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Baja California gender and governance reforms

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2026-08-03 00:17 UTC → 2026-08-14 03:40 UTC · added removed

In late July 2026, Deputy Dunnia Montserrat Murillo López introduced a bill to amend the Baja California State Security System Law, mandating that police and security forces operate under a gender perspective. The proposal sought perspective to eliminate discriminatory practices, revictimisation of vulnerable groups, practices and to establish accountability mechanisms, with future steps including gender‑focused certification and specialized units. accountability. A week later, the Baja California Congress approved a comprehensive constitutional amendment known as the “Plan B.” The B” constitutional amendment. This reform introduced gender parity requirements for the state legislature and municipal councils, imposed strict budgetary caps on legislative spending, and created an internal audit body for the State Electoral Institute. It also restructured electoral rules, limiting council terms, capping salaries, and restricting post‑tenure partisan activity. In the same session, the Morena‑majority elected Eligio Valencia López as the new president of the state Congress. On 1 August 2026, the Congress declared the “Plan B” amendment officially in force, specifying changes to articles 5, 14, 78, 79 and 90. The law sets a 0.70 % 0.70% ceiling on the legislature’s share of the state budget, mandates and mandated a cumulative 15 % 15% spending reduction over four fiscal years, and earmarks savings for infrastructure projects. years to fund infrastructure. It limits also restructured the State Electoral Institute by limiting members to a single seven‑year seven-year term, caps capping remuneration at the federal limit, bans private insurance and special benefits, and creates creating an internal control body to audit body. On 1 August 2026, the Institute’s finances. Former amendment officially entered into force, and the Morena-majority Congress elected former PRI member Eligio Valencia López was confirmed as president of the state Congress for the period of 1 August to 30 November 2024, reinforcing Morena’s majority leadership. 2024. On 12 August 2026, the Congress approved further reforms to the state Penal Code to strengthen protections against sexual violence for women, children, and adolescents. Proposed by Deputy Liliana Michel Sánchez Allende, the reform centers on the concept of consent, stating that silence, passivity, or a lack of physical resistance cannot be interpreted as consent. The law eliminates the crime of ‘estupro’ (statutory rape) and stipulates that consent is void if obtained through violence, intimidation, deception, or abuse of authority. Additionally, the legislation establishes prison sentences of 15 to 30 years for equivalent rape offenses involving minors.

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