# The bill changes the Penal Code to make the punishments harsher for bodily harm, crimes against honor, threat and contempt of authority when committed against doctors and other health professionals…

- Bill: PL 2672/2025
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: May 27, 2025
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2121642/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1518292 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill changes the Penal Code to make the punishments harsher for bodily harm, crimes against honor, threat and contempt of authority when committed against doctors and other health professionals while practicing their profession.

## Key points

- Changes the Penal Code (Decree-Law No. 2.848/1940)
- Deals with bodily harm, crimes against honor, threat and contempt of authority
- Applies when the victim is a doctor or another health professional
- The crime must occur while practicing the profession

## Votes

- May 27, 2025: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). The global substitute sub-amendment to Bill No. 6.749 of 2016, adopted by the rapporteur of the Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship, was approved, except for the separate votes.

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