What it is
Private member's bill on the use of the languages of the State in the denomination of legal persons, civil and commercial.
Committee step 4 of 7 · UnfinishedIt is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 12 April 2005. Introduced by: Senado.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 124/000007· 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 4 of 7 steps. It reached Committee, and today it is unfinished.
- Introduced12 April 2005Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted19 April 2005The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments22 April 2005Groups propose changes.
- Committee15 June 2005A 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 6 official steps on a timeline
Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
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.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
- VIII Legislature, Senate Private member's bill on the use of the languages of the State in the denomination of legal persons, civil and commercial.
Presented before in:
- VII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Rejected Proposición de Ley sobre el uso de las lenguas del Estado en la denominación de las personas jurídicas civiles y mercantiles
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 124/000007
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 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.