What it is

Proposal to reform the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to amend Article 46.1.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: proposicion de reforma del reglamento del congreso. It was introduced on 22 November 2023. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso Grupo Parlamentario Socialista Grupo Parlamentario Plurinacional SUMAR.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 410/000004· 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.

Introduced22 November 2023Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted23 November 2023The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments28 November 2023Groups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary28 November 2023All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE28 November 2023It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 7 official steps on a timeline

28 November 2023

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 311 yes · 33 no

Voted on: Overall vote on the Private Member's Bill to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to modify Article 46.1.

This law had 4 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 9· 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. Against, most of VOX.

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	5 in favour · 1 did not vote
Plurinacional SUMAR	31	29 in favour · 2 did not vote
Republicano	7	7 in favour
Socialista	121	119 in favour · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 in favour
Mixto	3	3 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	137	136 in favour · 1 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 410/000004
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 9
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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Proposal to reform the Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies to amend Article 46.1. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original