What it is
Bill would allow homeowners' meetings by video call and digital minute book
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 14 February 2025. Introduced by: Senado.
Official title: Private member's bill to amend Law 49/1960, of July 21, on horizontal property.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 124/000017· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would allow owners to attend homeowners' association meetings by video call, if the association has approved it beforehand or its bylaws include it. The idea comes from the pandemic experience, when a temporary royal decree-law A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses. allowed remote meetings.
- Each owner could give the association's secretary a home address in Spain or an email address to receive summonses and notices. If the owner does not, the apartment or premises would be used, and if notice is impossible, it would be posted on the notice board and take effect after three calendar days.
- Article 15 would be amended so that attendance at meetings could be in person, by video call, or through representation, proven with a written document signed by the owner.
- Meeting decisions would be recorded in a minute book that could be kept in electronic format, following a model approved by the Dirección General de Seguridad Jurídica y Fe pública. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the official state gazette.
Who it affects
- Owners of apartments and premises in homeowners' associations: They could attend meetings by video call, designate an email address for notices, and attend through written representation.
- Presidents, secretaries and property administrators: They would manage email notices, remote meetings and the digital minute book.
- Property registrars (Registradores de la Propiedad): They would certify the minute book, which could be electronic.
Words worth knowing
- Junta de propietarios
- Meeting of the owners of apartments and premises in a building to make decisions for the association.
- Estatutos
- The association's own rules.
- Nudo propietario
- Owner of a home whose use and enjoyment belongs to someone else, the usufructuary.
- Usufructuario
- Person entitled to use a home and receive its income without owning it.
- Libro de actas diligenciado
- Official book where meeting decisions are recorded, certified by a property registrar.
- royal decree-law
- A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.
- decree-law
- A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 3 of 7 steps. It reached Amendments, and today it is unfinished.
- Introduced14 February 2025Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted18 February 2025The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments21 February 2025Groups 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 5 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.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
- XV Legislature, Senate Private member's bill to amend Law 49/1960, of July 21, on horizontal property.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 124/000017
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.