What it is

Government bill to amend Law 33/1998, of October 5, on the total prohibition of anti-personnel mines and similar weapons.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 14 September 2013. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Follow this law

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000061· 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.

Introduced14 September 2013Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted17 September 2013The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments20 September 2013Groups propose changes.
Committee13 November 2013A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
Senate17 June 2015The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE21 July 2015It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 10 official steps on a timeline

21 November 2013

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 6 yes · 275 no · 31 abst.

Voted on: Vote on the amendment to the whole with alternative text presented to the Government bill to amend Law 33/1998, of October 5, on the total prohibition of anti-personnel mines and similar weapons, presented by the Mixed Parliamentary Group (Mr. Tardà)

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 150· 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 Mixto. Against, most of Socialista, GUPyD and Popular en el Congreso. 6 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 1 most voted in favour; in 48, against.

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

In favour: 1
Against: 48
Abstained: 2
Tie: 1

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	110	91 against · 19 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 abst.
Mixto	18	6 in favour · 2 against · 3 abst. · 7 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	12 abst. · 4 did not vote
GIP	11	10 abst. · 1 did not vote
GUPyD	5	5 against
Popular en el Congreso	185	177 against · 1 abst. · 7 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 to amend Law 33/1998, of October 5, on the total prohibition of anti-personnel mines and similar weapons.

Presented before in:

IX Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished Private member's bill amending Law 33/1998, of October 5, on the total prohibition of anti-personnel mines and weapons of similar effect.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000061
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 150
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 to amend Law 33/1998, of October 5, on the total prohibition of anti-personnel mines and similar weapons. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original