Key legislative reforms in Spain (2024-2025): what changed and what is coming
An analysis of the most significant legal reforms of 2024 and those expected for 2025: Penal Code (LO 4/2023), Law on the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service, LECRIM reform and pending European packages for transposition.
Most active legislative period since 2015
LO 4/2023 and LO 1/2024: Abolished sedition, reformed misappropriation. Amnesty law (LO 1/2024) for Catalan independence process acts; TC ordered partial suspensión.
Law 15/2022 on Procedural Efficiency: Mandatory MASC prior to civil litigation, expanded simplified procedure threshold to €15,000, mandatory electronic filing.
LECRIM Reform (draft 2024): Public Prosecutor leads investigation, accelerated proceedings for offences up to 5 years, AI-generated evidence provisions.
Pending EU transpositions: NIS2, AI Act; all requiring transposition by 2025-2026. LO 2/2024: gender parity in corporate boards (40% minimum each gender for companies with 250+ employees).
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