1 · Absent 10
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 3 · Absent 1

Left the coalition 9 seats

Blue and White – National UnityFor 5 · Absent 3
NoamAbstained 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 22 · Absent 2
Yisrael BeytenuFor 5 · Absent 1
Ra'amAgainst 2 · Absent 3
Hadash–Ta'alAgainst 3 · Absent 2
LaborFor 3 · Absent 1

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.
Mandatory Tenders Law (Amendment – Preference for an Employer of Reservists) BillMay 21, 2025