Spain's 29 November election leaves its AI bill unpassed

On 6 October, Spain's official gazette, the BOE, published Royal Decree 806/2026, which dissolves parliament and calls a general election for 29 November. With the dissolution, the organic bill on the good use and governance of artificial intelligence lapses.

The bill had been published in the parliamentary bulletin on 12 June and was at the amendment stage. It adapted the EU AI Act to Spain: it named AESIA, the Spanish AI supervision agency, as the single point of contact and set the sanctions regime.

According to Mobile World Live, lapsed bills aren't carried over: the next government will have to approve it again and send it back to parliament. The EU regulation still applies, but Spain is left without the rule that sets out who supervises and how sanctions work. The outlet doesn't expect the bill back in Congress before spring 2027.