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Senate Sets Wednesday Vote on Amparo Reform as Hearings Close and Revisions Are Teed Up

After two days of testimony, leaders plan a same‑week vote with edits to the contested definition of legitimate interest.

Overview

  • Senate leaders said commissions will finalize a draft within hours and take the reform to the floor on Wednesday after concluding public hearings.
  • Justice Commission president Javier Corral called changes inevitable to avoid restricting protection of collective and diffuse rights and said input from experts will be folded into the draft.
  • The proposal tightens standing by requiring a real, actual, differentiated injury and a certain, direct benefit, prompting experts to urge language that includes individual or collective harm and to drop the word “actual.”
  • The package combines a digital amparo and 60‑day deadlines for rulings with tighter limits on suspensions in fiscal, financial and some criminal cases, including challenges to UIF account freezes.
  • Civil society, judges and business groups warned of curtailed access to justice and enforcement risks, while some attorneys defended the text as consistent with jurisprudence and aimed at curbing abuses.