What it is

Motion following an urgent interpellation on the elimination of the mandatory use of masks indoors.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a motion. It was introduced on 23 March 2022. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Ciudadanos.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 173/000135· 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.

Introduced23 March 2022Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted30 March 2022The 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.
Plenary30 March 2022All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE31 March 2022It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

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31 March 2022

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 187 yes · 94 no · 63 abst.

Voted on: Motion following an urgent interpellation by the Citizens' Party Parliamentary Group, on the removal of the obligation to wear masks indoors. Voted in the terms resulting from the incorporation of the amendment submitted by the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 9 of sitting 168· 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.

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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 Socialista, Mixto, Ciudadanos and VOX. Against, most of Vasco (EAJ-PNV) and Popular en el Congreso. 4 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 34 most voted in favour; in 3, against.

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

In favour: 34
Against: 3
Abstained: 6
Tie: 9

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 abst.
Republicano	13	13 abst.
Socialista	120	119 in favour · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 against
Mixto	11	6 in favour · 1 against · 2 abst. · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	33	31 abst. · 2 did not vote
GPlu	12	12 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	88	1 in favour · 87 against
VOX	52	52 in favour

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 173/000135
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 9 of sitting 168
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 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 elimination of the mandatory use of masks indoors. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original