What it is

Report on the state, functioning, and activities of the General Council of the Judiciary and the Courts and Tribunals of Justice, as well as the Report of the Supreme Court, corresponding to the year 2015.

Admitted step 2 of 7

Type of initiative: . It was introduced on 25 October 2016. Introduced by: Consejo General del Poder Judicial.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 245/000002· 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 1 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted.

Introduced25 October 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted8 November 2016The 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.

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6 April 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 170 yes · 81 no · 77 abst.

Voted on: Proposal 124.

This law had 69 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 76 of sitting 45· 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), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Sin grupo and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Socialista. 4 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 41 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 41
Against: 0
Abstained: 3
Tie: 8

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	81 against · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	18	11 in favour · 4 abst. · 3 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	30 in favour · 2 did not vote
Gcup-ec-em	67	64 abst. · 3 did not vote
GER	9	9 abst.
Sin grupo	1	1 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	134	124 in favour · 10 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

Groups can now table amendments: proposed changes to the text.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 245/000002
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 76 of sitting 45
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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Report on the state, functioning, and activities of the General Council of the Judiciary and the Courts and Tribunals of Justice, as well as the Report of the Supreme Court, corresponding to the year 2015. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original