The House of Representatives held its first session of the first semester of the fourth legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, Speaker of the House on Monday 13/1/2025, which included the following:
-Voting on the approval of the extension of the work of the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission for a period of two years, starting from January 7, 2025 until January 6, 2027, based on the request submitted by the Board of the Commission.
-Voting on the proposed law on the first amendment to the Passports Law No. (32) of 2015 submitted by the Security and Defense Committee after adding it to the agenda of the session.
-First reading of the proposed law on the second amendment to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs Law No. (38) of 2013 submitted by the Labor Committee and civil society organizations
-The second reading of the draft law on the first amendment to the Federal Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years (2025, 2024, 2023) No. 13 of 2023.
-Second reading of the proposed law on the organization of trade unions of workers and artisanal employees in Iraq, submitted by the Labour Committee and civil society organizations
The House of Representatives holds its held its nineteenth session of the second semester of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, Speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, 4/12/2007 in the presence of (183) Representatives and the sesion included Hosting, Prime Minister Mohamed Shya Sudani and Gentlemen, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Interior to discuss the challenges of events in Syria and their consequences for Iraq and the region.
The House of Representatives held its eighteenth session of the second semester of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, Speaker of the House on Monday 2/12/2024, and in the presence of (193) Representatives, which included the following session:
-Voting on the proposed law amending the Personal Status Law No. 188 of 1959.
-Voting on the draft law on the restitution of real estate covered by some decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council (dissolved) submitted by the Legal Committee.
-Voting on the draft law on the second amendment to the General Amnesty Law No. (27) of 2016 submitted by the legal, security and defense, and human rights committees
The House of Representatives holds its seventeenth session of the second legislative term of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday 26/11/2024, in the presence of (168) Representatives, and the session included the following.
-Vote on extending its legislative term for one month.
-Voting on the lifting of the voting paragraph on the draft law on the ratification of the Air Transport Services Agreement between the Government of Iraq and the Government of the Russian Federation from the agenda.
-Voting to approve the handing over of Mr. Halo Mustafa Kaka Reza as Minister of Environment in the current government and taking the oath of office, after agreeing to add the paragraph to the agenda of the session.
-First reading of the draft law regulating the rights of victims of Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, victims of Al-Naqaa Centre and victims of the Hamdaniya incident, submitted by the Martyrs, Victims and Political Prisoners Committees, and Health and the Environment.
-First reading of the draft law amending the Fifth Civil Aviation Law No. 148 of 1974, submitted by the Transport and Communications Committee.
-First reading of the draft law amending the first law on the federal budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years (2023, 2024, 2025) No. (13) of 2023 submitted by the Finance Committee.
The Iraqi House of Representatives held its sixteenth session on Thursday, 31/10/2024, in the presence of 271 deputies, headed by Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, and it was allocated to elect the Speaker of the House.
MP Salem Al-Issawi, MP Dr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, MP Talal Al-Zobaie and MP Amer Abdul-Jabbar were nominated to occupy the position of Speaker of the House.
The election process took place by two rounds, the first round was the results of which were that MP Dr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani obtained 153 votes, MP Salem Al-Issawi obtained 95 votes, MP Amer Abdul-Jabbar obtained 9 votes, while the number of invalid votes reached 14 votes, and thus according to the rules of procedure, none of the candidates obtained the majority, which called for the House to hold a second round in which the highest candidates participated in the votes, namely (MP Dr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani / MP Salem Al-Issawi) and after counting the votes, MP Dr. Mahmoud got Al-Mashhadani received 182 votes, MP Salem Al-Issawi got 42 votes, MP Amer Abdul-Jabbar got 8 votes, while the number of invalid papers reached 39 votes, and thus MP Dr. Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani will be Speaker of the House for the remainder of the life of the session
The House of Representatives holds its fourteenth session of the second legislative term of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Sunday 27/10/2024, in the presence of (174) Representatives, and the session included the following.
-Postponing the vote on four laws, which are on the agenda of the session.
-The House completed the first reading of the draft law on the protection of intellectual property submitted by the committees of culture, tourism and antiquities, legal, strategic planning and federal service, higher education and scientific research.
