What it is

Private member's bill amending Law 1/1996, of 10 January, on free legal aid.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 23 March 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000089· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced23 March 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted28 March 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments16 May 2017Groups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary16 May 2017All 350 deputies vote.
Senate18 May 2017The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE14 June 2017It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 9 official steps on a timeline

18 May 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 273 yes · 65 no · 6 abst.

Voted on: Overall vote on the Private member's bill to amend Law 1/1996, of 10 January, on free legal aid, to be processed in a single reading, taking into account the distributed technical corrections.

This law had 12 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 14 of sitting 53· 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, Ciudadanos, GER and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Gcup-ec-em. 7 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 51 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 51
Against: 0
Tie: 1

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	84 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Mixto	19	11 in favour · 6 abst. · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	32 in favour
Gcup-ec-em	67	1 in favour · 65 against · 1 did not vote
GER	9	9 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	134	131 in favour · 3 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, Senate Private member's bill amending Law 1/1996, of 10 January, on free legal aid.
XV Legislature, Senate Private member's bill amending Law 1/1996, of 10 January, on free legal aid.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

XII Legislature, Senate Private member's bill amending Law 1/1996, of 10 January, on free legal aid.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000089
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 14 of sitting 53
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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