What it is

Motion following an urgent interpellation on the real reasons for which pardons are granted to those convicted by the final Judgment 459/2019 of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court without the legal grounds for it being present.

Plenary step 5 of 7 · Rejected

It is a motion. It was introduced on 25 June 2021. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 173/000090· 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 5 of 7 steps. It reached Plenary, and today it is rejected.

Introduced25 June 2021Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted20 July 2021The 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.
Plenary20 July 2021All 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 4 official steps on a timeline

15 September 2021

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 146 yes · 194 no

Voted on: Motion following an urgent interpellation from the VOX Parliamentary Group, on the real reasons for which pardons are granted to those convicted by the final Judgment 459/2019 of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court without the legal grounds for doing so.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 13 of sitting 116· 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 Ciudadanos, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. Against, most of Euskal Herria Bildu, Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Gcup-ec-gc and GPlu. 5 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 18 most voted in favour; in 22, against.

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

In favour: 18
Against: 22
Tie: 12

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 against
Republicano	13	13 against
Socialista	120	120 against
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	5 against · 1 did not vote
Mixto	10	4 in favour · 5 against · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	34 against · 1 did not vote
GPlu	12	11 against · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	84 in favour · 1 against · 3 did not vote
VOX	52	49 in favour · 3 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 173/000090
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 13 of sitting 116
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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Motion following an urgent interpellation on the real reasons for which pardons are granted to those convicted by the final Judgment 459/2019 of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court without the legal grounds for it being present. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original