# The bill adds the crime of forced disappearance of a person to the Penal Code.

- Bill: PL 6240/2013
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: March 2, 2026
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/589982/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1123680 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill adds the crime of forced disappearance of a person to the Penal Code. It also changes the Heinous Crimes Law (Law No. 8.072/1990) so that this crime is considered heinous, a category of crimes treated more strictly by the law.

## Key points

- Creates article 149-A in the Penal Code to define the crime of forced disappearance of a person
- Adds item VIII to art. 1 of Law No. 8.072/1990
- Classifies forced disappearance as a heinous crime

## Votes

- March 2, 2026: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved the Substitute Text to Bill No. 6.240 of 2013, adopted by the rapporteur of the Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship, except for the separate votes.

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