Session Items
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First: First reading of the draft First Amendment Law to the Iraqi Supreme Maritime Authority Law No. (18) of 2019. (Committee of Transport, Communications and Governance), (7 articles).Executed
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Second: First reading of the draft Mineral Investment Law (Committee of Investment and Development; Economy, Industry and Trade; Finance Committee), (24 articles)Executed
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Third: First reading of the draft Islamic Investment Sukuk Law. (Finance Committee; Committee of Investment and Development), (19 articles).Executed
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Fourth: First reading of the draft Law on the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Arab Customs Cooperation Agreement. (Foreign Relations Committee), (2 articles)Executed
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Fifth: First reading of the draft Law on the Ratification by the Republic of Iraq of the Agreement on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Türkiye, (Foreign Relations Committee), (2 articles)Executed
Session Report
The Council of Representatives held, on 26/8/2026, its thirteenth session of the second legislative term of the first legislative year of the sixth electoral cycle, chaired by Mr. Haibat Al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Council, with (218) members present. The session included:
- The Speaker directed the formation of a parliamentary committee comprising members of the relevant committees to follow up the procedures applied by physicians in prescribing medicines and dispensing them in pharmacies, in order to identify the cases that add to citizens' suffering.
- First reading of the draft First Amendment Law to the Iraqi Supreme Maritime Authority Law No. (18) of 2019, submitted by the Committee of Transport, Communications and Governance.
Mr. Farhad Amin Atrushi, Deputy Speaker of the Council, chaired part of the session,
- First reading of the draft Mineral Investment Law, submitted by the Committees of Investment and Development, Economy, Industry and Trade, and Finance.
- First reading of the draft Islamic Investment Sukuk Law, submitted by the Finance Committee and the Committee of Investment and Development.
- First reading of the draft Law on the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Arab Customs Cooperation Agreement, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
- First reading of the draft Law on the Ratification by the Republic of Iraq of the Agreement on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments between the Governments of the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Türkiye, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
- A number of members called for fair treatment of the families of martyrs, a review of the mechanism for applying for Housing Fund loans, unification of medicine pricing to relieve the burden on citizens, and the creation of job grades from abolition and creation cases to provide a quota for appointing holders of higher degrees.
The Council then adjourned its session until tomorrow, Thursday.