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29.12.2020
Parliament Convenes Extraordinary Session and Passes a Number of Legislative Initiatives
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On December 29, the RA National Assembly convened an extraordinary session at the deputies’ initiative and debated in the second reading completely a number of bills debated and passed in the first reading on the previous day.

The RA Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan presented for debate of the parliament the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendments to the RA Law on Compensation of the Damages Caused to the Servicemen's Life or Health during the RA Defense.

Rustam Badasyan also introduced the draft law on Making Addendum and Amendment to the RA Civil Code.

The draft laws on Amending the Law on Reduction and Prevention of the Damage Being Caused to the Health as a Consequence of the Use of Tobacco Products and Their Substitutes and on Amending the Law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Law on Administrative Offences authored by the RA NA deputies Babken Tunyan, Vladimir Vardanyan, Hovik Aghazaryan and Narek Zeynalyan were also debated in the second reading.


In her co-speech the RA Minister of Health Lena Nanushyan introduced the negative position of the Government, noting that the package under debate would increase the smokers’ number, as well as the death cases because of smoking.


Afterwards the draft law on Amending the RA Tax Code authored by the RA NA deputy Babken Tunyan was debated.


The opinion of the Government on the draft law was positive.


The draft law on Making Addendum and Amendments to the RA Law on State Duty authored by the RA NA deputy Sisak Gabrielyan was debated.


The bill on Making Addendum to the Law on Remuneration of the Persons Occupying State Posts and State Service Posts authored by the Government and introduced by the Acting Head of the Civil Service Office of the Prime Minister's Staff Vache Kalashyan was debated.


The Deputy Head of the RA Cadastre Committee Narine Avagyan presented the bill on Amending the RA Law of 22 January 2020 HL-6-N on Amending the RA Law on State Registration of the Rights towards the Property for debate.


The last item for debate in the second reading was the draft law on Urban Development presented by the Acting Chairman of the RA Urban Development Committee Armen Ghularyan.


The parliament passed all the draft laws by voting.


Covering the agenda of the session, the parliament ended the work.


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