What it is

Request for the creation of an Inquiry Committee regarding the alleged illegal financing of the People's Party.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a request to create a committee of inquiry. It was introduced on 8 March 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea Grupo Parlamentario Ciudadanos.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 156/000016· 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.

Introduced8 March 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted14 March 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary21 March 2017All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE30 March 2017It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

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30 March 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 316 yes · 0 no

Voted on: Request from the Socialist, Confederal of Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea, and Ciudadanos Parliamentary Groups for the creation of an Investigating Committee regarding the alleged illegal financing of the Popular Party.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 42· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

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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, Gcup-ec-em, GER and Popular en el Congreso.

By province: in 52 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 52
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	78 in favour · 6 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Mixto	18	9 in favour · 9 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	30 in favour · 2 did not vote
Gcup-ec-em	67	65 in favour · 2 did not vote
GER	9	8 in favour · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	121 in favour · 13 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.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 156/000016
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 42
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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Request for the creation of an Inquiry Committee regarding the alleged illegal financing of the People's Party. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original