Mexico

Chamber of Deputies

Political system
Presidential system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Law-making

Data on parliament’s law-making role and activities

Legislative activity

Number of laws adopted by parliament, per year
Total number of laws adopted by Parliament in the previous legislature
16
(2024-09)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by parliament
9
(2024-09)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by the government
7
(2024-09)
Percentage of laws initiated by parliament in the previous legislature
56%
(2024-09)
Dates of the previous legislature
01 Sep 2021 to 31 Aug 2024
(2024-09)
Outcome when the two chambers cannot agree on a piece of draft legislation
The legislation cannot be adopted unless both chambers agree

Sources: Constitution, art. 72

Executive-legislative relations

Legislation adopted by parliament requires the assent of the Head of State
No

Sources:

Constitution, art. 72 and 89

A bill forwarded to the President of the Republic which is not returned by him with his objections to the House where it was originated within 30 calendar days of the receipt, shall be deemed approved.

Number of times the Head of State declined to give assent to legislation, per year
0
(2023)
Consequences when the Head of State declines to give assent to legislation
The legislation is returned to Parliament for re-examination
Final decision when parliament and the Head of State do not agree
Other

Notes:

The parliament takes the final decision on any law returned by the President with comments.

In case of disagreement between the President and the parliament on the constitutionality of general norms, acts or omissions (except those that refer to electoral matters), the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation will take a final decision.

Existence of a procedure to introduce emergency legislation

There is a procedure for introducing emergency legislation into parliament
Yes
Number of times the procedure for emergency legislation was used, per year
0

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No