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What it is

Protecting historic heritage from vandalism attacks

Amendments step 3 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 20 September 2024. Introduced by: Senado.

Official title: Private member's bill for the protection of Historical Heritage against vandalism.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 124/000013· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would add two new violations to the Spanish Historical Heritage Law: damaging protected movable property through negligence, and intentionally putting it at risk of deterioration or loss, including attacks on the item or dangerous, unauthorized approaches to it.
  2. The bill would punish these violations with fines of up to €60,101.21 or up to €150,253.03 depending on the case, and with fines of up to four times the value of the damage when it can be assessed in money.
  3. It would allow temporarily restricting access to state-owned Archives, Libraries and Museums, especially for people sanctioned for these violations or convicted of the crime under Article 323 of the Criminal Code.
  4. The law would take effect twenty days after its publication in the Official State Gazette, and any rules that conflict with it would be repealed.

Who it affects

  • People who damage or put historic heritage at risk: they could face fines and temporary bans from state archives, libraries and museums.: fines and access restrictions
  • State-owned Archives, Libraries and Museums: they could restrict access by certain people to protect the items they hold.: new protection measures
  • The general public: access to state Archives, Libraries and Museums is kept, with the planned restrictions.: guaranteed access with possible restrictions

Words worth knowing

Bienes muebles
Movable items, such as paintings or sculptures, as opposed to buildings or monuments.
Doloso
Done on purpose, with intent.
Imprudencia grave, menos grave o leve
Levels of negligence, from very serious to minor, when causing the damage.
Proposición de ley
A bill: a text proposing a law that is not yet passed or in force.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 3 of 7 steps. It reached Amendments, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced20 September 2024Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted24 September 2024The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments27 September 2024Groups 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 5 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2024Dec 202511. 20 September 2024: Presentación22. 24 September 2024: Comisión de Cultura Publicación desde 24/09/2024 hasta 27/09/202433. 24 September 2024: Calificación44. 27 September 2024: Comisión de Cultura Enmiendas desde 27/09/2024 hasta 06/10/202655. 6 October 2026: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 06/10/2026 hasta 04/11/2026

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.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Presented before in:

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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