Draft law amending the Basic and Upper Secondary Education Act and the Vocational Education Institutions Act (620 SE) – First Reading
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
Date: 2025-09-17 22:50
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 77
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 52m
AI Summaries: 77/77 Speeches (100.0%)
Analysis: Structured Analysis
Politicians Speaking Time
Politicians
Analysis
Summary
The Riigikogu debated the first reading of Bill 620, initiated by the Estonian Centre Party faction, concerning the amendment of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act and the Vocational Educational Institutions Act. The aim of the bill was to raise the state's minimum support rate for school lunches from 1 euro to 2 euros per student per day, as the state's contribution has not changed since 2018, while inflation and food prices have grown significantly. Rapporteur Vadim Belobrovtsev (Centre Party) emphasized that quality school meals are the only warm food many children receive daily, and the current low subsidy leads to a decline in food quality and children refusing to eat it.
Liina Kersna (Reform Party), Chairman of the Cultural Affairs Committee, presented the government's non-supportive position. According to the government's argument, amending the law is not the appropriate way to raise the subsidy, as this can be done via a Regulation of the Government of the Republic. Kersna stressed that the school lunch subsidy has always been tripartite (state, local government, parent), and the government's priority is raising teachers' salaries, not increasing the school lunch subsidy, which would cost 30 million euros. During the negotiations, the issue of funding sources was also addressed, where representatives of the Centre Party pointed to the cost of abolishing the tax hump as a potential source of funding. In the final vote, the bill was rejected.
Decisions Made 1
Bill 620 (the Draft Act amending the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act and the Vocational Educational Institutions Act) was rejected at the first reading. 33 members of the Riigikogu voted in favor of the proposal, and 10 voted against.
Most Active Speaker
Vadim Belobrovtsev (Centre Party, Opposition) was the most active speaker, introducing the motion and repeatedly fielding questions concerning the necessity of the aid and its funding sources.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Deputy Chairman Arvo Aller introduced the final, seventh item on the agenda for the sitting—the first reading of Draft Act 620, initiated by the Estonian Centre Party faction, concerning amendments to the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act and the Vocational Educational Institutions Act—and invited Riigikogu Member Vadim Belobrovtsev to the rostrum to deliver the report.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The seventh and final item on the agenda is the first reading of Bill 620 concerning the amendment of the Basic School and Upper Secondary School Act and the Vocational Educational Institutions Act, initiated by the Estonian Centre Party faction. The rapporteur is Riigikogu member Vadim Belobrovtsev.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev underscores the urgent necessity of increasing the state's contribution to covering the cost of school lunches from the current 1 euro to 2 euros, as the level of support has remained unchanged for seven years, while inflation and food prices have climbed by 40%. This situation has resulted in a decline in the quality of school meals, leading to children refusing to eat them. He points out that since the government has refused to increase the subsidy, both through legislation and through ministerial decree, the current draft bill represents the only opportunity to ensure children receive a high-quality, healthy, warm school lunch.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev stated that the state contribution for school lunches has remained at one euro per day for the past seven years. Due to inflation and rising prices, it is necessary to adopt a draft law that would increase the state's share to two euros per day per student in order to ensure high-quality and tasty food and reduce the burden on parents—according to him, this is the last opportunity this year.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The moderator notes that the audience still has questions and asks Vladimir Arkhipov to respond.
Vladimir Arhipov
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Vladimir Arhipov debates the 2-euro food subsidy, questioning whose burden or relief it represents—local municipalities or parents—and notes that if the state is footing the bill, the resources could instead go toward school renovations or the construction of stadiums.
Vladimir Arhipov
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Vladimir Arhipov calls into question the sufficiency of the 2-euro food allowance provided by the state, emphasizing that current catering costs vary across municipalities and asking whether the resulting shortfall should be covered by local governments or by parents. He also notes that full state funding would allow municipalities to redirect their own resources toward the construction of school buildings and stadiums.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev emphasizes that the state should find 30 million euros from the state budget to ensure quality catering without requiring additional contributions from parents or local municipalities. He references the education minister's recent claims about finding significant financial resources but expresses doubt that the coalition will support this proposal, despite the fact that local governments (such as Tallinn) are already contributing to improve food quality.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Belobrovtsev emphasized that upon the adoption of the bill, the state must find approximately 30 million euros from the state budget to finance school meals, and parents and local governments should not have to cover these costs additionally. However, he is not optimistic about receiving support from coalition members.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar addresses Peeter Ernits with a request.
Peeter Ernits
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Peeter Ernits is criticizing the state's passive approach to funding school meals, pointing out that the government contributes only one euro toward a 2.80-euro meal, thereby shifting the remaining costs onto local municipalities and parents. He notes that neighboring municipalities manage to cover their costs with significantly smaller amounts, and questions why the state, despite emphasizing the importance of children, restricts its support to such a minimal level.
Peeter Ernits
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Peeter Ernits criticized the significant regional disparity in food costs—a meal in Elva costs 2.80 euros (with the state, municipality, and parents sharing the expenses), while in Nõo it is under 1.50 euros—and questioned why the state, which constantly emphasizes the importance of children, is addressing this problem with only a single draft bill.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev criticizes the government, arguing that despite the catastrophic nature of the demographic situation and the constitutional obligation to care for families, they are limiting themselves to mere rhetoric, failing to raise family benefits and leaving school meal funding inadequate. He asks why the state cannot move to action to create a better living environment for families in Estonia.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Belobrovtsev criticizes the government, arguing that while they talk about caring for families and children, they are doing nothing in reality: family and child benefits are not rising, there is no ministerial decree, and the state should actively assist families in Estonia during this demographic crisis so they can have and raise children.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar called upon Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart to speak.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
He/She emphasizes that the state does not help families with children, and tax increases and the rise in food prices make family life difficult, making the provision of school meals and healthy nutrition harder, and increasing children's health risks.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart supports the bill, sharply criticizing the state's inaction in assisting families with children, arguing that successive tax increases and the refusal to lower the VAT on food items have led to a situation where many families cannot afford healthy food, which in turn jeopardizes children's health and requires state intervention to ensure healthy school meals.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev sharply criticizes the government's family policy, labeling it anti-family. This is because, following the elections, support was withdrawn from large families, which completely eroded public trust. Furthermore, the government is failing to take any concrete steps to resolve the demographic crisis, instead flatly voting down all opposition amendments. This demonstrates the government's deplorable attitude toward its own people and families.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev claims that the government is untrustworthy regarding family policy: before the elections, the coalition increased support for large families, but as of 2024, the monthly payment of 200 euros was withdrawn. Meanwhile, no concrete steps are being taken to solve the demographic crisis, and opposition proposals, including improvements to school meals, are consistently voted down.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar calls upon Anti Allast.
Anti Allas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Anti Allas supports the bill highlighting the importance of school meals, arguing that government funding is outdated and local municipalities are unable to cover the costs. However, he stresses that while there are many worthwhile proposals, a clear source of funding must always be presented, because the number of proposals far exceeds the number of sensible cost-saving measures available.
Anti Allas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Anti Allas stated that school food is extremely important for children's health, and state support has long been warranted. Although local governments also lack the necessary funds, he considers the bill reasonable and supports it. However, he questioned the source of the funding and pointed out that the Centre Party offers many good proposals, which his own party also backs, but warned that the number of these proposals exceeds the possibilities for finding reasonable ways to save money.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev emphasizes that the funding for necessary initiatives is already available in the state budget—citing the initiative supported by the Social Democrats as an example—but the political will to allocate it is missing. As potential revenue sources, he proposes implementing a bank tax, postponing the abolition of the half-billion-euro tax bracket change (or 'tax hump'), and optimizing the operations and staffing of state institutions. These measures, he argues, could bring hundreds of millions of euros into the budget, proving that the issue is simply one of priorities.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev emphasizes that the money and implementable measures are available (such as a bank tax, abolishing the tax hump, and optimizing state institutions), but the real issue is not a lack of funds, but rather the political will to carry them out.
Anti Allas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Anti Allas discusses the abolition of the tax hump and the accompanying application of the tax-free minimum to higher incomes (starting at 4000 euros). He quickly calculates that this would amount to at least 112 million euros, a cost the state is not expecting, and asks if the public shares this idea.
Anti Allas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Anti Allas criticizes the government's plan to abolish the tax hump, pointing out that the resulting increase in the tax-free allowance for high earners (those earning over €4,000) will cost at least 112 million euros, money which these individuals do not actually expect, and asks the audience whether this money shouldn't be used for something more tangible and necessary.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar calls upon Anti Allast.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
He argues that abolishing the tax bulge during a tough economic period is inefficient and costly. Instead, he suggests it should be adjusted so that aid is directed towards those whose income prevents them from living a dignified life, rather than those who earn several thousand a month. Furthermore, he questions whether high-earners should be allocated any additional funds whatsoever.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev argues that, given the current difficult economic situation—with rising prices and three years of economic decline—abolishing the tax hump is both too expensive and cynical for the state. He contends that this measure gifts extra money to the highly paid (those earning €4,000 to €10,000 per month), while support is actually needed by those whose incomes do not allow them to live a dignified life.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar thanked the rapporteur, announced that there were no questions, and invited Liina Kersna, the Chair of the Culture Committee, to the Riigikogu rostrum to present the discussion that had taken place in the Culture Committee.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar concluded the question-and-answer session for the preceding presentation, thanked the speaker, and invited Liina Kersna, the Chair of the Culture Committee, to the Riigikogu rostrum to present the results of the discussion held in the committee.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna gave an overview of the Culture Committee's discussion on the draft bill, which seeks to raise the minimum rate of state support for school lunch to two euros, noting that the Ministry of Education and Research did not support the amendment to the law, as increasing the support only requires amending a government regulation. Ultimately, the committee decided by a vote of 4:3 to propose that the Riigikogu reject the draft bill.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna detailed the debate held in the Culture Committee regarding the draft legislation, which aimed to increase the minimum school lunch allowance to 2 euros per day. The government's opposition was clarified, and the committee ultimately decided to reject the bill and appoint Liina Kersna as the lead committee's representative.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The Chairman thanked the presenter, noted that there were questions, and called upon Vladimir Arhipov to speak.
Vladimir Arhipov
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Vladimir Arhipov noted that the increase in taxes on school food and school lunches should not have to reach the Riigikogu, and although the government is not cutting taxes, he posed the question of whether it would be sensible for the state to take on this burden itself in order to ease the financial strain on municipalities and parents.
Vladimir Arhipov
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Vladimir Arhipov criticizes the government for only raising taxes and refusing to increase school lunch support, which is why the proposal was brought before the Riigikogu. He now demands an explanation from the committee as to why the idea of the state assuming the cost—a cost that would alleviate the financial burden on parents and local governments—was rejected.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna emphasized that school lunch support has been a three-way responsibility from the very beginning, involving contributions from the state, the local government, and the parent, whereby the local government has the right to cover the parent's portion for families facing financial hardship.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna stressed that the school lunch subsidy has never been solely state support, but rather a tripartite cooperation involving the state, the school maintainer (i.e., the local authority), and the parent. She added that in economically difficult situations, the local authority can assume greater responsibility and cover the school meal costs on behalf of the parent as well.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The Chairman thanks them and invites Vadim Belobrovtsev to speak.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar and Vadim Belobrovtsev were indeed called to the podium, but the submitted text lacks his actual address, containing only the introduction.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev is seeking advice on how to resolve a situation where the government is able to increase something via regulations without having to amend the law. Despite the fact that the draft bill is unsuitable and no regulation has even been issued, the problem remains unsolved.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev highlights the paradox that while the draft law is rejected on the grounds that the government can implement the necessary changes via a regulation, that very regulation has failed to materialize for the eighth year running. Consequently, he asks what steps should be taken next to resolve the situation.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
According to Liina Kersna, the state budget's priority is quality education and raising teachers' salaries. The total cost of the corresponding draft bill is about 30 million euros, and the goal for next year is to increase the salary fund by at least 10%.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna emphasizes that drafting the state budget is about setting priorities, and the government considers it more important to allocate an expenditure of 30 million euros to secure a salary increase for teachers, thereby ensuring equal access to quality education for all children, while also promising a salary fund increase of at least 10% next year.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar calls upon Peeter Ernits.
Peeter Ernits
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Peeter Ernits is still requesting clarification from the Minister of Education—who has allegedly consumed over 300 school lunches in the span of a year and a half—regarding the distribution of the frequency of these meals and the price range of the paid lunches, from the cheapest to the most expensive.
Peeter Ernits
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Peeter Ernits poses a humorous yet critical question to the Minister of Education, requesting clarification on the breakdown of the total sum he paid for eating in schools over 300 times, and inquiring about the prices of the cheapest and the most expensive meals.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna emphasizes that she did not say she visited schools as the Minister of Education during the year and a half. She notes that although she has worked in the Riigikogu for 10 years, dealing with the education sector, and has visited at least 300 different schools, these amounts have been very small, approximately 2 to 3.5 euros.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna refutes the notion that she has not visited schools, emphasizing that although her tenure as minister lasted only a year and a half, she has visited at least 300 different educational institutions during her ten years dedicated to the education sector in the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), while also noting that the amounts mentioned were very small (2–3.5 euros).
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The Chairman called Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart to speak.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart highlights the fact that due to the rapid rise in food prices, the burden of financing school lunches has shifted disproportionately to parents and local municipalities, and calls on the state to increase its contribution to ensure healthy school meals, which are vital for children's health, especially since there are no plans to reduce VAT.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart emphasizes that school support is a trilateral responsibility shared between the state, local government, and parents. She notes that the burden resulting from rising food prices is increasingly falling on parents and local authorities, which is why she is calling on the state to step up and lend its support to ensure children continue to receive healthy meals at school.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna emphasizes that school meals must be healthy and warm, and argues that if parents are unable to provide quality food for their child, the state or local government should assume greater responsibility. However, she adds that the state should not cover the cost of school lunch for all children, as the priority lies in teachers' salaries and ensuring the quality of general education overall.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna supports high-quality, warm school meals and believes that the state or local government should ensure they are accessible to those who cannot afford them. However, she stresses that fully compensating lunch for all children is not a priority. Given limited resources, she prefers prioritizing teacher salary increases, which have a broader impact on the quality of education.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats acknowledged differences in party worldviews, but stressed that while everyone agrees on the necessity of school lunches, there is a serious problem with the quality of the food. This leads to a situation where most of the lunch ends up in the trash because the children won't eat it, meaning a solution must be found to prevent this waste.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Hussar invites Lauri Laats to the stage.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats acknowledges that party differences are secondary, but the crucial issue is the quality of school lunches and food waste: if only two or three children in a class eat lunch and the rest of the food is thrown out, a solution needs to be found.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna voiced skepticism regarding the effectiveness of the national subsidy in preventing food waste. She affirmed that should the Reform Party gain power in Tallinn, the party would provide school meal support, even at the local government level.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna first expressed doubt about whether merely increasing state support would be enough to solve the food waste problem. However, she then confidently affirmed that the Reform Party, upon taking power in Tallinn, would definitely offer school meal support as the local municipality.
Reili Rand
Profiling Sotsiaaldemokraatliku Erakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Reili Rand argues that school meal subsidies provide greater benefit to every child than a tax break for wealthier families, emphasizes the importance of supporting local raw materials and production, and asks the Commission how these two aspects are being taken into account.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The Chairman called upon Reili Rand to speak.
Reili Rand
Profiling Sotsiaaldemokraatliku Erakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Reili Rand is questioning the national priority, asking rhetorically whether children benefit more from subsidizing school meals or from a tax gift aimed at the wealthy, emphasizing that the former measure effectively reaches every child. She also asks how to ensure that educational institutions use more local ingredients in their food, thereby supporting Estonian farmers and local production.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
The state supports school meals with organic and local ingredients, and the example of the Võru region demonstrates its positive impact. Simultaneously, raising the tax-free minimum income and abolishing the tax hump increase people's purchasing power, enabling them to buy higher quality food.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna highlighted the state support provided to schools for using organic raw materials, citing Võrumaa as a successful example. She also emphasized that abolishing the tax hump and raising the basic income tax exemption will leave significantly more money in the hands of people—social workers, for instance—which they can then use to purchase quality food.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar invites Vadim Belobrovtsev to speak.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Belobrovtsev emphasized the importance of priorities and teachers' salaries, and asked the former Minister of Education for advice on how to proceed in a situation where state allocations should exceed one euro, and operating strictly through regulations seems to be the only way forward.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev emphasizes that although teachers' salaries are a priority, it is uncertain whether the promised increase will actually materialize. He continues to ask the Minister of Education for advice on what should be done in a situation where the state allocation has long been insufficient, but the government is requesting that they wait for a regulation to be adopted instead of submitting a bill.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna refuses to give advice to the Center Party, but she reproaches them, pointing out that during the EKREIKE government, when the Center Party headed the Ministry of Education, the planned salary increase for teachers was completely omitted (zero euros allocated) from the state budget strategy for four years.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
He/She recalled that the EKRE government, in which they held the Education Minister's portfolio, did not raise teachers' salaries at all, and the state budget strategy had budgeted zero euros for four years.
Reili Rand
Profiling Sotsiaaldemokraatliku Erakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Reili Rand commended the state’s support for organic school meals and the utilization of local ingredients in schools. She noted that not all producers are organic and argued that this aspect should be more broadly appreciated. However, she criticized the increase in the income tax-free minimum, labeling it a €114 million giveaway benefiting higher earners, while stressing that a social worker’s family would find it more advantageous if their child’s school lunch were provided free of charge.
Reili Rand
Profiling Sotsiaaldemokraatliku Erakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Reili Rand acknowledges the value of the state's organic school food subsidy but emphasizes that educational institutions should more broadly prioritize local ingredients. She also sharply criticizes the government's tax policy, arguing that by raising the income tax-free minimum, it hands out a €114 million tax gift to wealthier families who do not need assistance paying for school meals, while lower-income families are the ones who actually need free school lunches.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Speaker Lauri Hussar called Reili Rand to the stage.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna said that it remained in the form of a comment, and she thanked everyone.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The Speaker of the Riigikogu, Lauri Hussar, announced that the debate would be closed and the leading committee's proposal to reject Bill 620 at the first reading would be put to a vote.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar thanked Liina Kersna, immediately closed the debate, and put the leading committee's proposal to reject Bill 620 at the first reading to a vote in the Riigikogu.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
33 members of the Riigikogu voted in favor of the proposal, 10 were against, and there were no abstentions; Bill 620 has been rejected and is removed from the proceedings, and today's sitting is concluded.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Speaker Lauri Hussar informed the members of the Riigikogu that Bill 620 had been rejected in the vote (33 in favor, 10 opposed) and would consequently be dropped from the legislative procedure, before subsequently declaring the sitting adjourned.