What it is
Private member's bill for an Organic Law reforming Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, to facilitate the exercise of the vote by Spaniards abroad.
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 1 October 2012. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000079· 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 unfinished.
- Introduced1 October 2012Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted9 October 2012The 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
Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
What happens next
What happens now?
The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.
It was presented again:
- XI Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished Private member's bill for an Organic Law reforming Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, to facilitate the exercise of the vote by Spaniards abroad.
- XII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished Bill to automatically mail voting documents to Spaniards living abroad
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000079
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 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.