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The bill changes the Penal Execution Law and the law on criminal identification (Law No. 12.037/2009).

PL 1496/2021 · latest vote on November 25, 2025

The bill changes the Penal Execution Law and the law on criminal identification (Law No. 12.037/2009). The topic is obtaining people's genetic profile (DNA) in criminal identification. The official summary (ementa) does not detail what new rules are created.

Key points and official text

Key points

  • Amends the Penal Execution Law (Law No. 7.210/1984)
  • Amends Law No. 12.037/2009, on criminal identification
  • Deals with obtaining the genetic profile in criminal identification

Official text (PL 1496/2021)

The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.

Altera a Lei nº 7.210, de 11 de julho de 1984 (Lei de Execução Penal), e a Lei nº 12.037, de 1º de outubro de 2009, para dispor sobre a obtenção do perfil genético na identificação criminal.

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How each deputy voted

Symbolic vote: the result was announced without recording each deputy's vote.

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