National-Civilian Service Law (Amendment No. 7) Bill

What does the bill do?

Service under the law is carried out on the basis of two tracks: first, civilian-social service in one of the fields or roles listed in the law, including internal security and home front defense, health, welfare and education; second, civilian-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 the service within the operating body, including its obligations. In addition, the law established the National-Civilian Service Authority, which is responsible for operating national-civilian service in accordance with the provisions of the law, alongside allowing the minister, who is the member of the government authorized by it for this purpose, 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-civilian service. Since the validity of the arrangement allowing the deferral of service for yeshiva students expired on 30.6.2023, and with it the validity of the National-Civilian Service Law also expired, and in order to continue allowing those whose service had already been deferred to join national-civilian service, the validity of the National-Civilian Service Law was extended until 4 Tammuz 5785 (June 30, 2025). Now, as part of Amendment No. 7, its validity has been extended until 24 Cheshvan 5786 (November 15, 2025).