# The bill recognizes football as played in Brazil as an expression of national culture.

- Bill: PL 1842/2025
- Subject: [Culture, Sport and Tourism](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/cultura-esporte-e-turismo/)
- Latest vote: August 13, 2026
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2500126/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2891294 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill recognizes football as played in Brazil as an expression of national culture. It also recognizes it as intangible cultural heritage of the Brazilian people, that is, part of the culture that is not a physical asset.

## Key points

- Recognizes football as played in Brazil as an expression of national culture
- Defines football as intangible cultural heritage of the Brazilian people

## Votes

- August 13, 2026: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved: the substitute text to Bill No. 1.842 of 2025, from the Committee on Culture.

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