Dewan Rakyat passes 2026 supply bill’s second reading

The bill will now move to the committee stage for further debate.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul announced that 120 MPs voted in favour of the bill, 67 against it, and 35 were absent. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR:

 The Dewan Rakyat today passed the second reading of the 2026 Supply Bill, otherwise known as the 2026 budget, through a bloc vote.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul announced that 120 MPs voted in favour of the bill, 67 against it, and 35 were absent. The bill will now move to the committee stage for further debate.

The federal government has allocated a total of RM419.2 billion under the 2026 budget – RM2 billion less than the RM421 billion allocated for 2025.

Of this, RM338.2 billion is designated for operating expenditure, while RM81 billion is set aside for development expenditure. - FMT

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