What it is
Request for authorization in relation to the special case of the Second Chamber of said Court to proceed against a Member of Congress.
Type of initiative: suplicatorio. It was introduced on 13 October 2016. Introduced by: Tribunal Supremo.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 240/000001· 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.
- Introduced13 October 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted18 October 2016The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
- Committee18 October 2016A committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenary8 November 2016The deputies vote, usually in the plenary; some laws are passed by a committee without going to it.
- Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE22 November 2016The King gives royal assent and it is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). It comes into force on the date it sets, or after 20 days if it sets none.
See the 5 official steps on a timeline
22 November 2016
How did the plenary vote?
Voted on: Request for authorization in relation to the special case of the Second Chamber of said Court to proceed against a Member of Congress.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 of sitting 15· 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 240/000001
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 of sitting 15
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.