What it is

Proposal to reform the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to amend Article 46.1.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: proposicion de reforma del reglamento del congreso. It was introduced on 26 August 2021. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 410/000016· 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.

Introduced26 August 2021Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted1 September 2021The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments13 September 2021Groups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary14 September 2021All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE15 September 2021It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 7 official steps on a timeline

15 September 2021

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 292 yes · 50 no

Voted on: Overall vote on the Private Member's Bill to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to modify Article 46.1.

This law had 4 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 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.

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

By province: in 51 most voted in favour; in 1, against.

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

In favour: 51
Against: 1

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	10	9 in favour · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	34 in favour · 1 did not vote
GPlu	12	11 in favour · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	86 in favour · 2 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 410/000016
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 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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Proposal to reform the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to amend Article 46.1. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original