Stefanie HubigJustice · Rights · Responsibility
§ 26 — Work · Parliamentary Work

In the chamber,
without a seat.

Stefanie Hubig in a pink blazer speaking from the Bundestag lectern, gesturing with both hands; the lectern sign reads Deutscher Bundestag.
Speaking from the lectern of the Bundestag.
Stefanie Hubig seated on the government bench of the Bundestag, holding a red folder, with yellow folders on the desk in front of her.
On the government bench, with session files.
Rn. 1

The minister and parliament

Hubig is not a Member of the Bundestag. Under Article 43(2) of the Basic Law, members of the federal government may attend all sittings of the Bundestag and its committees and must be heard at any time. In practice, the minister introduces the government’s bills at first reading, defends the ministry’s budget, answers questions in the government Q&A, and represents the government in the Bundesrat.

Most detailed work on justice bills takes place in the Bundestag’s Committee on Legal Affairs, which holds public expert hearings — such as the hearing on IP-address storage on 7 October 2026 — and prepares the recommendation for the final vote.

Rn. 2 — Appearances in the plenary
3

Government Q&A sessions

15 Oct 2025 · 15 Apr 2026 · 8 Jul 2026

4

Budget debates

10 Jul 2025 · 25 Sep 2025 · 27 Nov 2025 · 10 Sep 2026

7+

Readings of bills

Rent brake, monitoring (twice), product liability, IP storage, tenancy II and others

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Rn. 3 — Bills through parliament, 2025–2026
Selected justice and consumer bills and their parliamentary path.
BillBundestagBundesratVote / note
Rent brake extensionPassed 26 Jun 202511 Jul 2025CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens for; AfD against; Left abstained
Withdrawal buttonPassed 19 Dec 2025—Extended in committee with anti-manipulation rules
Budget 2026, Einzelplan 07Adopted 27 Nov 2025—€1.21bn; coalition for, opposition against
Protection Against Violence ActPassed 8 May 202612 Jun 2026CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens, AfD for; Left abstained
Right to repairPassed 25 Jun 202610 Jul 2026CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens for; AfD, Left against
Product liability1st reading 4 Mar 2026Opinion Jan 2026Final vote pending
IP-address storage1st reading 24 Jun 2026BR-Drs. 263/26Committee hearing 7 Oct 2026
Tenancy package II1st reading 9 Jul 2026Opinion deliveredPending
Rn. 4 — The Bundesrat

The Länder chamber

The Bundesrat comments on every government bill and votes on every law passed by the Bundestag. For justice policy it matters doubly: the Länder implement procedural law and run the courts. Its opinions shaped several of Hubig’s bills — for example, the Bundesrat called for a better landlord–tenant balance in the tenancy package, and warned of burdens on manufacturers and the need to protect repair businesses in the product-liability bill.

As Rhineland-Palatinate education minister, Hubig was a deputy member of the Bundesrat from 2016, giving her experience of the chamber from the Länder side.

Sources

  1. German Bundestag text archive and hib news service, 2025–2026 — bundestag.de
  2. LTO, rent brake vote, 26 June 2025; Bundesrat, plenary decisions — bundesrat.de
  3. Basic Law, Article 43(2) — gesetze-im-internet.de
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