What it is
Bill to require a family impact analysis of government rules
Admitted step 2 of 7· LapsedIt is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 15 January 2024. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.
Official title: Private member's bill amending Law 50/1997, of 27 November, on the Government, to incorporate the family perspective in the drafting of laws.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000050· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would add a new section to the impact reports that accompany government rules: the impact of each rule on the family, covering areas such as education, housing, taxes, energy and work-life balance. This analysis must address the family separately from the impact on children and teens.
- It would remove the required analysis of impact based on gender, which the bill links to gender ideology, and replace the climate change impact analysis with an assessment of climate and the natural environment based on rationality and scientific evidence.
- Within six months of the law taking effect, the Government would have to send the Cortes Generales (Spanish Parliament) a report on all rules that would need to be repealed or amended for including gender or climate change impact analyses.
- The Government could issue the regulatory rules needed to apply the law, including repealing or amending the rules listed in the report. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the official gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).
Who it affects
- The Government and its ministries: They would have to include a family impact analysis in each report and stop doing the gender and climate change ones.
- The Cortes Generales (Spanish Parliament): They would receive a Government report on the rules to be repealed or amended.
- Families: The family impact of rules would be assessed before they are approved.
Words worth knowing
- MAIN (Memoria del Análisis de Impacto Normativo)
- A report that must accompany each draft government rule and analyze its effects before it is approved.
- Anteproyecto de ley
- A draft bill prepared by the Government and sent to Congress to become law.
- Derogar
- To repeal, that is, to invalidate a previous rule.
- Disposición reglamentaria
- A rule issued by the Government to develop and apply a law.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is lapsed.
- Introduced15 January 2024Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted23 January 2024The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
- Committeenot reachedA 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 6 official steps on a timeline
Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
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 122/000050
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
- 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.