What it is

Government bill on universal access to the National Health System (originating from Royal Decree-Law 7/2018, of 27 July).

Committee step 4 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 6 September 2018. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Follow this law

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000024· 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.

Introduced6 September 2018Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted11 September 2018The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments14 September 2018Groups propose changes.
Committee31 October 2018A 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 8 official steps on a timeline

15 November 2018

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 132 yes · 180 no · 29 abst.

Voted on: Amendment to the whole with alternative text to the Government bill on universal access to the National Health System (originating from Royal Decree-Law 7/2018, of 27 July), submitted by the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Congress.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 158· 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 Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Gcup-ec-em and GER. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 13 most voted in favour; in 21, against.

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

In favour: 13
Against: 21
Tie: 18

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	84 against
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 against
Mixto	19	1 in favour · 15 against · 3 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	1 against · 29 abst. · 2 did not vote
Gcup-ec-em	67	66 against · 1 did not vote
GER	9	9 against
Popular en el Congreso	133	131 in favour · 2 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 121/000024
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 158
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 universal access to the National Health System (originating from Royal Decree-Law 7/2018, of 27 July). Automatic translation · See the Spanish original