Overview

• The Permanent Commission approved sessions on August 12, 15 and 18 along with a solemn session on September 1 to administer oaths to the new judiciary
• The August 12 meeting will be devoted exclusively to awarding the 2025 Mexico City Youth Prize
• Votes on Governor Clara Brugada’s initiatives regulating vehicles under 25 km/h, imposing penalties on unauthorized parking attendants and extending participatory budgeting are set for August 15 and 18
• The anti-franeleros reform includes a 36-hour non-commutable detention, fines of 1,500 pesos and community work with aggravated extortion cases punishable by up to 15 years in prison
• Lawmakers are also preparing to consider pending proposals on banning vape devices and allowing menstrual-related absences once the primary reforms are addressed