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What it is

Bill to equalize prizes and rights for women in sports

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 8 March 2021. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Ciudadanos.

Official title: Private member's bill to eradicate the discrimination suffered by women and to equalize their rights with those of men in sports.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000130· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would require equal prizes for women and men in sports events organized or funded with public money, and would set the same criteria for professional athletes' bonuses and per diems in both categories.
  2. It would require sports federations to draw up an equality plan and an annual report, and to have a protocol against discrimination, abuse and harassment based on sex. Without that protocol, or if they miss the equality goals of the strategic plan two years in a row, they could not receive public subsidies.
  3. It would create a Women and Sport Strategic Plan, renewed every four years, which would set the equality goals that federations and clubs must meet.
  4. It would ban any agreement or clause that harms women in professional sports due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or work-life balance, and would require sports bodies to keep a balanced presence of men and women on their boards.
  5. It would allocate part of the revenue from sports betting to clubs in the women's first soccer division, and require provincial councils to spend at least 10% of their betting allocations on promoting sports among women. The Government would also have to include at least one match from each round of the women's first division in La Quiniela State-run sports betting game where players predict the results of soccer matches..
  6. It would declare the 2021-2022 Liga Iberdrola season an event of exceptional public interest, allowing its organizers to benefit from tax breaks, provided it is classified as a professional competition.

Who it affects

  • Sports federations and clubs: They would have to create equality plans, annual reports and anti-harassment protocols, and meet goals to receive public subsidies.
  • Female professional athletes: They would receive the same prizes, bonuses and per diems as men in events with public money, with protection against harm from pregnancy or motherhood.
  • Clubs in Spain's women's first soccer division: They would receive a fixed share of sports betting revenue.
  • Provincial councils (Diputaciones Provinciales): They would have to spend at least 10% of their sports betting allocations on promoting women's sports.
  • Superior Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes): It would draw up the Women and Sport Strategic Plan and monitor compliance with equality goals.

Words worth knowing

Federación deportiva
Spanish governing body that organizes and regulates a sport, such as soccer or swimming.
Licencia federativa
Official license that allows a person to compete in a federation's competitions.
Acontecimiento de excepcional interés público
Legal status that lets organizers of certain events benefit from tax breaks because of their general importance.
La Quiniela
State-run sports betting game where players predict the results of soccer matches.

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 unfinished.

  1. Introduced8 March 2021Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted16 March 2021The 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 2021Dec 202211. 8 March 2021: Presentación22. 16 March 2021: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 16/03/2021 hasta 18/03/202133. 16 March 2021: Calificación44. 18 March 2021: Gobierno Contestación desde 18/03/2021 hasta 28/04/202155. 28 April 2021: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 28/04/2021 hasta 30/05/202366. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

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.

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Sources

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  • 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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