Welfare and National Insurance
Votes on benefits, National Insurance and the social safety net
Timeline
Second and third reading16The votes where a law passes or fails
This law provides, as a temporary provision, for anyone who served in the reserves in the period from 7.10.2023 to 31.12.2023, that the minimum compensation rate per day of reserve duty will rise to 300.61 new shekels instead of the 215.17 new shekels paid until now.
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 263) Bill, 2026 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 27 / 0 |
| February 25, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 262 – Temporary Provision) Bill, 2026 Joint initiativeInitiator: Simcha Rothman, Meirav Ben-Ari and 1 more | Third reading | Passed | 14 / 0 |
| June 16, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 258) Bill, 2025 Government bill | Third reading | Did not pass | 0 / 0 |
| March 31, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 256) Bill, 2025 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Ofir Katz | Third reading | Passed | 38 / 1 |
| March 5, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 255) Bill, 2025 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya | Third reading | Passed | 17 / 0 |
| January 27, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 254) Bill, 2025 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 19 / 0 |
| January 20, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 253 and Temporary Provisions) Bill, 2025 Government billInitiator: Yitzhak Kroizer, Yinon Azulai and 2 more | Third reading | Passed | 18 / 0 |
| January 13, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 252 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2025 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 55 / 46 |
| November 19, 2024 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 251) Bill, 2024 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Ariel Kallner | Third reading | Passed | 29 / 8 |
| November 19, 2024 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 251) Bill, 2024 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Ariel Kallner | Second reading | Passed | 29 / 6 |
| November 19, 2024 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 250) Bill, 2024 Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Third reading | Passed | 34 / 2 |
| July 28, 2024 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 248) Bill, 2024 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 17 / 0 |
| July 1, 2024 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 246 – Temporary Provision) Bill, 2024 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 21 / 0 |
| March 13, 2024 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 244 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2024 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 63 / 55 |
| February 19, 2024 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 243) Bill, 2024 (P/2753/25) (P/2754/25) Joint initiativeInitiator: Yitzhak Pindrus, Meirav Ben-Ari and 3 more | Third reading | Passed | 10 / 0 |
| November 9, 2023 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 238 – Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Benefits for Reservists) Bill, 2023 This law provides, as a temporary provision, for anyone who served in the reserves in the period from 7.10.2023 to 31.12.2023, that the minimum compensation rate per day of reserve duty will rise to 300.61 new shekels instead of the 215.17 new shekels paid until now. Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 11 / 0 |
Preliminary and first reading69Bills at the start of the process
A proposal to expand the ability to contract with additional bodies (ambulance license holders) to transport women in labor who are eligible for a birth grant.
The bill improves allowances for senior citizens: it links the National Insurance allowance to the average wage, increases the income support allowance, and expands the eligibility of new immigrants.
A bill to add animal rehabilitation as preferred work eligible for a cash grant for discharged soldiers and those completing national service.
A bill to recognize agunot and women refused a get as widows for the purpose of eligibility for a survivors' pension from National Insurance.
A bill to add eligibility for a monthly living allowance for senior citizens whose income is lower than the minimum wage, equal to the difference between the two amounts.
A bill to expand the definition of 'preferred work' in National Insurance to include work in tourism, restaurants and leisure in confrontation-line communities in the north and south.
A bill to recognize work in tourism, restaurants and touring as 'preferred work' for communities on the confrontation line in the north and south, for the purpose of economic rehabilitation.
The bill states that child allowance will not be paid for a child whose parent has more than one spouse at the same time.
A bill to allow self-employed working women to work up to 80 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period, while keeping their eligibility for maternity allowance.
The proposal allows self-employed women to work up to 40 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period while keeping their eligibility for maternity pay.
The bill allows self-employed women to work up to 80 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period while keeping their right to maternity allowance.
A bill to add a one-time grant of 500 shekels to the long-term savings of children whose parents served in the reserves for more than 60 days during the Swords of Iron war.
A proposal to increase the old-age allowance from 17.7% to 25% of the average wage, and to link the allowance and the supplements to the average wage.
A bill to make the continued receipt of reduced National Insurance contributions for students of Torah institutions conditional on security or civilian service.
The bill makes the completion of qualifying service (military or civilian) a condition for receiving child allowance from National Insurance.
A bill to extend unemployment benefit rights to self-employed workers, including running a separate insurance branch and setting conditions for payment.
A proposal to extend reservists' entitlement to unemployment benefits based on their days of service, even after the end of the usual period.
Denying child allowances to families in which one of the parents is in a couple relationship or marriage with more than one person.
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 268) (Transporting a Woman in Childbirth by Ambulance) Bill, 2026 A proposal to expand the ability to contract with additional bodies (ambulance license holders) to transport women in labor who are eligible for a birth grant. Government bill | First reading | Passed | 14 / 0 |
| July 1, 2026 | Ensuring a Dignified Life for Senior Citizens (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 2026 The bill improves allowances for senior citizens: it links the National Insurance allowance to the average wage, increases the income support allowance, and expands the eligibility of new immigrants. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yair Lapid, Meir Cohen and 21 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 32 / 48 |
| June 24, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Animal Rehabilitation as Preferred Work) Bill, 2026 A bill to add animal rehabilitation as preferred work eligible for a cash grant for discharged soldiers and those completing national service. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yasmin Fridman | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 25 / 41 |
| June 17, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Payment of Survivors' Allowance to an Agunah and to Get Refusal Victims Who Were Widowed) Bill, 2025 A bill to recognize agunot and women refused a get as widows for the purpose of eligibility for a survivors' pension from National Insurance. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Pnina Tamano-Shata | Preliminary reading | Passed | 30 / 0 |
| June 3, 2026 | Senior Citizens Law (Amendment – Living Allowance for Senior Citizens) Bill, 2026 A bill to add eligibility for a monthly living allowance for senior citizens whose income is lower than the minimum wage, equal to the difference between the two amounts. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 34 / 49 |
| March 25, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Preferred Employment in Confrontation Line Communities in the North and South) Bill, 2025 A bill to expand the definition of 'preferred work' in National Insurance to include work in tourism, restaurants and leisure in confrontation-line communities in the north and south. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Yael Ron Ben-Moshe | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 38 / 50 |
| March 24, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 263) (Indemnifying Employers for Employees' Reserve Duty Periods) Bill, 2026 Government bill | First reading | Passed | 30 / 0 |
| February 25, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Preferred Employment in Confrontation Line Communities in the North and South) Bill, 2025 A bill to recognize work in tourism, restaurants and touring as 'preferred work' for communities on the confrontation line in the north and south, for the purpose of economic rehabilitation. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 34 / 53 |
| February 4, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Denial of Child Allowance to Polygamous Families) Bill, 2025 The bill states that child allowance will not be paid for a child whose parent has more than one spouse at the same time. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Preliminary reading | Passed | 33 / 9 |
| January 28, 2026 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Maternity Pay for Self-Employed Women – Granting the Right to Part-Time Work) Bill, 2025 A bill to allow self-employed working women to work up to 80 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period, while keeping their eligibility for maternity allowance. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin | Preliminary reading | Passed | 34 / 0 |
| December 10, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Maternity Pay for Self-Employed Women – Granting the Right to Part-Time Work) Bill, 2023 The proposal allows self-employed women to work up to 40 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period while keeping their eligibility for maternity pay. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin, Mansour Abbas and 3 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 8 / 27 |
| December 10, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Maternity Pay for Self-Employed Women – Granting the Right to Part-Time Work) Bill, 2025 The bill allows self-employed women to work up to 80 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period while keeping their right to maternity allowance. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Osher Shekalim | Preliminary reading | Passed | 34 / 0 |
| November 12, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Supplement for a Reserve Soldier in Deposits to Long-Term Savings for a Child) (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2024 A bill to add a one-time grant of 500 shekels to the long-term savings of children whose parents served in the reserves for more than 60 days during the Swords of Iron war. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Sharon Nir, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 35 / 49 |
| November 12, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Increasing the Senior Citizen Allowance and Linking It to the Average Wage) Bill, 2024 A proposal to increase the old-age allowance from 17.7% to 25% of the average wage, and to link the allowance and the supplements to the average wage. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 36 / 42 |
| October 22, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Compliance with the Defense Service Law as a Condition for Paying Reduced National Insurance Contributions) Bill, 2025 A bill to make the continued receipt of reduced National Insurance contributions for students of Torah institutions conditional on security or civilian service. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meirav Cohen | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 38 / 53 |
| October 22, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Ineligibility for Child Allowance for a Parent Who Did Not Perform Qualifying Service) Bill, 2025 The bill makes the completion of qualifying service (military or civilian) a condition for receiving child allowance from National Insurance. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 31 / 59 |
| July 2, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Unemployment Benefits for the Self-Employed) Bill, 2025 A bill to extend unemployment benefit rights to self-employed workers, including running a separate insurance branch and setting conditions for payment. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Vladimir Beliak, Simon Davidson and 5 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 25 / 40 |
| June 23, 2025 | Legal Aid Law (Amendment No. 30) (Aid to Senior Citizens Harmed by a Scam or Financial Exploitation) Bill, 2025 Government bill | First reading | Did not pass | 0 / 0 |
| June 4, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Extending Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits for Reservists) Bill, 2024 A proposal to extend reservists' entitlement to unemployment benefits based on their days of service, even after the end of the usual period. Joint initiativeInitiator: Naama Lazimi, Naor Shiri and 6 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 37 / 53 |
| June 4, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Denial of Child Allowance to Polygamous Families) Bill, 2023 Denying child allowances to families in which one of the parents is in a couple relationship or marriage with more than one person. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 10 / 55 |
Other plenum votes2Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2026 | Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "The implications of the erosion of old-age pensions for the economic and food security of senior citizens" | Motion for the agenda | Passed | 9 / 0 |
| November 26, 2025 | Motion for the agenda on: The worrying deficit forecast of the National Insurance Institute | Motion for the agenda | Passed | 8 / 0 |
Knesset map by topic
A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 141 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 21 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.