What it is

Private member's bill for the repeal of Law 18/2013, of November 12, for the regulation of Bullfighting as cultural heritage.

Senate step 6 of 7 · Rejected

Type of initiative: iniciativa legislativa popular. It was introduced on 4 January 2024. Introduced by: Doña Aida Gascón Bosch y otros.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 120/000009· 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 6 of 7 steps. It reached Senate, and today it is rejected.

Introduced4 January 2024Someone 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.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committee9 May 2025A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
Senate9 January 2024The 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 10 official steps on a timeline

7 October 2025

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 57 yes · 169 no · 118 abst.

Voted on: Private member's bill for the repeal of Law 18/2013, of November 12, for the regulation of Bullfighting as cultural heritage.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 135· 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.

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, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Junts per Catalunya and Mixto. Against, most of Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 5 most voted in favour; in 35, against.

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

In favour: 5
Against: 35
Abstained: 1
Tie: 11

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	120	117 abst. · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 in favour
Mixto	9	6 in favour · 1 against · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	137	135 against · 2 did not vote
VOX	33	33 against

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 120/000009
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 135
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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Private member's bill for the repeal of Law 18/2013, of November 12, for the regulation of Bullfighting as cultural heritage. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original