What it is

Proposal to amend Organic Law 8/1981, of 30 December, on the Statute of Autonomy for Cantabria, to eliminate the special jurisdiction of the Members of the Parliament and the President and Councillors of the Government.

Plenary step 5 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a reform of a regional statute. Changes a region’s statute of autonomy. It was introduced on 15 December 2017. Introduced by: Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria - Parlamento.

Follow this law

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 127/000004· 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 5 of 7 steps. It reached Plenary, and today it is unfinished.

Introduced15 December 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted19 December 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments23 March 2018Groups propose changes.
Committee7 November 2018A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary22 December 2017All 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 9 official steps on a timeline

13 March 2018

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 190 yes · 0 no · 132 abst.

Voted on: Proposal from the Parliament of Cantabria, for the reform of Organic Law 8/1981, of 30 December, of the Statute of Autonomy for Cantabria, for the elimination of the special jurisdiction of the Deputies of the Parliament and of the President and Councillors of the Government.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 103· updated 10 Nov

Each dot is a seat. Tap one, or use the arrow keys, to see who it is.

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, Mixto, Ciudadanos and Gcup-ec-em. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 27 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 27
Against: 0
Abstained: 13
Tie: 12

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	84 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 did not vote
Mixto	19	9 in favour · 1 abst. · 9 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	30 in favour · 2 did not vote
Gcup-ec-em	67	67 in favour
GER	9	9 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	131 abst. · 3 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 was presented again:

XIV Legislature, Senate Proposal to amend Organic Law 8/1981, of 30 December, on the Statute of Autonomy for Cantabria, to eliminate the special jurisdiction of the Members of the Parliament and the President and Councillors of the Government.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 127/000004
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 103
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.

Read the full method · Report an error

Proposal to amend Organic Law 8/1981, of 30 December, on the Statute of Autonomy for Cantabria, to eliminate the special jurisdiction of the Members of the Parliament and the President and Councillors of the Government. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original