What it is
Bill to let parliamentary groups go to court
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 29 October 2020. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.
Official title: Private member's bill amending Law 29/1998, of 13 July, regulating the Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction, to recognize the procedural capacity and active standing of parliamentary groups in the contentious-administrative jurisdiction.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000098· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would give validly constituted parliamentary groups procedural capacity before the administrative courts, as representatives of the members of parliament who make them up, to defend matters related to their representative office.
- It would also give parliamentary groups standing to challenge rules below the level of law in whose drafting the Cortes Generales took part, as part of their role of controlling the Government.
- The proposal responds to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling of March 5, 2014 that dismissed a case brought by the UPyD parliamentary group for lack of procedural capacity.
- The explanatory statement argues that, without this reform, some government actions would escape judicial review because no one could challenge them, and that parliamentary groups have a partial legal personality allowing them to act in court.
- The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).
Words worth knowing
- Jurisdicción contencioso-administrativa
- The branch of the Spanish courts that reviews whether public authorities act according to the law.
- Capacidad procesal
- Procedural capacity: the ability to take valid part in a lawsuit.
- Legitimación
- Standing: the link a person must have with the disputed matter to be a party to the case.
- Proposición de ley
- A bill introduced by a parliamentary group that still needs to be debated and passed by the Congress of Deputies.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.
- Introduced29 October 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted3 November 2020The 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.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
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?
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 122/000098
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
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.