- Oct 7
Polish parliamentary committee endorses abortion decriminalization and fetal defect exception bills
A special Sejm committee backed legislation removing criminal penalties for aiding abortions and reinstating terminations in cases of fetal defects, sending both bills to the plenary floor for debate between 20 and 23 October.
- Sep 21
Undercover video of Polish doctor Dawid Kacprzyk sparks political backlash over 1.6M PLN hospital scandal
Undercover footage published by Kanał Zero shows doctor Dawid Kacprzyk dismissing a 1.6 million PLN corruption and VIP treatment scandal at Warsaw's Szpital Południowy, triggering calls for immediate action across the governing coalition.
- Sep 17
Polish Sejm falls 27 votes short of overriding presidential veto on civil partnerships
The Polish Sejm voted 232 to 199 on Thursday to override President Karol Nawrocki's veto of the nearest person status bill, falling 27 votes short of the required three-fifths majority.
- Sep 12
Polish parliament cancels scheduled committee session on abortion reform after two-year hiatus
A scheduled 14 September session of the Sejm extraordinary committee on abortion bills was called off after the Health Ministry failed to submit its formal position on parliamentary drafts 223 and 611.
- Jul 17
Polish president vetoes civil partnership bill, PSL MPs quit advisory council in protest
President Karol Nawrocki rejected the government's compromise bill on registered partnerships, prompting two PSL deputies to leave his parliamentary advisory body and the ruling coalition to abandon further negotiations.
- Jun 11
Polish lower house votes 419–19 to criminalise patostreaming, sending ban bill to the Senate
The Sejm approved legislation on 11 June that makes it a crime to broadcast or publish videos depicting serious crimes, animal abuse, or humiliating treatment online. The bill now moves to the Senate.
- Jun 10
MP Łukasz Mejza brings convicted patostreamer into Sejm, igniting storm during debate on criminalising online abuse
Independent MP Łukasz Mejza escorted Daniel Zwierzyński, a convicted patostreamer known as Daniel Magical, through parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers debated legislation to criminalise the broadcasting of criminal acts online. Equality minister Katarzyna Kotula said she would ask the Sejm chancellery and the Marshal’s Guard why a man with a record of violence was admitted.
- May 30
Poland's Parliament Passes 'Closest Person' Civil Union Law, But Presidential Veto Looms
In a historic first, Poland's Sejm approved a law on the status of the closest person and cohabitation agreements, but President Karol Nawrocki has already signaled he will veto the legislation, rendering the vote largely symbolic.
