What it is
Proposal for the creation of a Subcommittee for electoral reform.
It is a request to create a subcommittee or working group. It was introduced on 10 March 2017. Introduced by: Comisión Constitucional.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 158/000037· 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.
- Introduced10 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.
See the 5 official steps on a timeline
30 March 2017
How did the plenary vote?
Voted on: Proposal from the Constitutional Committee for the creation of a Subcommittee for electoral reform.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 42· 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 158/000037
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 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.