# Changes two articles of the Penal Code on crimes of sexual violence against women.

- Bill: PL 419/2023
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: December 6, 2023
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2348304/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2234449 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

Changes two articles of the Penal Code on crimes of sexual violence against women. The bill changes a mitigating circumstance (which reduces the sentence) and prevents the reduction of the statute of limitations period when the offender was under 21 on the date of the act and over 70 on the date of the sentence.

## Key points

- Amends arts. 65 and 115 of the Penal Code
- Deals with crimes involving sexual violence against women
- Prohibits reducing the statute of limitations period in these cases
- Applies when the offender was under 21 at the time of the act and over 70 at sentencing

## Votes

- December 6, 2023: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Bill No. 419 of 2023 approved.

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