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What it is

Bill to let professional soldiers become permanent staff

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 26 May 2020. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.

Official title: Private member's bill to amend Act 39/2007, of 19 November, on the military career, in order to establish a single professional regime for professional military personnel.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000061· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill proposes a single professional regime: troops and sailors could access a permanent service relationship just like officers and non-commissioned officers, and it would repeal Law 8/2006 on Troops and Sailors.
  2. New soldiers and sailors would sign an initial three-year commitment, renewable once up to a maximum of six years. To become permanent they would need at least three years of service, a mid-level technician degree and a favorable evaluation.
  3. The career would be organized in three stages of about twelve years each: operational posts in units, then assignments as junior commanders or specialists, and from age 45, logistics and administrative duties. At 56 they would move to the Reserve.
  4. Positions would be reserved for this personnel in access to public administrations: between 10 and 30 percent in civil service openings, at least 50 percent in the Ministry of Defense, and minimum percentages in the Civil Guard, the National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service.
  5. Support measures to return to the labor market would be kept, such as job training and self-employment programs, and reserved positions for internal promotion to officer and non-commissioned officer ranks would be expanded.
  6. There would be special rules for those already serving: current temporary military personnel could extend their commitment and become permanent, in some cases without needing the degree for three years, and complement officers under Law 17/1999 could access career military status.

Who it affects

  • Professional troops and sailors: They could move from temporary contracts to a permanent service relationship, with a three-stage career until the Reserve at age 56.
  • People who want to join the Armed Forces: They would enter with an initial three-year commitment and dual training to earn a mid-level technician degree.
  • Complement officers: The most senior ones, who joined under Law 17/1999, could access career military status.
  • Civil Guard, National Police and other administrations: They would have to reserve a percentage of openings for experienced troops and sailors.

Words worth knowing

Militar de carrera (career military member)
A service member with a permanent service relationship with the Armed Forces, not temporary.
Militar de complemento (complement officer)
An officer with a temporary service relationship, used to cover specific needs.
Compromiso de larga duración (long-term commitment)
The temporary contract of soldiers and sailors which, under the previous model, lasted up to age 45.
Formación profesional dual (dual vocational training)
Training that combines classroom teaching with practice on the job, here in military units.
Reservista de especial disponibilidad (reserve member of special availability)
A service member who has finished their commitment but remains linked to the Armed Forces while receiving an allowance.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

  1. Introduced26 May 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted2 June 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 5 official steps on a timeline
May 2020Jun 2020Jul 2020Aug 202011. 26 May 2020: Presentación22. 2 June 2020: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 02/06/2020 hasta 05/06/202033. 2 June 2020: Calificación44. 5 June 2020: Gobierno Contestación desde 05/06/2020 hasta 15/09/202055. 15 September 2020: Concluido - (Decaído) desde 15/09/2020 hasta 18/09/2020

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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