What it is

Organic private member's bill to prevent and eradicate linguistic discrimination and ensure freedom of language choice.

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Rejected

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 22 December 2011. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario de Unión Progreso y Democracia.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000028· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

Introduced22 December 2011Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted28 December 2011The 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 September 2012

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 5 yes · 308 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Organic private member's bill to prevent and eradicate linguistic discrimination and ensure freedom of language choice.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 57· 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	100 against · 10 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 against
Mixto	18	12 against · 1 abst. · 5 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	14 against · 2 did not vote
GIP	11	9 against · 2 did not vote
GUPyD	5	5 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	183	168 against · 15 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

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

Presented before in:

IX Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Rejected Organic private member's bill to prevent and eradicate linguistic discrimination and ensure freedom of language choice.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000028
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 57
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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Organic private member's bill to prevent and eradicate linguistic discrimination and ensure freedom of language choice. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original