What it is

Request for the creation of various Joint Committees.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: solicitud de creacion de comision permanente art 50. It was introduced on 28 January 2020. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso Grupo Parlamentario Socialista Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 155/000003· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced28 January 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted4 February 2020The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary4 February 2020All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE11 February 2020It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 5 official steps on a timeline

11 February 2020

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 263 yes · 51 no

Voted on: Request by the Socialist, Popular in the Congress and Confederal Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común Parliamentary Groups, for the creation of a Mixed Commission for the Coordination and Follow-up of the Spanish Strategy to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 8 of sitting 6· updated 11 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.

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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, GPlu and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of VOX.

By province: in 50 most voted in favour; in 1, against.

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

In favour: 50
Against: 1
Tie: 1

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 in favour
Republicano	13	13 in favour
Socialista	117	104 in favour · 13 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	5 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	9	8 in favour · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	10	10 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	28 in favour · 7 did not vote
GPlu	12	12 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	88	78 in favour · 10 did not vote
VOX	52	51 against · 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.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 155/000003
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 8 of sitting 6
The count and every seat’s vote.

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.

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Request for the creation of various Joint Committees. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original