What it is
Proposal for the creation of a Subcommittee on the regime and financing of political parties, the impartiality and independence of independent authorities, and the protection of whistleblowers in cases of corruption.
It is a request to create a subcommittee or working group. It was introduced on 22 December 2016. Introduced by: Comisión calidad democrática, contra corrupción y reform. inst. y leg.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 158/000032· 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 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.
- Introduced22 December 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted27 December 2016The 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.
- Plenary26 January 2017All 350 deputies vote.
- Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE2 February 2017It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
2 February 2017
How did the plenary vote?
Voted on: Proposal by the Committee for the audit of democratic quality, the fight against corruption and institutional and legal reforms, for the creation of a Subcommittee regarding the regime and financing of political parties, the impartiality and independence of independent authorities and the protection of whistleblowers in cases of corruption.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 22 of sitting 26· updated 10 Nov
This vote does not publish each seat’s vote: the dots are drawn from the totals.
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.
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 158/000032
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, vote 22 of sitting 26
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.