The Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria is the basic institutional norm of the autonomous community of Cantabria in Spain. It determines the fields, bodies and institutions of self-government of the Cantabrian community. Legally it is the Organic Law 8/1981 of December 30, 1981, passed on December 15 the same year in the Congress and published on the BOE on January 11, 1982. Later it has been modified to extend responsibilities and to define provisional articles.