What it is

Private member's bill amending Law 20/2011, of 21 July, on the Civil Registry.

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It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens.

Source: Senate, file 622/000059· 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 October 2022

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 130 yes · 0 no · 125 abst.

Voted on: Private member's bill amending Law 20/2011, of 21 July, on the Civil Registry.

Source: Senate, vote 1 of sitting 57· 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 Esquerra Republicana-euskal Herria Bildu, De Izquierda Confederal (Més per Mallorca, Más Madrid, Compromís, Geroa Bai y Agrupación Socialista Gomera), Nacionalista en el Senado Junts per Catalunya-coalición Canaria/partido Nacionalista Canario, Mixto, Democrático (Ciudadanos, Agrupación de Electores "Teruel Existe" y Partido Regionalista de Cantabria) and Popular en el Senado. 3 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 17 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 17
Against: 0
Abstained: 22
Tie: 12

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Esquerra Republicana-euskal Herria Bildu	16	15 in favour · 1 did not vote
De Izquierda Confederal (Més per Mallorca, Más Madrid, Compromís, Geroa Bai y Agrupación Socialista Gomera)	4	4 in favour
Socialista	112	112 abst.
Vasco en el Senado (EAJ-PNV)	10	10 abst.
Nacionalista en el Senado Junts per Catalunya-coalición Canaria/partido Nacionalista Canario	6	6 in favour
Mixto	7	5 in favour · 2 abst.
Democrático (Ciudadanos, Agrupación de Electores "Teruel Existe" y Partido Regionalista de Cantabria)	3	3 in favour
Popular en el Senado	99	97 in favour · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

The Congreso has not yet published which stage it is at.

It was presented again:

XV Legislature, Senate Private member's bill amending Law 20/2011, of 21 July, on the Civil Registry.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

XIV Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished Proposal so birth and death certificates never expire

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Senate, file 622/000059
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Senate, vote 1 of sitting 57
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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