What it is

Non-legislative motion on work-life balance and shared responsibility.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a non-binding motion. It was introduced on 8 August 2016. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000068· 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.

Introduced8 August 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted6 September 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.
Plenary12 September 2016All 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 5 official steps on a timeline

2 February 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 195 yes · 130 no · 14 abst.

Voted on: Non-legislative motion by the Socialist Parliamentary Group, on work-life balance and shared responsibility. Voted in the terms of the transitory amendment presented by the Socialist Parliamentary Group, the Confederal Parliamentary Group of Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea, the Ciudadanos Parliamentary Group, the Esquerra Republicana Parliamentary Group and the Mixed Parliamentary Group (Mrs. Ciuró and Mrs. Oramas).

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 16 of sitting 26· updated 10 Nov

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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, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-em and GER. Against, most of Popular en el Congreso. 9 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 28 most voted in favour; in 11, against.

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

In favour: 28
Against: 11
Tie: 13

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	81 in favour · 1 abst. · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 abst.
Mixto	19	7 in favour · 1 against · 8 abst. · 3 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	32 in favour
Gcup-ec-em	67	67 in favour
GER	9	8 in favour · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	129 against · 5 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 162/000068
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 16 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.

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Non-legislative motion on work-life balance and shared responsibility. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original