The Council of Representatives approved the application of the provisions of the State Budget Law to municipalities through including all their revenues, from fees and funds, in the general state budget as income revenues. Therefore, all municipal revenues will be included in the public account of the state.

The Government approved a bill to amend article 3 of law regulating the exercise of political rights preventing opposition from running in elections and referred it to the council of representatives.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 58/2017 calling the Council of Representatives and the Shura Council to convene.

The Council of Representatives (Parliament) rejected a proposal law to amend some provisions of law no. (18) of 2014, suggesting appointing a committee of appeal judges to inspect prisons a maximum of twice a year.

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security rejected two proposals aiming at granting Bahraini citizenship to children of Bahraini mothers married to foreign fathers.

Bahraini government revealed a draft ministerial decree by the ministry of interior obliging institutions and privately owned commercial shops to install surveillance cameras and link them to the Interior Ministry for security surveillance.

Bahrain police have arrested 20 people in a crackdown on Shiite villages, as legislators approved a constitutional amendment that could see civilians tried in military courts in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.

31 legislators approved on Tuesday (February 21, 2017) a draft constitutional amendment suggested by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The proposal grants the military jurisdiction broader power, including prosecuting civilians.

The Council of Representatives is expected to pass on Tuesday (March 21, 2017) a draft to amend item (b) of article 105 of the constitution concerned in granting military judiciary broader authority.

Bahrain’s Justice Minister Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa said Tuesday (February 7, 2016) that the government will not sit for dialogue with anyone who dubs killers “martyrs”.

A Bahraini court fined Tuesday (February 7, 2017) Bahraini cleric Sheikh Bashar al-A’li with 50 Bahraini Dinars on charges of insulting the Council of Representatives.

The Bahraini Council of Representatives (Parliament) decided to form investigative committees to look into medical services in public hospitals and medical centers and pension funds managed by the Public Authority for Social Insurance.

The Bahraini Parliamentary Services Committee approved a law proposal to amend some provisions of Decree Law No. (78) of 2006 pertaining to unemployment insurance

Bahrain’s Council of Representatives is scheduled to discuss during its Tuesday session, a proposal law requiring that 10 years pass after someone has attained the Bahraini nationality, before receiving housing services, especially housing units.

The Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa delivered a speech Sunday during the opening ceremony of the third session of the Fourth Legislative Term, while Head of Council of Representatives said parliament would work on fixing the course of work for all political societies on the legislative level.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 47/2016 inviting the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives to convene.

The Al-Ayam newspaper, which is owned by the King's Media Advisor Nabil Al-Hamr, said that the opening of the third session of the fourth legislative term will take place on Sunday October 16, after the legislative authority set the usual 5-month parliamentary leave, from the end of May 2016 to October.