# The bill changes the Penal Code to increase the penalty for the crime of mistreatment when it is committed against a person with a disability.

- Bill: PL 1978/2025
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: September 2, 2025
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2502887/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2895765 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill changes the Penal Code to increase the penalty for the crime of mistreatment when it is committed against a person with a disability. The change is made to paragraph 3 of article 136 of the Code.

## Key points

- Amends paragraph 3 of article 136 of the Penal Code
- Deals with the crime of mistreatment
- Provides for a higher penalty when the victim is a person with a disability

## Votes

- September 2, 2025: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved: the substitute text to Bill No. 1.978 of 2025, as adopted by the rapporteur of the Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship.

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