What it is

Government bill amending Law 12/2002, of May 23, approving the Economic Agreement with the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 3 November 2017. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Follow this law

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000010· 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.

Introduced3 November 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted6 November 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments10 November 2017Groups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary20 November 2017All 350 deputies vote.
Senate23 November 2017The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE13 December 2017It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 7 official steps on a timeline

23 November 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 294 yes · 36 no

Voted on: Overall vote on the Government bill amending Law 12/2002, of May 23, approving the Economic Agreement with the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, as it is processed in single reading.

This law had 3 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 10 of sitting 89· 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 Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Gcup-ec-em, GER and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Ciudadanos. 4 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 52 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 52
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	81 in favour · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Mixto	19	13 in favour · 4 against · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	32 against
Gcup-ec-em	67	60 in favour · 7 did not vote
GER	9	8 in favour · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	127 in favour · 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.

It was presented again:

XIV Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed Bill would update the Basque Economic Agreement for new state taxes
XIV Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed The bill updates the Basque Economic Agreement for new state taxes
XV Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed Bill updates the Basque Economic Agreement for new taxes

Presented before in:

VIII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed Government bill amending Law 12/2002, of May 23, approving the Economic Agreement with the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.
X Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed Government bill amending Law 12/2002, of May 23, approving the Economic Agreement with the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000010
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 10 of sitting 89
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 amending Law 12/2002, of May 23, approving the Economic Agreement with the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original