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What it is

Bill would require top directors to be career civil servants

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 11 May 2020. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.

Official title: Private member's bill regarding the amendment of article 66.2 of Law 40/2015, of 1 October, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000055· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The bill would remove the exception that allowed appointing directors general who are not A1 subgroup civil servants. From then on, all appointments would have to go to career civil servants of the State, the autonomous communities or local entities.
  2. The bill would update the rule requiring the A1 subgroup: instead of Law 7/2007, it would refer to Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, the Basic Statute of Public Employees.
  3. The sponsors justify the change because governments have increasingly used the exception, exempting 25 directorates general in Royal Decree 139/2020, which they see as an abuse of what the law treats as extraordinary.
  4. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).

Who it affects

  • People appointed as directors general: They would have to be A1 subgroup civil servants; no one without that status could be appointed.
  • Ministers and the prime minister: They would lose the ability to appoint directors general who are not civil servants.
  • A1 subgroup civil servants: They would be the only group eligible for these freely appointed posts.

Words worth knowing

Director general
Senior official who heads one of the main management units of a ministry.
Subgrupo A1
Group of civil servants who must hold a university degree or equivalent.
Proposición de ley
A bill introduced by a parliamentary group; in this case it is not yet 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. Introduced11 May 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted19 May 2020The 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 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 202211. 11 May 2020: Presentación22. 19 May 2020: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 19/05/2020 hasta 22/05/202033. 19 May 2020: Calificación44. 22 May 2020: Gobierno Contestación desde 22/05/2020 hasta 27/06/202055. 27 June 2020: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 27/06/2020 hasta 30/05/202366. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

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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