What it is

Communication of the Council of Ministers agreement of 6 October 2020, requesting the Congress of Deputies to assess that Spain is suffering a pandemic, which constitutes a situation of extraordinary emergency, for the purposes provided for in Article 135.4 of the Constitution and Article 11.3 of Organic Law 2/2012, of 27 April, on Budgetary Stability and Financial Sustainability.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: objetivo de estabilidad presupuestaria. It was introduced on 7 October 2020. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 430/000003· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

Introduced7 October 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted13 October 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.
Plenary16 October 2020All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE20 October 2020It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

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20 October 2020

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 208 yes · 1 no · 138 abst.

Voted on: Communication of the Council of Ministers agreement of October 6, 2020, requesting the Congress of Deputies to assess that Spain is suffering a pandemic, which constitutes an extraordinary emergency situation, for the purposes provided in Article 135.4 of the Constitution and Article 11.3 of Organic Law 2/2012, of April 27, on Budgetary Stability and Financial Sustainability. Vote on the Government's request.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 51· 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 Euskal Herria Bildu, Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc and GPlu. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 26 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 26
Against: 0
Abstained: 13
Tie: 13

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 in favour
Republicano	13	12 in favour · 1 did not vote
Socialista	120	120 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 in favour
Mixto	9	8 in favour · 1 against
Ciudadanos	10	10 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	35 in favour
GPlu	12	12 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	88	86 abst. · 2 did not vote
VOX	52	52 abst.

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 430/000003
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 51
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 never say “passed” because of a vote: the files do not say which majority was needed.

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