What it is

Government bill amending Law 1/2000, of January 7, of Civil Procedure, to regulate the procedure for determining age.

Committee step 4 of 7· Lapsed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 22 November 2024. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Follow this law

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000040· 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 4 of 7 steps. It reached Committee, and today it is lapsed.

Introduced22 November 2024Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted26 November 2024The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments29 November 2024Groups propose changes.
Committee25 February 2025A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
Senatenot reachedThe 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 7 official steps on a timeline

8 October 2025

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 170 yes · 176 no

Voted on: Vote on the request by the Plenary of the Chamber to take over the deliberation and final vote on the Government bill amending Law 1/2000, of 7 January, on Civil Procedure, to regulate the procedure for determining age, submitted by the VOX Parliamentary Group.

This law had 2 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 117 of sitting 136· 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 Popular en el Congreso and VOX. Against, most of Euskal Herria Bildu, Plurinacional SUMAR, Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Junts per Catalunya and Mixto. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 30 most voted in favour; in 12, against.

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

In favour: 30
Against: 12
Tie: 10

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	6	6 against
Plurinacional SUMAR	26	25 against · 1 did not vote
Republicano	7	1 in favour · 6 against
Socialista	120	120 against
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 against · 1 did not vote
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 against
Mixto	9	1 in favour · 8 against
Popular en el Congreso	137	135 in favour · 2 did not vote
VOX	33	33 in favour

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000040
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, procedure
The date of each step, with its official wording.

Retrieved 12 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 117 of sitting 136
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 never say “passed” because of a vote: the files do not say which majority was needed.

Read the full method · Report an error

Government bill amending Law 1/2000, of January 7, of Civil Procedure, to regulate the procedure for determining age. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original