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What it is

Proposal to expand life imprisonment to more murder cases

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Rejected

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 18 October 2025. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Official title: Private member's bill for an Organic Law amending Organic Law 10/1995, of November 23, on the Penal Code, to expand the cases in which the imposition of the reviewable life imprisonment penalty is foreseen.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000226· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would expand the cases in which revisable permanent imprisonment can be imposed for murder. It focuses on two situations: hiding the victim's body and committing murder again after a prior conviction.
  2. Today murder carries a prison sentence of fifteen to twenty-five years. The bill would make revisable permanent imprisonment the penalty in those two cases, and revealing where the body is could help the convicted person get their sentence suspended.
  3. The text adds two cases to Article 140 of the Criminal Code: when the convicted person made the victim's body disappear or did not say where it is, and when the offender had previously been convicted of murder.
  4. If approved, the law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).

Who it affects

  • People convicted of murder: Could receive revisable permanent imprisonment if they made the victim's body disappear or did not reveal where it is.
  • People previously convicted of murder who offend again: Could receive revisable permanent imprisonment if they commit murder again after a prior conviction for that crime.
  • Relatives and loved ones of murder victims: The bill seeks to spare them the added pain of not being able to bury their relative.

Words worth knowing

Prisión permanente revisable (revisable permanent imprisonment)
The harshest prison penalty in the Spanish Criminal Code. It is not final: the convicted person can request release after serving at least twenty-five years.
Proposición de ley orgánica (organic law bill)
A bill introduced in Congress to change a law affecting fundamental rights. It needs an absolute majority to pass. This one is not approved yet.
Reincidencia (repeat offense)
Committing the same crime again after having been convicted of it.

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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 rejected.

  1. Introduced18 October 2025Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted21 October 2025The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Oct 2025Nov 2025Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 202611. 18 October 2025: Presentación22. 21 October 2025: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 21/10/2025 hasta 24/10/202533. 21 October 2025: Calificación44. 24 October 2025: Gobierno Contestación desde 24/10/2025 hasta 02/12/202555. 2 December 2025: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 02/12/2025 hasta 17/03/202666. 17 March 2026: Concluido - (Rechazado) desde 17/03/2026 hasta 23/03/2026

17 March 2026

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 172 yes · 174 no

Voted on: Private member's bill of the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Congress, Organic bill amending Organic Law 10/1995, of November 23, on the Criminal Code, to expand the cases in which the imposition of the reviewable life imprisonment penalty is provided for.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 165· updated 10 Nov

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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 31 most voted in favour; in 10, against.

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

  • In favour: 31
  • Against: 10
  • Tie: 11
Result by parliamentary group
GroupSeatsHow it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu6
6 against
Plurinacional SUMAR26
24 against · 2 did not vote
Republicano7
7 against
Socialista121
119 against · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)5
5 against
Junts per Catalunya7
7 against
Mixto8
2 in favour · 6 against
Popular en el Congreso137
137 in favour
VOX33
33 in favour

What happens next

What happens now?

It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • 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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