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What it is

Proposal to include recreational divers in seafarers' social security

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 9 January 2019. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Official title: Private member's bill amending Articles 3.f) and 4.e) of Law 47/2015, of October 21, regulating the social protection of workers in the maritime-fishing sector.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000317· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The bill would include divers with recreational certifications who work as professionals in the Special Social Security Scheme for Seafarers. They are currently outside that scheme, even when they work in tourism, leisure, research or training.
  2. The Social Institute of the Marine carried out a study in 2016 on the working conditions of these divers, as the law itself required. Its conclusions support including them in the special scheme.
  3. The bill would amend two sections of Law 47/2015 (3.f and 4.e) so that the exclusion only covers divers with professional certifications in industrial activities, including teaching to obtain that certification. Recreational divers working as professionals would no longer be excluded.
  4. If passed, the law would take effect the day after its publication in the official state gazette. Measures that cost money or reduce revenue would wait until the following budget year.

Who it affects

  • Divers with recreational certifications who work as professionals: They would no longer be excluded and could be included in the Special Scheme for Seafarers, both as employees and as self-employed workers.
  • Divers with professional certifications in industrial activities: They would remain covered by the scheme, including teaching activity to obtain that certification.
  • Workers in the maritime and fishing sector: The bill amends the law governing their social protection, but only regarding divers.

Words worth knowing

Régimen Especial de los Trabajadores del Mar
The set of specific social security rules for people who work at sea, such as fishers and sailors.
Por cuenta ajena / por cuenta propia
Por cuenta ajena means working for an employer who pays you a salary. Por cuenta propia means working for yourself, as self-employed.
Proposición de ley
A bill introduced by members of Congress to become a law. It is not an approved law until the whole process is finished.
BOE
Boletín Oficial del Estado, the official gazette where laws are published once approved.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced9 January 2019Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted14 January 2019The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 5 official steps on a timeline
Jan 2019Feb 201911. 9 January 2019: Presentación22. 14 January 2019: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 14/01/2019 hasta 18/01/201933. 14 January 2019: Calificación44. 18 January 2019: Gobierno Contestación desde 18/01/2019 hasta 05/03/201955. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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