# The bill changes the Military Penal Code so that crimes of domestic and family violence against women, committed by an active-duty military member against another active-duty military member, are…

- Bill: PL 2117/2021
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: December 6, 2023
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2286299/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2025238 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill changes the Military Penal Code so that crimes of domestic and family violence against women, committed by an active-duty military member against another active-duty military member, are not tried by the Military Justice system. Trial passes to the ordinary courts.

## Key points

- Amends the Military Penal Code (Decree-Law No. 1.001/1969)
- Removes crimes involving domestic and family violence from the Military Justice system
- Applies when the offender is an active-duty military member and the victim is also an active-duty military member
- Jurisdiction to try these cases passes to the ordinary courts

## Votes

- December 6, 2023: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). The substitute text to Bill No. 2.117 of 2021, from the Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights, was approved.

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