What it is

Proposal to amend Article 135 of the Spanish Constitution.

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Rejected

Type of initiative: proposicion de reforma constitucional de grupos parlamentarios. It was introduced on 19 November 2013. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario de IU, ICV-EUiA, CHA: La Izquierda Plural Grupo Parlamentario Mixto.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 100/000004· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is rejected.

Introduced19 November 2013Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted26 November 2013The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 6 official steps on a timeline

25 November 2014

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 139 yes · 173 no · 13 abst.

Voted on: Proposal to amend Article 135 of the Spanish Constitution, submitted by the Parliamentary Groups of IU, ICV-EUiA, CHA: La Izquierda Plural and Mixed.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 228· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

Or see how most of each province voted

More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, GIP and GUPyD. Against, most of Popular en el Congreso. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 8 most voted in favour; in 33, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 8
Against: 33
Abstained: 1
Tie: 10

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	110	107 in favour · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	18	14 in favour · 1 against · 3 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	13 abst. · 3 did not vote
GIP	11	9 in favour · 2 did not vote
GUPyD	5	5 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	185	172 against · 13 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 100/000004
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 228
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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Proposal to amend Article 135 of the Spanish Constitution. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original