What it is

Proposal to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to regulate Interest Groups.

Committee step 4 of 7 · Unfinished

Type of initiative: proposicion de reforma del reglamento del congreso. It was introduced on 24 February 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 410/000006· 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 4 of 7 steps. It reached Committee, and today it is unfinished.

Introduced24 February 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted28 February 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments27 March 2017Groups propose changes.
Committee22 June 2017A 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 11 official steps on a timeline

29 June 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 157 yes · 179 no · 3 abst.

Voted on: Vote on the amendment to the whole with alternative text submitted to the Proposal to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies for the regulation of Interest Groups, by the Parliamentary Group Confederal de Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea.

This law had 2 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 13 of sitting 64· 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, Gcup-ec-em and GER. Against, most of Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos and Popular en el Congreso. 9 deputies voted differently from their group.

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

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

In favour: 12
Against: 23
Tie: 17

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	80 in favour · 1 against · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 against
Mixto	19	5 in favour · 10 against · 3 abst. · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	32 against
Gcup-ec-em	67	65 in favour · 2 did not vote
GER	9	7 in favour · 2 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	131 against · 3 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 410/000006
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 13 of sitting 64
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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Proposal to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to regulate Interest Groups. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original