What it is
Bill would keep regional aid from cutting unemployment subsidy
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 17 December 2014. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Mixto.
Official title: Private member's bill to amend the Consolidated Text of the General Social Security Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1994, of June 20.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000181· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would amend section 3.2 of Article 215 of the consolidated Social Security Act to clarify how income is counted when granting the unemployment subsidy.
- The bill would provide that social wages, minimum insertion incomes and similar aids granted by the Autonomous Communities would not count as income for the unemployment subsidy, as long as they are complementary and subsidiary to another resource or benefit.
- The sponsors argue that the current wording of Article 215 is allowing regional welfare benefits to replace the unemployment subsidy, which they see as contrary to the unity and equality of the social security system.
Who it affects
- People applying for or receiving the unemployment subsidy: They could keep receiving it even if their Autonomous Community grants them complementary welfare aid.
- Recipients of regional social wages or minimum insertion incomes: Those aids would no longer be deducted as income when calculating the unemployment subsidy.
- Autonomous Communities: Their complementary welfare benefits would not block access to the state subsidy.
Words worth knowing
- Subsidio por desempleo
- A Social Security payment for people who have exhausted or do not qualify for contributory unemployment benefits.
- Renta mínima de inserción
- A welfare payment granted by some Autonomous Communities to people with no resources.
- Texto Refundido
- A consolidated text that brings together the laws on a subject in one document, here the General Social Security Act.
- Proposición de ley
- A bill introduced by a parliamentary group; it is not law until the legislative process is complete.
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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 unfinished.
- Introduced17 December 2014Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted13 January 2015The 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 has not been presented again yet.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000181
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
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- We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.