Law of Ukraine "On protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language"
Law of Ukraine "On Protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language" (Ukrainian: Закон України «Про забезпечення функціонування української мови як державної») is a law approved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on April 25, 2019, and which took full effect on July 16 of the same year. The law was passed by 278 votes of the People's Deputies. 38 voted against, 7 abstained, and 25 didn't vote; It was signed by Chairman of the Parliament Andriy Parubiy and President Petro Poroshenko. Previously, the state of the Ukrainian language was regulated by the Law of Ukraine "On Principles of State Language Policy" (so-called "Kivalov-Kolesnichenko Law"). After the Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція Гідності), an attempt was made to repeal it, but the then Chairman of the Parliament and acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov did not sign the Parliament's decision, citing the need to draft a new law first.