What it is

Non-legislative motion to promote the necessary measures to guarantee the veracity of information circulating through services connected to the Internet and to prevent interference that endangers institutional stability in Spain.

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Rejected

It is a non-binding motion. It was introduced on 19 December 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000550· 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 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is rejected.

Introduced19 December 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted9 January 2018The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenarynot reachedAll 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 2 official steps on a timeline

13 March 2018

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 168 yes · 172 no

Voted on: Point 4.

This law had 4 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 of sitting 103· 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 Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Ciudadanos and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Socialista, Mixto, Gcup-ec-em and GER. 3 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 23 most voted in favour; in 12, against.

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

In favour: 23
Against: 12
Tie: 17

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	82 against · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Mixto	19	3 in favour · 15 against · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	30 in favour · 2 did not vote
Gcup-ec-em	67	66 against · 1 did not vote
GER	9	9 against
Popular en el Congreso	134	130 in favour · 4 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000550
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 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.

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Non-legislative motion to promote the necessary measures to guarantee the veracity of information circulating through services connected to the Internet and to prevent interference that endangers institutional stability in Spain. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original