# The bill changes the Penal Execution Law to create measures that strengthen the protection of women who are victims of domestic and family violence against new threats or violence from convicted…

- Bill: PL 2083/2022
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: April 15, 2026
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2495726/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2882993 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill changes the Penal Execution Law to create measures that strengthen the protection of women who are victims of domestic and family violence against new threats or violence from convicted offenders or those in pretrial detention. It also changes the Torture Crimes Law to include, as torture, repeatedly subjecting a woman to intense physical or mental suffering in this context.

## Key points

- Amends the Penal Execution Law (Law No. 7.210/1984) to protect women who are victims of domestic violence
- Focuses on repeated threats or violence by convicted offenders or those in pretrial detention
- Amends the Torture Crimes Law (Law No. 9.455/1997)
- Provides that repeatedly subjecting a woman to intense physical or mental suffering is torture

## Votes

- April 15, 2026: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved: Bill No. 2.083 of 2022.

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