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What it is

Proposal to make prison officers agents of the authority

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 31 July 2019. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.

Official title: Private member's Organic Bill amending Organic Law 1/1979, of 26 September, General Penitentiary, to recognize the status of authority agents to prison officials in the performance of their professional duties.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000039· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill starts from the situation of prison staff: about 23,000 people, with staff shortages and an aging workforce. It points out that, unlike other corps, they are not recognized as authority figures.
  2. The bill would amend Article 80 of the General Penitentiary Law. Prison officers would be considered agents of the authority for all legal purposes, including criminal ones.
  3. Reports and complaints they issue in the course of their duties would be presumed true, unless proven otherwise, and would be enough to adopt a decision.
  4. The bill also requires providing this staff with adequate means and ongoing training, given at the Academia nacional de Estudios Penitenciarios. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette.

Who it affects

  • Prison officers: They would be recognized as agents of the authority, with their reports and complaints presumed true.
  • People held in prisons: They would live with officers who have greater legal protection in prisons.

Words worth knowing

Agente de la autoridad
A person the law gives special backing to: attacking them or disobeying them carries more serious legal consequences.
Presunción de veracidad
What the officer writes in a report or complaint is taken as true, unless someone proves otherwise.
Proposición de ley orgánica
A bill filed by members of Congress to change a major law; here it has not been passed yet.

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. Introduced31 July 2019Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted4 September 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
Jul 2019Aug 201911. 31 July 2019: Presentación22. 4 September 2019: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 04/09/2019 hasta 06/09/201933. 4 September 2019: Calificación44. 6 September 2019: Gobierno Contestación desde 06/09/2019 hasta 24/09/201955. 24 September 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 24/09/2019 hasta 23/10/2019

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 was presented again:

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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