What it is

Government bill on contracting procedures in the water, energy, transport, and postal services sectors, transposing Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 into Spanish law.

Committee step 4 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 25 November 2016. Introduced by: Gobierno.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000003· 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 4 of 7 steps. It reached Committee, and today it is unfinished.

Introduced25 November 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted29 November 2016The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments2 December 2016Groups propose changes.
Committee3 March 2017A 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 9 official steps on a timeline

9 March 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 124 yes · 213 no

Voted on: Request for the Plenary of the Chamber to take over the deliberation and final vote on the Government bill on contracting procedures in the water, energy, transport, and postal services sectors, by which Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of February 26, 2014, is transposed into Spanish law, submitted by the Mixed and Confederal of Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea Parliamentary Groups.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 8 of sitting 34· 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 Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-em and GER. Against, most of Socialista and Popular en el Congreso. 5 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 6 most voted in favour; in 45, against.

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

In favour: 6
Against: 45
Tie: 1

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	1 in favour · 83 against
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	19	15 in favour · 4 against
Ciudadanos	32	32 in favour
Gcup-ec-em	67	63 in favour · 4 did not vote
GER	9	9 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	134	126 against · 8 did not vote

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 121/000003
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 8 of sitting 34
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 on contracting procedures in the water, energy, transport, and postal services sectors, transposing Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 into Spanish law. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original