What it is

Request for the creation of a Subcommittee, within the Interior Committee, to draft a basic legal statute for persons who have disappeared without apparent cause.

BOE step 7 of 7· Passed

It is a request to create a subcommittee or working group. It was introduced on 23 April 2026. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 158/000024· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

Introduced23 April 2026Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted28 April 2026The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committee4 May 2026A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary16 June 2026All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE10 September 2026It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 7 official steps on a timeline

10 September 2026

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 314 yes · 0 no · 32 abst.

Voted on: Proposal by the Interior Committee, for the creation of a Subcommittee for the drafting of a basic legal statute for persons disappeared without apparent cause.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 21 of sitting 196· 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, Mixto and Popular en el Congreso. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 52 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 52
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	6	6 in favour
Plurinacional SUMAR	26	26 in favour
Republicano	7	6 in favour · 1 did not vote
Socialista	121	119 in favour · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 in favour
Mixto	9	8 in favour · 1 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	137	137 in favour
VOX	32	31 abst. · 1 did not vote

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 158/000024
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 21 of sitting 196
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 never say “passed” because of a vote: the files do not say which majority was needed.

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Request for the creation of a Subcommittee, within the Interior Committee, to draft a basic legal statute for persons who have disappeared without apparent cause. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original