National-Civilian Service Law (Amendment No. 6) Bill

What does the bill do?

Service under the law is carried out on the basis of two tracks: the first, civil-social service in one of the fields or roles detailed in the law, including internal security and home front defense, health, welfare and education; the second, civil-security service in one of the listed bodies, including the Israel Police, the Israel Prison Service and the National Fire and Rescue Authority. The law also includes provisions regarding the performance of the service, the period and scope of service, the conditions of service, and the regulation of service within the operating body, including its obligations. In addition, the law established the National-Civic Service Authority, which is responsible for operating national-civic service in accordance with the provisions of the law, alongside giving the minister, who is the member of the government authorized by it for this purpose, the ability to authorize inspectors from among the authority's employees to supervise the implementation of the law's provisions, including regarding the nature and quality of national-civic service. Since the arrangement allowing the deferral of service for yeshiva students expired on 30.6.2023, and with it the National-Civic Service Law also expired, and in order to continue to allow those whose service had already been deferred to join national-civic service, the validity of the National-Civic Service Law was extended until 24 Sivan 5784 (June 30, 2024). Under Amendment No. 6, its validity was extended until 4 Tammuz 5785 (June 30, 2025).