Mexico's Chamber of Deputies ended its session with 2,942 legislative initiatives pending, delaying key issues like security and education. Lawmakers will return on February 1, having approved only 165 out of 3,324 submitted in the current legislature. This backlog highlights a slow pace in processing proposals from all parties.
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies, in its LXVI Legislature, faced a significant legislative backlog at the close of its ordinary period. According to the report from the Secretariat of Parliamentary Services and the General Directorate of Parliamentary Support, 3,324 initiatives were received from September 2024 to December 9, 2025. Of these, only 165 were approved, 41 discarded, and 176 withdrawn, leaving 2,942 awaiting committee rulings.
This 'turtle-like' legislative pace impacts proposals from various sources. Morena, with 253 deputies, submitted 1,069 initiatives, of which 944 remain pending despite 38 approvals. The PAN, second-largest with 70 lawmakers, proposed 602 projects and has 531 unresolved. The PVEM recorded 420 initiatives with 374 pending; the PT, 265 with 238 awaiting; the PRI, 382 with 344 undictamined; and Movimiento Ciudadano, 367 with 340 pending.
Additionally, 86 initiatives from local congresses and 79 from senators are stalled, along with 14 joint submissions, nine of which await resolution. Notably, all 40 initiatives from the Executive Branch were fully approved, prioritizing the agenda of President Claudia Sheinbaum and former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Pending topics span public security, medicine distribution, agricultural support, education, employment, wages, and fiscal measures. This situation raises concerns over progress on necessary reforms, amid a context where the government's agenda dominates the process.
