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What it is

Proposal so prison officers can identify themselves in court only by their ID number

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 5 July 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea.

Official title: Private member's bill amending the Criminal Procedure Act.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000120· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would reform the Criminal Procedure Act to protect the identity and personal data of prison officers when they take part in court cases.
  2. The bill would amend Article 436 of the Criminal Procedure Act. If a witness is a member of the security forces or a prison officer acting in their duties, it would be enough to identify them by their personal registry number and the administrative unit they are assigned to, without giving their name or other details.
  3. Today prison officers must already identify themselves by their professional ID number under an internal instruction, but that rule does not bind the courts. That is why the bill asks to change the law.
  4. The proposed law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette, except for measures that increase spending or reduce budget revenues, which would take effect in the following fiscal year.

Who it affects

  • Prison officers: They could identify themselves in court only with their personal registry number and their unit, without revealing their name or home address.
  • Members of the security forces (Fuerzas y Cuerpos de Seguridad): The same simplified identification rule requested for prison officers would also cover them.
  • Criminal judges and courts: They would have to accept this simplified identification for these witnesses at trial.

Words worth knowing

Ley de Enjuiciamiento Criminal
The Spanish law that governs how criminal trials are conducted.
Atentado y resistencia
Crimes that punish attacking or resisting an authority figure.
Carácter básico
Meaning the state enacts the law and sets a common minimum for the whole country.
Ejercicio presupuestario
The fiscal year to which the public budget corresponds.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced5 July 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted5 September 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2017Dec 201811. 5 July 2017: Presentación22. 5 September 2017: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 05/09/2017 hasta 08/09/201733. 5 September 2017: Calificación44. 8 September 2017: Gobierno Contestación desde 08/09/2017 hasta 16/10/201755. 16 October 2017: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 16/10/2017 hasta 05/03/201966. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

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.

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Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • 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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