Overview
- The Senate opened a fast-track plenary debate after receiving the bill and, having dispensed committee procedures, could vote later today.
- Jucopo chief Adán Augusto López said the Senate does not plan to modify the text, arguing that deputies addressed concerns through forums and consultations.
- Deputies approved the overhaul after roughly 23 hours of debate by a 324–118 vote with five abstentions, adopting 18 reservations from Morena, PT and PVEM.
- The measure removes the 'negativa ficta' doctrine, regulates 'zonas de libre alumbramiento,' and creates a national water reserve to reassign recovered volumes.
- It increases prison terms to 2–14 years for illegal permitting and commercial diversion, exempts personal, domestic and family farm use, and orders Conagua inspections despite about 350 inspectors for more than 550,000 concessions, as farm groups seek transitory protections for historical wells.