What it is
Proposal to require the Council of State to publish its reports
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 26 April 2025. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.
Official title: Organic Private member's bill regarding the amendment of Organic Law 3/1980, of April 22, regulating the Council of State, to strengthen the transparency of its functions.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000184· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill adds a new article to the Council of State's organic law A law on fundamental rights, the electoral system or other matters the Constitution reserves. It needs an absolute majority in the Congreso: 176 votes. requiring this body to publish relevant information about its activity on a regular, updated basis, under the 2013 Transparency Law.
- That information would be published on the Council of State's website, in a clear, understandable, free and accessible way for people with disabilities, preferably in reusable formats.
- Because of their legal relevance, the Council would have to publish all its opinions, reports, studies, motions, memoranda and answers to consultations that interpret the law or have legal effects, including those used to draft legislation.
- The sponsors justify the bill because the Council of State poorly meets its transparency obligations and because the Government does not publish its opinions on decree-laws and royal decrees, although it must request them for bills.
Who it affects
- The Council of State (Consejo de Estado), which would face new obligations to publish its information and opinions on its website.: New active publication duties
- The Government, whose rules would be covered by published Council opinions.: Greater public scrutiny of its rules
- Citizens and the Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados), who could consult those opinions and reports free of charge and in an accessible way.: Access to previously unpublished information
Words worth knowing
- Consejo de Estado (Council of State)
- The body that advises the Government with opinions and reports before rules are approved; its views are not binding unless a law says otherwise.
- Dictamen (formal opinion)
- An official report with the legal view of an advisory body on a matter.
- Decreto-ley (decree-law)
- A rule with the rank of law that the Government can pass urgently without prior approval by Congress, though Congress must later validate it.
- Ley orgánica (organic law)
- A type of law reserved for major matters, such as developing fundamental rights; it requires supermajorities in Congress.
- Publicidad activa (active publication)
- The duty of public administrations to publish relevant information on their own, without waiting for a request.
- organic law
- A law on fundamental rights, the electoral system or other matters the Constitution reserves. It needs an absolute majority in the Congreso: 176 votes.
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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 unfinished.
- Introduced26 April 2025Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted29 April 2025The 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 7 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.
It has not been presented again yet.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000184
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 only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.