What it is

Non-legislative motion regarding the modification of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2011, approving the Consolidated Text of the Law on State Ports and Merchant Marine.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a non-binding motion. It was introduced on 16 January 2020. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Plural.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000052· 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.

Introduced16 January 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted23 January 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.
Plenary28 January 2020All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE18 February 2020It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 5 official steps on a timeline

18 February 2020

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 191 yes · 148 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Non-legislative motion by the Plural Parliamentary Group, regarding the amendment of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2011, approving the Consolidated Text of the Law on the State Ports and the Merchant Marine. Voted on in the terms resulting from the incorporation of the joint amendment by the Socialist Parliamentary Group and the Confederal Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común Parliamentary Group.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 8· 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, Gcup-ec-gc and GPlu. Against, most of Ciudadanos, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 4 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 22 most voted in favour; in 17, against.

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

In favour: 22
Against: 17
Tie: 13

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	5 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	9	4 in favour · 3 against · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	10	10 against
Gcup-ec-gc	35	33 in favour · 2 did not vote
GPlu	12	11 in favour · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	85 against · 3 did not vote
VOX	52	50 against · 2 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 162/000052
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 8
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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Non-legislative motion regarding the modification of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2011, approving the Consolidated Text of the Law on State Ports and Merchant Marine. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original