What it is

Private member's bill on nurse ratios to guarantee patient safety in health centers and other areas (corresponding to file numbers 120/000018/0000 of the XII Legislature and 120/000005/0000 of the XIII Legislature).

Committee step 4 of 7 · Unfinished

Type of initiative: iniciativa legislativa popular. It was introduced on 3 December 2019. Introduced by: Don Manuel Cascos Fernández.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 120/000004· 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.

Introduced3 December 2019Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted13 December 2019The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments15 January 2021Groups propose changes.
Committee20 December 2019A 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 14 official steps on a timeline

11 March 2021

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 34 yes · 308 no · 4 abst.

Voted on: Vote on the global amendment with alternative text to the Private member's bill on nurse ratios to guarantee patient safety in health centers and other fields (corresponding to file numbers 120/000018/0000 of the XII Legislature and 120/000005/0000 of the XIII Legislature), presented by the Republican Parliamentary Group.

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

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 22 of sitting 82· 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 Euskal Herria Bildu, Republicano and GPlu. Against, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 12 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 2 most voted in favour; in 49, against.

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

In favour: 2
Against: 49
Tie: 1

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	4 in favour · 1 did not vote
Republicano	13	13 in favour
Socialista	120	120 against
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 against
Mixto	9	2 in favour · 7 against
Ciudadanos	10	3 in favour · 7 against
Gcup-ec-gc	35	2 in favour · 33 against
GPlu	12	9 in favour · 3 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	88	1 in favour · 86 against · 1 did not vote
VOX	52	49 against · 1 abst. · 2 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 120/000004
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 22 of sitting 82
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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Private member's bill on nurse ratios to guarantee patient safety in health centers and other areas (corresponding to file numbers 120/000018/0000 of the XII Legislature and 120/000005/0000 of the XIII Legislature). Automatic translation · See the Spanish original