Labor, Sex Work, and Military Service Amendments of 2020

Proposed by Götalands Arbetarparti · fronted by Hildegard Weiß

Opened

8 Apr 2020

Voting closes

7 Jun 2020

Chambers

1 legislature

Articles

3 changes

Rationale

These reforms modernise outdated policies: lowering retirement expands workforce opportunities; decriminalising sex workers protects safety; and voluntary service respects women’s choice while ending forced conscription.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Retirement Age Policy	Retirement at 60	Retirement at 55
2	Sex Work	Legal, licensed and regulated	Selling legal, buying criminalised
3	Women in the Armed Forces	Equal Participation — women serve alongside men on equal terms	At Her Request — women may serve but are exempt from conscription

1

Retirement Age Policy

Previous law

Retirement at 60

Retirement at 55

2

Sex Work

Previous law

Legal, licensed and regulated

Selling legal, buying criminalised

3

Women in the Armed Forces

Previous law

Equal Participation — women serve alongside men on equal terms

At Her Request — women may serve but are exempt from conscription

Proposer

Party

Götalands Arbetarparti

The party of workers and dreamers that builds bridges with iron will and hearts of gold

Core pillars

Hildegard Weiß

Activist · Age 46

89,534 social followers

Once a corporate strategy consultant, Hildegard Weiß walked away from the boardroom after uncovering fraudulent labor practices in a multinational client’s supply chain.

🔬 Analytical 🌍 Outsider 🔥 Firebrand

Timeline

Draft

10 January 2020
Vote Open

8 April 2020
Vote Closed

7 June 2020
Became Law

7 June 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Rikstag

Passed

530Yes 469No 0Not voted 349 seats

For: 530 / 349 seats (151.9%)

Against: 469 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 53.1%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Götalands Arbetarparti Proposer	530	Yes	No reason given
Moderata Samlingspartiet	469	No	A strong nation is not built by lowering expectations—it is built by rewarding work, demanding responsibility and treating citizens equally. This proposal fails that test, and Moderata Samlingspartiet proudly votes against it.

Voting record

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

Moderata Samlingspartiet

Voted April 23, 2020

“A strong nation is not built by lowering expectations—it is built by rewarding work, demanding responsibility and treating citizens equally. This proposal fails that test, and Moderata Samlingspartiet proudly votes against it.”