What it is

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

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Rejected

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 26 May 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000102· 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 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is rejected.

Introduced26 May 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted6 June 2017The 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

17 October 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 160 yes · 161 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Of the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Congress, amending Act 1/1996, of 10 January, on free legal aid.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 78· 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 Ciudadanos and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto and Gcup-ec-em. 4 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 24 most voted in favour; in 15, against.

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

In favour: 24
Against: 15
Tie: 13

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	79 against · 5 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 against · 1 did not vote
Mixto	19	2 in favour · 13 against · 1 abst. · 3 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	32 in favour
Gcup-ec-em	67	1 in favour · 65 against · 1 did not vote
GER	9	9 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	125 in favour · 9 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.

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 122/000102
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 78
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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