# The bill changes Law No. 7.716/1989 to provide a higher penalty for the crime of racial insult when it is committed against women or elderly people.

- Bill: PL 5701/2023
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: April 15, 2025
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2406642/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2364443 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill changes Law No. 7.716/1989 to provide a higher penalty for the crime of racial insult when it is committed against women or elderly people.

## Key points

- Amends Law No. 7.716 of 1989
- Deals with the crime of racial insult
- Provides a harsher penalty when the victim is a woman or an elderly person

## Votes

- April 15, 2025: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved Bill No. 5.701 of 2023.

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