What it is

Private member's bill for the reform of Article 49 of the Spanish Constitution.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: proposicion de reforma constitucional de grupos parlamentarios. It was introduced on 29 December 2023. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 100/000001· 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.

Introduced29 December 2023Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted9 January 2024The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments16 January 2024Groups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary17 January 2024The deputies vote, usually in the plenary; some laws are passed by a committee without going to it.
Senate18 January 2024The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE25 January 2024The King gives royal assent and it is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). It comes into force on the date it sets, or after 20 days if it sets none.

See the 9 official steps on a timeline

16 January 2024

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 310 yes · 33 no · 5 abst.

Voted on: Agreement on direct processing and single reading of the Private member's bill for the reform of Article 49 of the Spanish Constitution.

This law had 3 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 16· updated 10 Nov

Each dot is a seat. Tap one, or use the arrow keys, to see who it is.

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, Plurinacional SUMAR, Republicano, Socialista, Junts per Catalunya, Mixto and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of VOX.

By province: in 52 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 52
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	6	6 in favour
Plurinacional SUMAR	26	26 in favour
Republicano	7	7 in favour
Socialista	121	121 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 abst.
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 in favour
Mixto	8	7 in favour · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	137	136 in favour · 1 did not vote
VOX	33	33 against

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 100/000001
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 16
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.

Read the full method · Report an error

Private member's bill for the reform of Article 49 of the Spanish Constitution. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original