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What it is

Law requires environments and services to be easy to understand

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 22 June 2020. Introduced by: Senado.

Official title: Private member's bill amending the Consolidated Text of the General Law on the rights of persons with disabilities and their social inclusion, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2013, of 29 November, to establish and regulate cognitive accessibility and its conditions of requirement and application.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 124/000003· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The law adds cognitive accessibility to the definition of universal accessibility. This means environments, products and services must be easy to understand for everyone, using easy reading, pictograms and other support systems.
  2. The areas where accessibility and non-discrimination measures apply are expanded. A new area is added: participation in public life and in elections.
  3. A new article defines the basic conditions of cognitive accessibility. They will be enforceable within the deadlines and terms set by regulation.
  4. The Government will have two years to conduct studies on the situation of cognitive accessibility and three years to approve a regulation developing its basic conditions, after consulting disability organizations and other stakeholders.
  5. The Government must approve the second National Accessibility Plan, which will include cognitive accessibility, and the Spanish Center for Cognitive Accessibility is created, under the Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad A Spanish public body dedicated to promoting the rights of people with disabilities..
  6. The law takes effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette, except for measures affecting the budget, which take effect in the following fiscal year.

Who it affects

  • People with intellectual disabilities or comprehension and communication difficulties: They are the main beneficiaries: environments, services and information must become easier to understand.
  • The Government: It must conduct studies, approve a regulation and a national plan, and create the Spanish Center for Cognitive Accessibility.
  • Businesses and administrations offering goods and services to the public: They must meet the basic conditions of cognitive accessibility once they become enforceable.
  • Older people, foreign visitors and people with low literacy: They also benefit from more understandable information and environments, as the preamble notes.

Words worth knowing

Accesibilidad cognitiva (cognitive accessibility)
That an environment, service or information is easy to understand and use for communication, not just physically accessible.
Lectura fácil (easy reading)
A method for writing and presenting texts so they can be understood by people with reading difficulties.
Pictogramas (pictograms)
Drawings or symbols that represent ideas or instructions and help people understand a space or a message.
Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad
A Spanish public body dedicated to promoting the rights of people with disabilities.
Texto Refundido (consolidated text)
A law that gathers and organizes several rules on the same subject into a single text.

It summarizes the law as published in the BOE. 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 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced22 June 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted14 July 2020The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments17 July 2020Groups propose changes.
  4. Committee29 October 2020A committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senate21 December 2021The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOE17 March 2022It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 9 official steps on a timeline
Jun 2020Sept 2020Dec 2020Mar 2021Jun 2021Sept 2021Dec 202111. 22 June 2020: Presentación22. 14 July 2020: Comisión Derechos Sociales y Políticas Integrales de la Discapacidad Publicación desde 14/07/2020 hasta 17/07/202033. 14 July 2020: Calificación44. 17 July 2020: Comisión Derechos Sociales y Políticas Integrales de la Discapacidad Enmiendas desde 17/07/2020 hasta 29/10/202055. 29 October 2020: Comisión Derechos Sociales y Políticas Integrales de la Discapacidad Informe desde 29/10/2020 hasta 15/12/202166. 15 December 2021: Comisión Derechos Sociales y Políticas Integrales de la Discapacidad Aprobación con competencia legislativa plena desde 15/12/2021 hasta 21/12/202177. 21 December 2021: Senado desde 21/12/2021 hasta 09/03/202288. 9 March 2022: Pleno Enmiendas o veto del Senado desde 09/03/2022 hasta 17/03/202299. 17 March 2022: Concluido - (Aprobado con modificaciones) desde 17/03/2022 hasta 19/04/2022

17 March 2022

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 201 yes · 89 no · 52 abst.

Voted on: Remaining amendments.

This law had 3 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 20 of sitting 162· updated 10 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, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc and GPlu. Against, most of Popular en el Congreso. 4 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 33 most voted in favour; in 3, against.

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

  • In favour: 33
  • Against: 3
  • Abstained: 1
  • Tie: 15
Result by parliamentary group
GroupSeatsHow it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu5
5 in favour
Republicano13
13 in favour
Socialista120
118 in favour · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)6
6 in favour
Mixto10
5 in favour · 3 against · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos9
9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc34
33 in favour · 1 did not vote
GPlu12
12 in favour
Popular en el Congreso88
86 against · 2 did not vote
VOX52
51 abst. · 1 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 6/2022, of 31 March, amending the Consolidated Text of the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2013, of 29 November, to establish and regulate cognitive accessibility and its conditions of requirement and application

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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