Four bills sat on the agenda when Nepal’s National Assembly met on July 4, 2026. Federal Parliament Secretary General Padma Prasad Pandey confirmed the list, and the Federal Parliament Secretariat said the upper house was expected to hold preliminary deliberations that day, according to Khabarhub.
Each had already cleared the House of Representatives. Prime Minister Balen Shah was down to propose consideration of the Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Bill. Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle would take up the Asset (Money Laundering Prevention) (Third Amendment) Bill. Pratibha Rawal, the minister for land management, cooperatives, federal affairs and general administration, had the Cooperatives (First Amendment) Bill, and Health Minister Nisha Mehta had the Bill to Amend Certain Nepal Acts Relating to Health Science Academies.
Replacing ordinances
All four were designed to replace government ordinances. Online Khabar reported that the government had recommended eight ordinances to President Ramchandra Poudel on Baishakh 14, 2083, while parliament was in recess, and the President issued all eight. Only four of them came back as bills this session.
Committee work and passage
The next stage played out on July 9. The Legislation Management Committee went through the four bills clause by clause, with committee members tabling amendment proposals and line ministers in the room. Committee chair Krishna Bahadur Rokaya said the panel hoped “to finalise its report on the bills and present it at today’s National Assembly meeting,” Kathmandu Pati reported.
The National Assembly voted the same day. Radio Nepal, citing the state news agency RSS, said the Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Bill went through unanimously. Law Minister Sobita Gautam presented it on behalf of Prime Minister Balendra Shah, telling lawmakers it was meant to “make the public procurement more transparent, result-oriented and well-managed.” Lawmaker Renu Chand took part in the discussion.
Online Khabar put the result for the whole package at four bills, unanimously passed, all ahead of the constitutional deadline of Ashar 26, 2083. It listed Gautam as the minister who tabled the procurement bill on the day, with Wagle, Rawal and Mehta presenting the other three.
Sources
- National Assembly begins deliberations on four bills received from House of Representatives (Khabarhub)
- Nepal Advances Four Key Reform Bills in Parliament (Kathmandu Pati)
- NA passes 'Public Procurement (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2083 (Radio Nepal / RSS)
- National Assembly passes all four ordinance replacement bills (Online Khabar)
