Ley Nacional para Regular el Uso de la Inteligencia Artificial (Senate initiative, Feb 2026) and other pending AI bills; AI labor and copyright reform (in force May 2026)

Summary

Mexico has no general AI law. Several initiatives are pending, among them the Ley Nacional para Regular el Uso de la Inteligencia Artificial, filed in the Senate on February 11, 2026, by Senator Karina Isabel Ruiz Ruiz (Morena) and referred to committees. It would cover public and private AI use with human-rights guarantees, impose data-protection and risk duties on providers, and create an AI regulatory agency with sanctions up to market withdrawal. Separately, Congress passed a reform of the Federal Labor Law and the Federal Copyright Law requiring express consent and payment before a performer's voice or image is reproduced with AI; the Senate approved it on April 15, 2026, and the decree was published in the Official Gazette (DOF) on May 14, 2026.

Key dates

1. February 11, 2026Key date
2. October 16, 2026Checked against sources
3. October 21, 2026Checked against sources

Developments are added when the record is reviewed. Next review: January 15, 2027.

Evidence

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1. Esta iniciativa fue presentada el pasado miércoles 11 de febrero y actualmente se ha turnado a las Comisiones Unidas de Análisis, Seguimiento y Evaluación sobre la aplicación y desarrollo de la Inteligencia Artificial en México; y de Estudios Legislativos.

   Supports: Filed February 11; referred to committees

   presentada en el Senado de la República por la Senadora Karina Isabel Ruíz Ruíz, del grupo parlamentario MORENA para expedir la Ley Nacional para Regular el Uso de la Inteligencia Artificial

   Supports: Sponsor and bill name

   se propone la creación de una Agencia Reguladora del Desarrollo, Uso y Aplicación de la Inteligencia Artificial

   Supports: Proposed regulator

   Ley Nacional para Regular el Uso de la Inteligencia Artificial Basham, Ringe y Correa Reporting or analysis

2. Con 66 votos a favor y 23 abstenciones, Senadores de la República aprobaron reformas a la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor para proteger la voz, la imagen y el trabajo artístico frente al uso de inteligencia artificial (IA).

   Supports: Senate approval April 15, 2026

   Protege Senado voz e imagen de artistas frente a IA Quadratín Reporting or analysis

3. El 14 de mayo de 2026 se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley Federal del Trabajo y de la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor

   Supports: DOF publication May 14, 2026

   Reforma a la Ley del Derecho de Autor 2026 Concreta Legal Reporting or analysis