What it is

Request for the creation of a Subcommittee, within the Committee on Health and Consumer Affairs, to analyze experiences in the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a request to create a subcommittee or working group. It was introduced on 13 November 2020. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Vasco (EAJ-PNV).

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 158/000016· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

Introduced13 November 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted17 November 2020The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committee20 November 2020A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary13 May 2021All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE10 June 2021It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 7 official steps on a timeline

10 June 2021

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 206 yes · 141 no

Voted on: Proposal by the Health and Consumer Affairs Committee, to create a Subcommittee to analyze experiences in the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 19 of sitting 106· 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.

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 and VOX. 5 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 26 most voted in favour; in 14, against.

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

In favour: 26
Against: 14
Tie: 12

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 in favour
Republicano	13	13 in favour
Socialista	120	120 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 in favour
Mixto	10	6 in favour · 4 against
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	34 in favour · 1 did not vote
GPlu	12	12 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	88	1 in favour · 85 against · 2 did not vote
VOX	52	52 against

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 158/000016
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 19 of sitting 106
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 a Subcommittee, within the Committee on Health and Consumer Affairs, to analyze experiences in the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original