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What it is

Proposal to remove reviewable life imprisonment from the Criminal Code

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Withdrawn

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 13 December 2019. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Vasco (EAJ-PNV).

Official title: Private member's bill amending Organic Law 10/1995 of 23 November, the Penal Code.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000005· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would remove reviewable life imprisonment from the Criminal Code. Its authors see it as contrary to the Constitution and to the mandate that sentences aim at social reintegration.
  2. It would delete several sections of the Criminal Code that regulate this sentence, such as Article 140 and Article 78 bis. It would also remove the reference to reviewable life imprisonment from the list of serious penalties.
  3. Crimes now punished with reviewable life imprisonment would carry fixed-term prison sentences instead. For example, killing the King would carry 30 to 35 years in prison.
  4. It would adjust the rules for classifying inmates in the third degree and for prison leave. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette.

Who it affects

  • People convicted of very serious crimes, such as terrorist murders or attacks on the King, who could no longer receive reviewable life imprisonment.: Changes to the sentence and to the prison system.
  • Judges and courts, who would apply fixed-maximum prison terms in those crimes.: Changes to the sentences they can impose.
  • Inmates in the third degree regime and their families, due to the new classification and leave rules.: New minimum serving times and leave rules.

Words worth knowing

Prisión permanente revisable (reviewable life imprisonment)
A prison sentence with no fixed end, reviewable only after serving a set number of years, usually 25 or 35.
Tercer grado (third degree)
A prison classification that lets an inmate serve the sentence in an open regime, with more leave and a path toward release.
Proposición de ley (bill)
A text through which a parliamentary group proposes a law. It is not an approved law yet.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is withdrawn.

  1. Introduced13 December 2019Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted15 January 2020The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 202111. 13 December 2019: Presentación22. 15 January 2020: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 15/01/2020 hasta 17/01/202033. 15 January 2020: Calificación44. 17 January 2020: Gobierno Contestación desde 17/01/2020 hasta 07/03/202055. 7 March 2020: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 07/03/2020 hasta 14/11/202266. 14 November 2022: Concluido - (Retirado) desde 14/11/2022 hasta 17/11/2022

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

Whoever introduced it withdrew it, or it was merged into another one. It goes no further.

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Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • 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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