Balgarianovinite.com Parliament on Thursday shortened the deadlines for consideration of bills in standing parliamentary committees and in the plenary hall from 72 to 48 hours. The move comes as lawmakers are debating and adopting the Rules of Organization and Procedure of the National Assembly.
Bills and the report of the lead committee to which they have been referred shall be made available to Members of Parliament no later than 48 hours before the start of the sitting at which they will be considered, unless the National Assembly decides otherwise. The same deadline will also apply to the consideration of bills at second reading.
The initial proposal approved by the temporary committee envisaged a 24-hour deadline for consideration in the plenary hall. The proposal for a 48-hour deadline was made by Dimitar Zdravkov of Progressive Bulgaria, after the opposition called for the deadlines to be reconsidered.
Parliament also decided that a MP may justify proposals made within three minutes for each proposal instead of the previous five minutes. Progressive Bulgaria Floor Leader Petar Vitanov explained that the temporary committee had adopted a proposal by Continue the Change MP Stoyu Stoev allowing every MP to speak on any issue, regardless of whether they are the proposer or not.
Standing committees will continue to discuss simultaneously all bills regulating the same matter that have been submitted to the National Assembly by the day the lead committee begins deliberations, with a single report to be prepared on all bills under discussion. These bills will also be debated simultaneously by the National Assembly, which will vote on them separately, lawmakers decided. Parliament Shortens Bill Review Deadlines in Committees and Plenary from 72 to 48 Hours 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-28 18:01:59 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law