Summary of the Unit
389 draft laws were registered, of which:
- 7 (1.8%) European integration draft laws;
- 17 (4.4%) draft laws on the consent to or denunciation of international treaties;
- 1 (0.3%) urgent draft law.
63 were adopted, of which:
- 2 (3.2%) European integration draft laws;
- 10 (16%) laws on ratification of international treaties;
- 5 (8%) laws were identified by the President as urgent.
The 14th session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is characterised by a further decline in legislative activity: 389 draft laws were registered, which is one of the lowest figures for the entire IX convocation and continues the downward trend that emerged after the 9th session. A similar dynamic is observed in terms of effectiveness — only 63 laws were adopted, which is the lowest figure for this convocation.
The indicators of the 14th session point to a partial decrease in legislative spam, primarily due to the reduction in the overall number of registered draft laws and the declining share of initiatives with one signatory. At the same time, the share of draft laws with 8–22 signatories has increased, which may indicate a higher level of cross-factional cooperation and better prior preparation of documents. However, the problem of legislative spam has not been fully resolved. The Restoration of Ukraine group continues to demonstrate an abnormally high number of draft laws per MP, despite a significant decrease in this indicator, which remains a structural risk to the quality of the legislative process.
Registered Draft Laws
During the 14th session, a total of 389 draft laws were registered — 47 fewer than during the previous autumn (12th) session. Overall, the 14th session is one of the lowest in terms of the number of registered draft laws for the entire IX convocation; fewer draft laws (by four) were registered only during the 8th session. This result returns to the trend of a gradual decrease in the number of registered draft laws observed from the 9th to the 13th session. Such a volume of registered draft laws indicates a potential reduction in legislative spam or, at least, a decrease in legislative activity.
During the 14th session, 7 European integration Euro-integration draft laws are those that have been granted this status by decision of the Committee on European Integration. Consequently, the number of Euro-integration draft laws for the 14th session may vary and may not correspond to the figures given in the Monitoring Report. This may occur if the Committee on European Integration recognises draft laws registered during the 14th session as European integration-related after the publication of the Monitoring for that session. The data presented here regarding the number of registered European integration-related draft laws is current as of 03.02.2026. draft laws were registered, accounting for 1.8% of all registered legislative initiatives.
During the 14th session, 17 draft laws on granting consent to or denunciation of international treaties were registered, accounting for 4.4% of all registered legislative initiatives.
During the 14th session, 1 urgent draft law was registered, accounting for 0.3% of all registered legislative initiatives.
Registered Draft Laws by Initiator
*For simplicity, the term ‘initiator’ is used here and in similar tables below. This is accurate in the case of the Government and the President. Factions of the Verkhovna Rada do not have the right of legislative initiative; therefore, when referring to factions, this should be understood as indicating the faction or group affiliation of the first signatory (initiator) among Members of Parliament.
For most factions and groups of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the indicators of the 14th session remain relatively stable, demonstrating trends similar to those of the previous sessions (10th–13th). Fatherland (4.4%) and European Solidarity (3.3%) registered between 13 and 17 draft laws, which corresponds to their previous activity. The share of draft laws submitted by the Servant of the People faction (39.3%) has remained almost unchanged and continues to be relatively low for this faction. However, several notable changes and specific features should be highlighted:
- The share of draft laws initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decreased to 20.3%, compared to 22.7% during the 13th session. At the same time, this share remains higher than the Cabinet’s typical level. While during the previous session such high figures were largely the result of re-registration of draft laws, in the current session this may indicate an increase in the Government’s actual legislative activity.
- The share of draft laws submitted by the President reached a record low for the IX convocation. This could suggest at least a formal distancing of the President from domestic policymaking; however, the relatively high share of adopted presidential laws indicates the opposite.
- The Holos faction continues to increase its activity (4% compared to 3% during the 13th session and 1.6% during the 12th), although it remains at a relatively low level compared to the sessions prior to the full-scale invasion.
- The share of draft laws submitted by the Restoration of Ukraine group increased after a significant decline during the 13th session. The group remains one of the most active, surpassing most factions and groups, which confirms the tendency towards possible legislative spam. However, this increase in share is rather a result of the overall decline in indicators: in absolute terms, the group has in fact almost halved its activity (during the previous five sessions, the number of draft laws remained at around 90 per session).
- Non-factional MPs have increased their share of registered draft laws: while during the 13th session it amounted to 6%, it now exceeds 8.7%. This increase is primarily explained by the decrease in the number of draft laws registered by other factions and groups.
The authorship of the draft law was determined by the initiator’s factional affiliation. For MPs, the first signatory of the draft law is considered the initiator. This method has certain limitations; however, it is also used by the VRU Secretariat. In addition, Article 90(3) of the Rules of Procedure explicitly defines the MP whose signature appears first as the initiator of a draft law.
Number of Draft Laws per MP of Factions/Groups by Session
The number of registered draft laws per MP Notably, the number of draft laws per MP cannot be considered an indicator of the effectiveness of factions or groups. Rather, it is a metric that helps to better understand general trends in the work of the Verkhovna Rada. The number of draft laws introduced by individual MPs is deliberately not presented here, as it is often perceived by them as a measure of their personal performance, which incentivises the registration of a greater number of draft laws at the expense of quality — one of the drivers of legislative spam. for the majority of factions and groups in the 14th session demonstrates a significant decrease compared to the 13th session. The main reason for this is that the 14th session is the least active, whereas the 13th session was one of the most active (during the period of the full-scale invasion) in terms of the number of draft laws.
As during the 12th session, most factions and groups account for fewer than one draft law per MP, with two exceptions — non-factional MPs and the Restoration of Ukraine group. Compared to the 12th session, the Fatherland and Holos factions, the Party For the Future group and non-factional MPs have increased the number of registered draft laws per MP. This is particularly evident in the case of the Holos faction, which has doubled the number of draft laws per MP (0.79 during the 14th session compared to 0.35 during the 12th session). Overall, all four of these factions and groups have higher indicators during the 13th and 14th sessions than during the 12th session. The average number It is reasonable to assume that legislative drafting work within political parties forming factions is better organised than in groups formed by MPs elected in single-member constituencies, given the existence of a stable organisational structure and the capacity to organise the work of a parliamentary association as a subject of the right of legislative initiative. This evidently affects their ability to develop group draft laws. of draft laws per MP stands at 0.9.
For the seventh consecutive session, the Restoration of Ukraine group stands out the most. Despite a significant decrease in this indicator during the 14th session (3.24 compared to 5.71 during the 13th session and 4.94 during the 12th session), the group remains the leader. This number of draft laws per MP still exceeds the indicators of all other factions and groups in any other session and is indicative of legislative spam.
In the context of this indicator, it is worth noting the gradual decrease in the number of Members of Parliament in the Verkhovna Rada. Thus, from the 11th to the 14th session, their number decreased from 401 to 393.
Registered Draft Laws by Groups of Signatories
In terms of the number of signatories to draft laws, the 14th session returns to the trend observed during the 12th session — namely, a decrease in the number of draft laws with one initiator, a large number of which indirectly indicates the presence of legislative spam. The share of draft laws with one signatory decreased compared to the 13th session, although it still remains higher than during the 11th and 12th sessions. At the same time, the share of draft laws with 4–7 and 8–22 signatories increased. This may indicate a higher level of cooperation among MPs and potentially a somewhat higher quality of draft laws. At the same time, the share of draft laws with more than 23 signatories decreased.
In this section of parliamentary monitoring, the authors proceed from the assumption that a larger number of signatories positively correlates with better elaboration of draft laws, a higher level of consensus and serves as an indicator of a reduction in legislative spam.
The draft law with the largest number of signatories — 183 — is the draft law on amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine No. 14057 of 21 September 2025.
Adopted Laws
During the 14th session, a total of 63 laws were adopted in their entirety. This is the lowest figure for the IX convocation. At the same time, it is slightly lower than the result of the 10th session, which until now had been the minimum in terms of the number of adopted laws. Given the record-low number of registered draft laws, it can be concluded that there has been a significant decrease in legislative activity.
During the 14th session, 2 European integration laws were adopted, accounting for 3.2% of all adopted laws.
During the 14th session, the Verkhovna Rada adopted 10 laws on granting consent to international treaties, accounting for 16% of all adopted laws. Of the 10 treaties ratified by the Verkhovna Rada during the 14th session, 1 was a multilateral agreement and 9 were bilateral agreements. Among these, two agreements each were ratified with the European Investment Bank and Italy.
Five draft laws (8%) adopted during the 14th session were identified by the President of Ukraine as urgent.
The President vetoed (and submitted his proposals to) one draft law. At present, this draft law is being prepared for consideration.
Laws Adopted by Initiators
According to the results of monitoring of the 14th session, several observations can be made:
First, MPs of the Servant of the People faction demonstrated the lowest share of all adopted draft laws for the entire IX convocation (39.7%). For comparison, the average share for this faction across all sessions under martial law is 48%. The share of adopted draft laws submitted by Servant of the People had been increasing since the 10th session.
Second, the share of adopted laws initiated by the President of Ukraine increased significantly (22.2%) compared to the results of the 13th (12%) and 12th (15%) sessions. This is the highest share of adopted presidential laws for the IX convocation. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, for the first time in the last four consecutive sessions, demonstrated a slight increase in its share of adopted laws; however, this increase is indeed minimal — less than 1%.
Third, the share of laws initiated by MPs from minority factions and non-affiliated MPs amounts to 12% in total, which is lower than during the 13th session (16%). This level is more typical for the IX convocation. In particular, the decrease in this indicator may be explained by the fact that (1) the share of draft laws initiated by the President has significantly increased and (2) the number of factions and groups with adopted draft laws has decreased overall.
Laws Adopted by Groups of Signatories
The 14th session reinforced the positive trends observed in previous sessions. Compared to the 13th session, the share of adopted laws with more than 8 signatories increased significantly. Overall, draft laws with 8–22 signatories account for nearly one third, while those with more than 23 signatories constitute more than half of all adopted laws.
For the second consecutive session, the share of draft laws with 23+ signatories is not only record-high but also the highest among all groups. At the same time, the share of draft laws with fewer than 8 signatories continues to decline. Thus, 84% of adopted laws have more than 8 signatories, compared to 64% during the 13th session.
The draft law with the highest number of signatories — 65 — is the draft law on academic integrity No. 10392 of 08 January 2024, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on 18 December 2025.
Laws Adopted by Number of Signatories
| Groups by the number of signatories — MPs for adopted laws | Number of laws submitted by MPs (percentage of total MPs’ laws) |
| 1 | 2 (6.2%) |
| 2–3 | 1 (3.1%) |
| 4–7 | 2 (6.2%) |
| 8–22 | 10 (31.2%) |
| 23+ | 17 (53.1%) |
