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חוק לתיקון פקודת בתי הסוהר (מס' 68), התשפ"ה–2025

Private member's bill · Published 29 Jan 2025

  1. 1Tabled
  2. 2Reading 15 Nov 2024
  3. 3Committee
  4. 4Readings 2-327 Jan 2025
  5. 5Published29 Jan 2025

How it affects you

Prison guards may demand identification, search people and vehicles, and seize dangerous objects near prisons under specified conditions. Anyone refusing a search may be searched using reasonable force, including during prisoner escorts or pursuits of escaped prisoners.

Who gains

  • Prison guards May demand identification, conduct searches, and seize dangerous objects
  • Prison service employees and families Receive protection through guards’ powers outside prisons

Who pays

  • People refusing a search May be searched using reasonable force despite refusal

Under the table

We found nothing under the table.

    How they voted

    Whole Knesset
    Whole Knesset, Total 120
    VoteCount
    For17
    Against2
    Abstained0
    Did not vote101

    Coalition

    2 for

    Opposition

    2 for

    Coalition

    1 for

    Opposition

    1 for

    Opposition

    1 against

    Coalition

    1 for

    Opposition

    Coalition

    Opposition

    Opposition

    Opposition

    Coalition

    Who was in the room

    הוועדה לביטחון לאומי

    5 committee meetings on this law

    Invited most often

    • המשרד לביטחון לאומי24
    • משרד המשפטים12
    • משפחות החטופים6
    • הסניגוריה הציבורית4
    • המטה לביטחון לאומי3
    • לשכת עורכי הדין1
    • שירות בתי הסוהר1
    • המשרד לביטחון פנים1
    5 committee meetings
    • 4 Sept 2024הוועדה לביטחון לאומי17 invited
    • 18 Sept 2024הוועדה לביטחון לאומי19 invited
    • 28 Oct 2024הוועדה לביטחון לאומי8 invited
    • 12 Nov 2024הוועדה לביטחון לאומי16 invited
    • 26 Nov 2024הוועדה לביטחון לאומי11 invited

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