Overview
- Lawmakers approved additions to Article 44, fraction XII, requiring any state financing to meet responsibility, sustainability and transparency standards and to be fully amortized within the sitting administration.
- The measure targets transexenal debt and was advanced by Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla after documenting decades of rising liabilities and heavy debt-service costs.
- Only one vote against was reported, from the Movimiento Ciudadano bench, with Morena, PT and PVEM backing the change.
- Officials cited a 640% rise in state debt over 25 years, a 682.18% increase from 1993–2024, and more than 6,300 million pesos paid in 2025 to service inherited obligations.
- The state Finance Secretariat said the reform will support sustained budget balance, strengthen financial confidence and prioritize productive investment, while municipalities retain financial autonomy under the change.