The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has passed the bill on national reform plans and procedures, starting the clock ticking for the dissolution of the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA).
The lawmakers on Thursday voted 216-0 with four abstentions to enact the bill.
The 2017 constitution provides the NRSA be scrapped within 30 days after the law takes effect. After the NLA approved it, the law will be submitted for royal approval.
The new law prescribes the appointment of national reform committees in 11 areas: politics, public administration, laws, justice procedures, education, economy, natural resources and environment, public health, mass media and IT, social issues and another area to be determined by the cabinet. Each panel will have no more than 13 members serving a five-year term.
The cabinet appoints the committee members, choosing from people with knowledgeable, expertise or experiences in respective fields by taking into consideration reasonable representation from the public, private and civil sectors.
Each committee must complete drafting the reform plan within 90 days to be vetted by a joint meeting of all committees.
The draft reform plan will be sent to the National Strategy Commission to decide whether it is in line with the national strategy within 30 days. The cabinet will later approve the plan. Kamnoon Siddhismarn, an NRSA member, said the NRSA would likely cease duties in late July or early August.
"It's too early to tell which NRA members will resign to run in the general election," he said.
There was also speculation several of the incumbent NRSA members will be appointed to the 11 reform panels.