Use of AI before the Federal Labor Arbitration Court (LFTSE, arts. 123 Bis to 123 Quinquies)

What it is. Adds a new Chapter I Bis to Title Seven of the Federal Law for State Workers (Ley Federal de los Trabajadores al Servicio del Estado) to regulate the use of AI tools in proceedings before the Federal Labor Arbitration Court.

Who. Sen. Agustín Dorantes Lámbarri (PAN). When. Presented before the Standing Commission (Comisión Permanente) on July 8, 2026. Status. Referred to the Joint Commissions on Justice; Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence in Mexico; and Legislative Studies, Second.

The Guiding Principles

Subjects the use of artificial intelligence tools to ten guiding principles: legality, transparency, traceability, human oversight, explainability, personal data protection, non-discrimination, accountability, proportionality, and information security. Responsibility for actions and rulings remains with judicial officers and public servants with jurisdictional functions: AI cannot substitute for legal reasoning, automatically assess evidence, determine contested facts, or make decisions without human intervention.

Why It Matters

It is one of 14 companion bills that Senator Dorantes introduced on July 8, 2026 to insert the same chapter, "On the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools," across nearly all Mexican procedural law—from administrative litigation and labor law to criminal, commercial, agrarian, and military law—as well as a reform to Article 17 of the Constitution. Collectively they seek a single standard: AI as an auxiliary tool, under human oversight and without substituting for the judgment of whoever judges or decides.

Sources

Record from the Observatory on AI in Mexico's archive. Summary verified against official source.