Spain

• 2026-10-10 (verified 2026-10-11): Congress records PLOIA bill 121/000096 as lapsed (“Concluido - (Caducado)”) from 2026-10-06 after dissolution of the Cortes; it was not enacted. The Royal Decree dissolving the Cortes called elections for 2026-11-29.
• 2026-10-08: The International AI Advisory Council presented the Madrid Manifesto (non-binding).
• 2026-10-05: RD 723/2026 algorithmic-information duties entered into force, according to the October AI-governance run synthesis; no canonical source URL for this item was included in that run’s source ledger.

What to watch: new national legislation implementing the EU AI Act and the designation of the Spanish enforcement and sanctions framework.

The EU AI Act applies directly in Spain. Spain’s proposed national implementation bill did not become law.

• PLOIA bill 121/000096 — lapsed. The Proyecto de Ley Orgánica para el buen uso y la gobernanza de la inteligencia artificial would have established AESIA as central authority and single contact point, with sectoral authorities, sanctions, a public-sector AI inventory and a national sandbox. Congress records the bill as lapsed from 2026-10-06; these proposed powers were not enacted. See the Congreso docket and Royal Decree 806/2026.
• RD 723/2026 algorithmic-information duties. The October AI-governance run synthesis records these duties as in force from 2026-10-05. The source ledger did not include a canonical document URL, so no link is supplied here.
• Madrid Manifesto on responsible AI (2026-10-08). Advisory and non-binding; its recommendations do not confer government powers.
• EU deepfake and AI child-abuse-material prohibition. Spain proposed the measure; its formal status is tracked on the European Union entry.

The EU AI Act applies directly in Spain. PLOIA, the proposed national implementation bill, lapsed before enactment on 2026-10-06, leaving Spain’s national authority and sanctions architecture incomplete; proposed PLOIA powers should not be treated as current obligations.

The October AI-governance run synthesis separately records algorithmic-information duties under RD 723/2026 as in force from 2026-10-05; the run’s source ledger did not include a canonical URL for that item.

Businesses must apply the EU AI Act directly. PLOIA’s proposed sanctions and AESIA powers were not enacted when bill 121/000096 lapsed, so they are not current obligations; the national authority and sanctions framework remains incomplete.

Verification. The Congreso docket records the bill as lapsed from 2026-10-06, and Royal Decree 806/2026 dissolved the Cortes. See the Congreso docket and BOE decree. Research assistance, not legal advice.