Overview
- The Senate voted to convert the bill into law on Thursday, September 17, creating a province-wide prohibition on informal car attendants commonly called trapitos.
- The statute adds three contraventional articles to the provincial Code of Convivencia that create fines, community work, bans on returning to the spot, and short arrest terms for repeat offenders.
- Municipalities must formally adhere to the provincial law to apply it and will serve as the exclusive contraventional authorities while they can request police support through the provincial ministry.
- The law obliges the provincial Executive to run prevention and social inclusion programs such as vocational training, job placement and mental health or substance-use support for those who perform the activity.
- The measure prompted debate within the governing coalition and from security officials who warned it could divert police and judicial resources, so local political choices will shape how strictly the law is enforced.