What it is
Bill so people with support measures can get disability benefits
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 3 May 2022. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.
Official title: Private member's bill amending Additional Provision twenty-five of Royal Legislative Decree 8/2015, of 30 October, approving the consolidated text of the General Social Security Law.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000219· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill explains that, since Law 8/2021, courts no longer issue declarations of incapacity; instead, they grant support measures. Because the Social Security rule only mentions incapacity declarations, many people with support measures are losing disability-related benefits.
- The bill would amend the twenty-fifth additional provision of the General Social Security Law so that people with support measures for exercising their legal capacity also count as having a disability of 65 percent or higher.
- The Government could issue the rules needed to apply the law. The law would apply across the whole country and would take effect the day after its publication in the official state gazette (BOE).
Who it affects
- People with support measures for exercising their legal capacity: They could again receive Social Security benefits linked to disability, such as the child allowance.
- People with a court incapacity ruling issued before Law 8/2021: They would keep being treated as having a disability of 65 percent or higher for Social Security purposes.
- Families with dependents with disabilities: They would stop losing assistance benefits that can be essential for the family budget.
Words worth knowing
- Medidas de apoyo (support measures)
- Assistance (for example, from a person or institution that helps or represents someone) set up so a person with a disability can exercise their legal capacity. They replaced the old court incapacity procedure.
- Capacidad jurídica (legal capacity)
- The ability to hold rights and obligations in your own name, on equal terms with everyone else.
- Disposición adicional (additional provision)
- A rule at the end of a law that adds complementary rules to the main articles.
- Proposición de ley (bill)
- A draft law introduced by parliamentary groups in the Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados). It is not a law until it goes through the legislative process and is passed.
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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.
- Introduced3 May 2022Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted10 May 2022The 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 122/000219
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.