AI Use in Federal Administrative Litigation (LFPCA, arts. 7 Ter to 7 Sexies)

What it is. Adds Chapter I Bis to Title I of the Ley Federal de Procedimiento Contencioso Administrativo (Federal Administrative Procedure Law) to permit AI tools and other support technologies in federal administrative litigation.

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

The principles it imposes

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

Why it matters

It is one of the 14 mirror initiatives that Senator Dorantes submitted on July 8, 2026 to insert the same chapter, "On the use of artificial intelligence tools," across nearly all Mexican procedural law—from administrative and labor litigation to criminal, commercial, agrarian, and military law—plus a reform to Constitutional Article 17. Together they pursue a single standard: AI as an auxiliary tool, under human supervision and without substituting the judgment of those who decide.

Sources

Record from the archive of Observatorio IA México. Summary verified against the official source.