In a landmark Ordinary Session, the Congress Plenary issued a Declaration of Admissibility aimed at recognizing the human right to care and laying the groundwork for a new State Care System.
The move comes through Opinion No. 86 from the Commission on Governance, Legislation and Constitutional Points, which proposes amending the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California.
The reform to Article 7, introduced by Congresswoman Daylin García Ruvalcaba, seeks to formally establish care as a fundamental human right.
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What Is the Human Right to Care?
In essence, it encompasses all the activities, services, resources, and relationships needed to meet the daily needs of children, older adults, and people with disabilities who require support.
Following the proposal, the full assembly approved both the Commission’s opinion and a reservation presented by Congresswoman Liliana Michel Sánchez Allende.
On April 16, 2026, official requests for a vote on the opinion and the reservation were sent to Baja California’s seven City Halls. The councils of Tijuana, Tecate, and San Felipe voted in favor.
Meanwhile, the councils of San Quintín, Mexicali, Playas de Rosarito, and Ensenada did not declare their vote. Under the state’s political constitution, their silence is considered acceptance of the reform.
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Reform Becomes Official
With that, lawmakers formally declared the reform to Article 7 of the State Constitution approved.
The decree will take effect the day after its publication in the Official Gazette of the State of Baja California.
Within 360 calendar days of that publication, the Legislative Branch must issue the regulatory law for Article 7, Section A, governing the new care system.
State and municipal entities, agencies, and public bodies will then operate the system according to their available budgets, as outlined in forthcoming secondary legislation.
