What it is
Government bill amending the consolidated text of the Intellectual Property Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996, of 12 April, and incorporating into the Spanish legal system Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 26 February 2014, and Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 13 September 2017 (originating from Royal Decree-Law 2/2018, of 13 April).
No stage no dataIt is a government bill. Introduced by the Government.
Source: Senate, file 621/000015· 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 0 of 7 steps. Its stage is not on record.
- Introducednot reachedSomeone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admittednot reachedThe Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
- Committeenot reachedA 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.
19 December 2018
How did the plenary vote?
Voted on: Government bill amending the consolidated text of the Intellectual Property Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996, of 12 April, and incorporating into the Spanish legal system Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 26 February 2014, and Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 13 September 2017 (originating from Royal Decree-Law 2/2018, of 13 April).
This law had 12 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all
Source: Senate, vote 1018 of sitting 51· 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
- A Coruña More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Albacete More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Alicante/Alacant More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Almería More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Araba/Álava More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Asturias More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Ávila More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Badajoz More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Barcelona More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Bizkaia More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Burgos More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Cáceres No data
- Cádiz More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Cantabria More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Castellón/Castelló More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Ceuta More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Ciudad Real More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Córdoba More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Cuenca More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Gipuzkoa More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Girona More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Granada More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Guadalajara More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Huelva More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Huesca More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Illes Balears More votes in favour 5 yes · 0 no
- Jaén More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- La Rioja More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Las Palmas More votes in favour 5 yes · 0 no
- León More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Lleida More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Lugo More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Madrid More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Málaga More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Melilla No data
- Murcia More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Navarra More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Ourense More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Palencia More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Pontevedra More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Salamanca More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Segovia More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Sevilla More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Soria More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Tarragona No data
- Teruel More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Toledo More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Valencia/València More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Valladolid More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Zamora More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Zaragoza More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
More details: how each group and each province voted
The groups
Who voted in favour and who against?
In favour, most of Esquerra, Socialista, Vasco, Mixto, GPN, Podemos and Popular. 1 deputy voted differently from their group.
By province: in 49 most voted in favour; in 0, against.
Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.
- In favour: 49
- Against: 0
| Group | Seats | How it voted |
|---|---|---|
| Esquerra | 9 | 9 in favour |
| Socialista | 56 | 56 in favour |
| Vasco | 6 | 6 in favour |
| Mixto | 11 | 10 in favour · 1 abst. |
| GPN | 5 | 5 in favour |
| Podemos | 17 | 17 in favour |
| Popular | 142 | 142 in favour |
What happens next
What happens now?
The Congreso has not yet published which stage it is at.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
- XII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed Government bill amending the consolidated text of the Intellectual Property Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996, of 12 April, and incorporating into the Spanish legal system Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 26 February 2014, and Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 13 September 2017 (originating from Royal Decree-Law 2/2018, of 13 April).
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Senate, file 621/000015
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Senate, vote 1018 of sitting 51
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.