What it is

Government bill for an Organic Law reforming the General Council of the Judiciary, amending Organic Law 6/1985, of July 1, on the Judiciary.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 1 March 2013. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000041· 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.

Introduced1 March 2013Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted5 March 2013The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments8 March 2013Groups propose changes.
Committee11 April 2013A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary29 April 2013All 350 deputies vote.
Senate9 May 2013The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE27 June 2013It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 12 official steps on a timeline

27 June 2013

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 183 yes · 140 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Joint vote on the Government bill, given its organic character.

This law had 31 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 10 of sitting 120· 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 Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, GC-CiU, GIP and GUPyD. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 39 most voted in favour; in 9, against.

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

In favour: 39
Against: 9
Tie: 4

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	110	101 against · 9 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 against · 1 did not vote
Mixto	18	1 in favour · 8 against · 1 abst. · 8 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	12 against · 4 did not vote
GIP	11	10 against · 1 did not vote
GUPyD	5	5 against
Popular en el Congreso	185	182 in favour · 3 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.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

X Legislature, Senate Government bill for an Organic Law reforming the General Council of the Judiciary, amending Organic Law 6/1985, of July 1, on the Judiciary.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000041
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 10 of sitting 120
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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Government bill for an Organic Law reforming the General Council of the Judiciary, amending Organic Law 6/1985, of July 1, on the Judiciary. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original