What it is
Private member's bill to amend Law 8/1994, of 19 May, regulating the Joint Committee for the European Union, to adapt it to the Treaty of Lisbon of 13 December 2007.
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 16 October 2009.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000182· 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.
- Introduced16 October 2009Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted20 October 2009The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments1 December 2009Groups propose changes.
- Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenary2 December 2009All 350 deputies vote.
- Senate3 December 2009The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE16 December 2009It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 10 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?
It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000182
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.