What it is

Private member's bill for the regulation of bullfighting as cultural heritage. (corresponds to file number 120/000012/0000 of the IX Legislature).

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: iniciativa legislativa popular. It was introduced on 13 December 2011. Introduced by: Don Alejandro Gasch Brosa y otros.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 120/000005· 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 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced13 December 2011Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted21 December 2011The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments22 February 2013Groups propose changes.
Committee19 September 2013A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
Senate2 October 2013The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE6 November 2013It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 15 official steps on a timeline

26 September 2013

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 6 yes · 313 no

Voted on: Vote on the alternative text amendment submitted by the United Progress and Democracy Parliamentary Group to the Private member's bill for the regulation of the bullfighting festival as a Cultural Interest Asset.

This law had 6 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 133· 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 GUPyD. Against, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, GC-CiU, GIP and Popular en el Congreso. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 0 most voted in favour; in 52, against.

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

In favour: 0
Against: 52

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	110	1 in favour · 100 against · 9 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 against · 1 did not vote
Mixto	18	13 against · 5 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	13 against · 3 did not vote
GIP	11	10 against · 1 did not vote
GUPyD	5	5 in favour
Sin grupo	1	1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	184	173 against · 11 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 120/000005
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 133
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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Private member's bill for the regulation of bullfighting as cultural heritage. (corresponds to file number 120/000012/0000 of the IX Legislature). Automatic translation · See the Spanish original