What it is

Non-legislative motion to reduce the maximum blood alcohol limit allowed for all drivers of motorized and non-motorized vehicles.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a non-binding motion. It was introduced on 20 September 2024. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000315· 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.

Introduced20 September 2024Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted24 September 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.
Plenary27 September 2024All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE10 October 2024It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 5 official steps on a timeline

10 October 2024

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 175 yes · 33 no · 138 abst.

Voted on: Non-legislative motion by the Socialist Parliamentary Group, to reduce the maximum blood alcohol limit allowed for all drivers of motorized and non-motorized vehicles.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 of sitting 66· 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 VOX. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.

By province: in 15 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 15
Against: 0
Abstained: 16
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 · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 in favour
Mixto	8	7 in favour · 1 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	137	137 abst.
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 162/000315
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 of sitting 66
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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Non-legislative motion to reduce the maximum blood alcohol limit allowed for all drivers of motorized and non-motorized vehicles. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original