What it is

Creation of the Committee of Inquiry on the right to know the truth and the implications arising from the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on 17 August 2017.

Committee step 4 of 7 · Unfinished

Type of initiative: comision de investigacion art 52. It was introduced on 12 December 2023. Introduced by: Pleno del Congreso.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 152/000002· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 4 of 7 steps. It reached Committee, and today it is unfinished.

Introduced12 December 2023Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted12 December 2023The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committee28 February 2024A 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 4 official steps on a timeline

23 October 2024

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 177 yes · 171 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Request for an extension, until the completion of the work assigned to it, of the deadline for the issuance of the Report of the Investigation Committee on the right to know the truth and the implications arising from the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on August 17, 2017.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 31 of sitting 70· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

Or see how most of each province voted

More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Euskal Herria Bildu, Plurinacional SUMAR, Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Junts per Catalunya and Mixto. Against, most of Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 10 most voted in favour; in 31, against.

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

In favour: 10
Against: 31
Tie: 11

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	6	6 in favour
Plurinacional SUMAR	27	27 in favour
Republicano	7	7 in favour
Socialista	120	120 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 in favour
Mixto	8	5 in favour · 1 against · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	137	137 against
VOX	33	33 against

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 152/000002
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 31 of sitting 70
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 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.

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Creation of the Committee of Inquiry on the right to know the truth and the implications arising from the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on 17 August 2017. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original