Parliament passed 12 Bills during the Second Meeting of the Fifth Term of the 15th Parliament, which concluded on July 16 after 16 days of sittings since June 22.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Dr Johari Abdul said in his closing speech at the end of the meeting that several motions were also approved during the session, including one following the debate on the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia’s 2024 Annual Report.
The Bills passed included the Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2026, the Sexual Offences Against Children (Amendment) Bill 2026 and the Cybercrimes Bill 2026.
Lawmakers also approved the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026, the Competition Commission (Amendment) Bill 2026, the Control of Padi and Rice (Amendment) Bill 2026, the Witness Protection (Amendment) Bill 2026 and the Social Work Profession Bill 2026.
Rounding out the legislative slate were the Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Bill 2026, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (Amendment) Bill 2026, the National Trust Fund Bill 2026 and the Statistics Bill 2026.
Several other Bills were also tabled during the sitting and were referred to the relevant Parliamentary Special Select Committee for further scrutiny.
They were the Freedom of Information Bill 2026, the Admiralty Jurisdiction Bill 2026 and the Prison (Amendment) Bill 2026.
Click on the respective Bills to learn more about them.
No Bill name First reading Second reading Passed Presenter(s) 1 National Trust Bill 2026 July 14 July 16 July 16 Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong 2 Statistics Bill 2026 July 14 July 16 July 16 Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir 3 Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (Amendment) Bill 2026 July 13 July 15 July 15 Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching
Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil4 Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Bill 2026 July 13 July 15 July 15 Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching
Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil5 Witness Protection (Amendment) Bill 2026 July 13 July 14 July 14 Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M Kulasegaran
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said6 Social Work Profession Bill 2026 July 13 July 14 July 14 Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri 7 Control of Padi and Rice (Amendment) Bill 2026 July 7 July 13 July 13 Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin
Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu8 Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026 June 23 July 6 July 7 Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali 9 Competition Commission (Amendment) Bill 2026 June 23 July 6 July 7 Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali 10 The Sexual Offences Against Children (Amendment) Bill 2026 June 23 June 30 June 30 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M Kulasegaran11 Cybercrimes Bill 2026 June 22 July 1 July 1 Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi 12 Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2026 June 22 June 24 June 24 Transport Minister Anthony Loke
