The Parliament will have a standing committee for interaction with civil society organizations and movements. A decision to this end was adopted by the MPs as part of the Rules of Organization and Procedure of the National Assembly. The committee will maintain a dialogue and interaction with representatives of civil society organizations, including by organizing public discussions on matters of substantial public interest. It will examine the proposals for holding referenda and civic initiatives under the Direct Citizen Participation in the State and Local Government Act, as well as petitions provided for in the Constitution. The committee will be established on a parity basis with three members from each parliamentary group. A public council shall be established to it comprising representatives of civil society organizations and movements with advisory functions. It was decided that the committee meetings shall be streamed on the Internet.

The Prime Minister and his deputies shall appear before the National Assembly and reply to topical verbal questions of MPs regarding the government’s general policy every first Wednesday of the month in the last one hour and a half of the plenary session. The questions posed during the blitz control should not pertain to detailed figures and statistics. Each parliamentary group shall be entitled to two topical questions and the MPs who are not members of any parliamentary party - to a total of two questions. Blitz control is foreseen for the ministers as well, but before the respective parliamentary committees. Ministers will reply to topical verbal questions every first Wednesday or Thursday of the month in the last one and a half hours of the standing committee meetings. The parliamentary blitz control on the work of the Prime Minister and the Ministers in plenary and in committees will apply from the 1st of September this year. This was laid down in the Rules of the 42nd National Assembly. Not later than this date the online streaming of the standing committee meetings should take effect, except for the Committee to interact with civil society organizations and movements.

The traditional parliamentary oversight remains every Friday. The National Assembly shall hear questions, inquiries and responses to them during the last three hours of the plenary sitting every Friday, unless otherwise decided. The answers to such questions and inquiries shall be immediately registered in a public register and be posted on the National Assembly website in the "Parliamentary scrutiny" section.

In case of inexcusable absence from plenary the MPs shall be charged an amount equal to their daily remuneration. So far, the text provided for a penalty in the amount equal to the MP’s salary for the particular meeting. The change was made ​​at the suggestion of Hamid Hamid (MRF) and was approved unanimously with 88 votes "for".
The Parliament shall hear a report by the Prime Minister at the beginning of each six-month period of the EU presidency on the accomplishments during the previous presidency and the tasks facing our country during the current one. The National Assembly or its elected committees shall have the right to conduct hearings, studies and surveys, according to the rules. In such a proceeding the petitioner shall provide an explanation and motivation within 10 minutes. Information from the persons interviewed shall follow. Each parliamentary group shall be entitled to 2 questions and the independent MPs – to a total of one question. Each question shall not take more than 2 minutes. After the response the parliamentary groups have the right to express their opinion within 10 minutes. All state bodies and officials of the state and municipal administration as well as citizens are obliged to provide the necessary information and documents relating to the matters subject to investigations, inquiries and hearings, even when they represent state or official secret.
On the so-called opposition day all parliamentary groups are entitled to place items on the agenda. Basically every first Wednesday of the month, the opposition parties can propose agenda items. So far under this provision the largest parliamentary group had no right to move their bills.

Corrections to any errors of fact in the adopted by the National Assembly, but not yet promulgated in the "State Gazette" acts, shall be made on a written request by the Committee Rapporteur, in consultation with the importer and carried out by order of the President, or only by order of the President of the National Assembly. The Speaker is obliged to inform the National Assembly on the amendments. Any errors of fact in promulgated acts of the Parliament shall be carried out by order of the President of the National Assembly. He shall announce the amendments before the parliament at its first meeting following the error establishment. When the amendments pertain to a promulgated law, the Speaker shall notify the President of the Republic, the MPs decided.

The Speaker may suspend for more than one session, but no more than three sessions, a Member, who uses violence in plenary or in the National Assembly premises. So far, the Rules provided for such sanctions only in case of incitement for violence, insulting the National Assembly and the Head of State and voting twice with another MP’s card. The text was supplemented on a proposal by Cetin Kazak, an MRF MP taken on by Maya Manolova / Coalition for Bulgaria /. The case of vigilante justice is not covered by any provision, argued Cetin Kazak.

Every month, information shall be published on the website of the National Assembly about the inexcusable absences of MPs from meetings of standing committees, subcommittees, working groups and plenary sessions. The information will be published no later than seven days after the end of the month to which it relates. In a secret vote, "present" shall mean the number of MPs who have participated in the voting. In an open vote, "present" shall mean the number of MPs who have signed up at the start of voting, decided the MPs.

The MPs shall retain their positions in state and municipal institutions or enterprises, in companies with more than 50 percent state share or in budget organizations, and shall take unpaid leave of absence for the term of their mandate. They will be entitled to receiving payment under a civil contract, but not to any remuneration under a labor contract. The same provision shall apply to management contracts with companies of more than 50 percent state share in the capital, but not after the expiry of the term of the contract. When the reinstatement to a previously occupied position requires an act of the government or other authority, the authority shall be obliged to issue it, decided the MPs.

The MPs shall have no right to participate in management or supervisory bodies of companies and cooperatives, but there shall be no obstacle to their inclusion in the managing bodies of not-for-profit entities such as school and church boards of trustees and sports clubs.

When submitting a bill and making a statement in plenary or in a committee, a Member with a private interest in the issue under consideration, within the meaning of the Law on Prevention and Disclosure of Conflict of Interest, must declare it. According to the adopted rules, the MPs are not entitled to unpaid leave from the parliament. The MPs can not be detained or criminally prosecuted, except for a crime of general nature, and only with the approval of the parliament, and when it is not in session - with the permission of the Speaker. It will be no longer required from the MPs to personally submit to the President of the National Assembly their written consent to be stripped of immunity. A submitted written consent shall not be revoked. Where the criminal prosecution ended with a sentence of „imprisonment for a premeditated crime" or where the execution of that sentence has not been suspended, the National Assembly shall decide on early termination of the MP’s powers. The MPs shall not be summoned to wartime service as reservists.

The MPs who leave or get excluded from their parliamentary group shall be entitled to forming a new or joining an existing one. The minimum number of MPs to form a parliamentary group is ten. When the number of MPs falls below the required minimum, the group shall cease to exist. Every MP is entitled to membership with only one parliamentary group. They can leave the group by submitting a written request to the chairperson and the President of the National Assembly, which is communicated to the plenary. When leaving the parliamentary group or upon exclusion from it, the MPs shall loose their seats in the standing committees as representatives of the respective parliamentary group as well as in the parliamentary delegations and other elective positions in the National Assembly.

The parliament elected Tsvetan Gunev as Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank. 175 MPs voted in favor of his nomination, two deputies were against and another two abstained. The new BNB Deputy Governor took a vow before the National Assembly.