What it is

Communication from the Government accompanying Royal Decree 926/2020, of 25 October, declaring a state of alarm to contain the spread of infections caused by SARS-CoV-2.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: actos en relacion con los estados de alarma excepcion y sitio. It was introduced on 25 October 2020. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 091/000003· 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.

Introduced25 October 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted27 October 2020The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committee27 October 2020A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary27 October 2020All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE30 October 2022It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 7 official steps on a timeline

29 October 2020

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 194 yes · 53 no · 99 abst.

Voted on: Request for authorization of the extension of the state of alarm declared by Royal Decree 926/2020, of 25 October, declaring a state of alarm to contain the spread of infections caused by SARS-CoV-2, in the terms resulting from the incorporation of the proposals of the Republican Parliamentary Group and the Basque (EAJ-PNV) Parliamentary Group.

This law had 12 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 18 of sitting 56· updated 11 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 Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc and GPlu. Against, most of VOX. 8 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 34 most voted in favour; in 1, against.

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

In favour: 34
Against: 1
Abstained: 5
Tie: 12

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	4 abst. · 1 did not vote
Republicano	13	12 in favour · 1 did not vote
Socialista	120	120 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 in favour
Mixto	9	3 in favour · 1 against · 4 abst. · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	10	10 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	35 in favour
GPlu	12	8 in favour · 4 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	88	87 abst. · 1 did not vote
VOX	52	52 against

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 091/000003
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 18 of sitting 56
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 11 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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Communication from the Government accompanying Royal Decree 926/2020, of 25 October, declaring a state of alarm to contain the spread of infections caused by SARS-CoV-2. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original