The organization of professional lobbyist activity in the Knesset is grounded in the Knesset Law (amendment No. 25), 2008. According to the law, a professional lobbyist is only allowed to work in the Knesset with the permission of a committee chaired by the Knesset speaker. There are two deputies in the committee, one from the coalition and one from the opposition. A person who wants to be a professional lobbyist in the Knesset is asked to submit an application to the committee that contains their personal information, whether they are working for a corporation and the type of corporation, its name and number, the names of the employers who they want to represent in the Knesset and their type of business, as well as the names and business interests of everyone who has paid them money or given them benefits in connection to the professional lobbyist’s work in the Knesset. If the person applying is a member of the electoral committee of a party, they must write down the name of the party. The applicant must declare that they will act in accordance with the law.
