Overview
- Ricardo Monreal said a revised General Water Law with about 50 changes will be debated in committee tomorrow and could move to the floor immediately after.
- The health reform targeting e-cigarettes is slated for plenary discussion this week, and Monreal signaled it may advance by majority vote rather than consensus.
- The water bill recognizes access to water as a human right and revisits long-unreviewed concessions, with adjustments on inheritance, shared agricultural–livestock use, free-drilling zones, and the end of ‘negative administrative silence.’
- Producers’ key requests were largely incorporated, though some say details are still missing, and Monreal acknowledged the possibility of disruptive actions by dissatisfied groups.
- The packed agenda also features the Tariff Law, Navy promotions, a substantive equality reform, and a circular economy measure, while a recall proposal was deferred to a later session.