End National Service Bill of 2022 - Columbia

Rationale

Modernizing defense policy reduces conscription burdens, enhances security through selective arms exports, and ensures ethical use of AI in warfare for public safety.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Military Service Policy	National service for those 18-20	Volunteer professional army
2	Arms Exports	Licensed exports with end-use checks	Export only to close allies
3	Autonomous Weapons Systems	Permitted with mandatory human control	Autonomous systems for defence only

1

Military Service Policy

Previous law

National service for those 18-20

Volunteer professional army

2

Arms Exports

Previous law

Licensed exports with end-use checks

Export only to close allies

3

Autonomous Weapons Systems

Previous law

Permitted with mandatory human control

Autonomous systems for defence only

Proposer

Party

Farmer-Labor Front

The Farmer-Labor Front plants the seeds of justice, harvests security and builds the roads of tomorrow, today.

Core pillars

HP

Harriet Palmer

Secretary of Health and Human Services · Age 33

179,153 social followers

At 30, Harriet Palmer is the fiery idealist who once led student protests against austerity before pivoting to high-stakes lobbying, blending radical passion with sharp pragmatism to build unlikely alliances across party lines.

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Timeline

Draft

28 November 2022
Vote Open

28 November 2022
Vote Closed

27 January 2023
Did Not Become Law

27 January 2023

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Failed

8Yes 79No 13Not voted 100 seats

For: 8 / 100 seats (8.0%)

Against: 79 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 13

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 9.2%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Columbian Alliance Of Freedom	0	Yes	The Columbian Alliance of Freedom supports ending mandatory conscription. Individual liberty is fundamental, and national defense is best served by a voluntary, highly trained professional military rather than state-enforced labor. We fully endorse modernizing our defense while respecting personal freedom.
Columbian Communist Congress	0	Yes	It's time that we finally modernize our defense with a motivated, voluntary professional army.
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	79	No	Not supporting Why a volunteer army?
Farmer-Labor Front Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Free Citizens Alliance	8	Yes	This proposal makes sense
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	0	Yes	The military needs reform.
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia	0	No	Why i am not a fan of the military The mandatory service helps build national cohesion, fitness and also enable us have reserves in terms of war Why sell weapons to only close allies when you can make more money? And I support number 3
Empty seats	26	Not voted

House of Representatives

Passed

226Yes 131No 78Not voted 435 seats

For: 226 / 435 seats (52.0%)

Against: 131 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 78

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 63.3%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Columbian Alliance Of Freedom	0	Yes	The Columbian Alliance of Freedom supports ending mandatory conscription. Individual liberty is fundamental, and national defense is best served by a voluntary, highly trained professional military rather than state-enforced labor. We fully endorse modernizing our defense while respecting personal freedom.
Columbian Communist Congress	63	Yes	It's time that we finally modernize our defense with a motivated, voluntary professional army.
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	39	No	Not supporting Why a volunteer army?
Farmer-Labor Front Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Free Citizens Alliance	63	Yes	This proposal makes sense
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	100	Yes	The military needs reform.
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia	92	No	Why i am not a fan of the military The mandatory service helps build national cohesion, fitness and also enable us have reserves in terms of war Why sell weapons to only close allies when you can make more money? And I support number 3
Empty seats	103	Not voted

Presidency

Passed

1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	1	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Columbian Alliance Of Freedom

Voted Jan. 15, 2023

Yes

“The Columbian Alliance of Freedom supports ending mandatory conscription. Individual liberty is fundamental, and national defense is best served by a voluntary, highly trained professional military rather than state-enforced labor. We fully endorse modernizing our defense while respecting personal freedom.”

S

Socialism Alliance Of Columbia

Voted Dec. 22, 2022

No

“Why i am not a fan of the military The mandatory service helps build national cohesion, fitness and also enable us have reserves in terms of war Why sell weapons to only close allies when you can make more money? And I support number 3”

Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)

Voted Dec. 22, 2022

No

“Not supporting Why a volunteer army?”

Free Citizens Alliance

Voted Dec. 10, 2022

Yes

“This proposal makes sense”

Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance

Voted Dec. 1, 2022

Yes

“The military needs reform.”

Columbian Communist Congress

Voted Dec. 1, 2022

Yes

“It's time that we finally modernize our defense with a motivated, voluntary professional army.”