What it is

Request for the creation of an Investigating Committee on the facts, responsibilities, and lessons learned regarding the contracting processes for the acquisition of sanitary material by public administrations during the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a request to create a committee of inquiry. It was introduced on 27 February 2024. Introduced by: López Álvarez, Patxi (GS) y 72 Diputados.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 156/000005· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced27 February 2024Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted5 March 2024The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary12 March 2024All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE21 March 2024It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 5 official steps on a timeline

21 March 2024

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 175 yes · 33 no · 136 abst.

Voted on: Request by Mr. López Álvarez and 72 other Deputies to create an Inquiry Committee on the facts, responsibilities and lessons regarding the contracting processes for the acquisition of medical supplies by public administrations during the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 14 of sitting 33· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

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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 VOX. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 14 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 14
Against: 0
Abstained: 17
Tie: 21

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	6	6 in favour
Plurinacional SUMAR	27	25 in favour · 2 did not vote
Republicano	7	7 in favour
Socialista	120	118 in favour · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	6 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	8	8 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	137	135 abst. · 2 did not vote
VOX	33	33 against

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 156/000005
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 14 of sitting 33
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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