Draft law amending the Identity Documents Act and, in consequence, amending other laws (497 SE) – second reading
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
Date: 2024-12-10 12:03
Total Speeches: 3
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 2m
AI Summaries: 3/3 Speeches (100.0%)
Analysis: Structured Analysis
Analysis
Summary
Agenda item number 1 concerned the second reading of the draft law amending the Identity Documents Act and, in connection therewith, amending other laws, initiated by the Republic of Estonia’s Government. The Chairman of the Constitutional Committee, Hendrik Johannes Terras, presented the committee’s report. No proposals were received by the deadline for amendments, but the Constitutional Committee, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made five technical amendment proposals.
Decisions Made 2
All five amendment proposals submitted by the Constitutional Committee were fully considered.
Bill 497's second reading was concluded.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
As part of the day's agenda item, the Government-initiated draft bill No. 497, which amends the Identity Documents Act and related amendments to other laws, will be discussed in its second reading.
Hendrik Johannes Terras
AI Summary
The Constitutional Committee discussed the draft in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and adopted five technical amendment proposals, which clarified the wording (for example, replacing "Republic of Estonia" with "Estonia" and replacing "destination" with "Estonia"), regulated the processing of EU return-certificate data in the consular officer's data registry, restricted the processing of health data to purposes of consular assistance, and set data retention for up to ten years in accordance with the respective by-laws, and, by consensus, concluded the second reading.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi declared that the negotiations had ended, stated that all amendment proposals Nos. 1–5 would be fully taken into account, and with the completion of the second reading the proceedings of the first item on the agenda concluded.