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Santa Fe Convention Approves First Block of Legislative Reforms in Constitutional Overhaul

The package reshapes provincial lawmaking by resetting chamber design, accountability rules, fiscal attributions, voting thresholds and session dates.

La Convención empezó a definir la nueva Constitución de Santa Fe.
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Overview

  • The Convención Reformadora passed 12 articles on the Legislative branch by a 52–15 vote, with 67 delegates present and two absences (Beatriz Brouwer and Emiliano Peralta).
  • The Legislature remains bicameral with 50 deputies and 19 senators under gender parity provisions that are now enshrined in the provincial Constitution.
  • The text enumerates broad legislative powers, including creating taxes, approving the budget, managing debt authorizations, validating intergovernmental accords and organizing the public administration.
  • Process immunity for lawmakers is eliminated to allow judicial investigations, while opinion immunity remains and arrests require chamber authorization except upon final conviction or in flagrante delicto.
  • Rules change to allow one consecutive re‑election with a one‑year cooling‑off after two consecutive terms, current incumbents are exempted as a first term under transitory clauses, ordinary sessions run Feb. 15–Nov. 30 and certain absolute majorities give way to proportional voting.