Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved the base text of Bill No. 5,582/2025, known as the Anti-Faction Bill, on Tuesday (November 18, 2025), with 370 votes in favor and 110 against. The bill, authored by the Lula government, was modified by rapporteur Guilherme Derrite (PP-SP) in six versions, marking a defeat for the executive, which attempted to delay the vote. The text now heads to the Senate, where it will be reported by Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE).
The Anti-Faction Bill, sent by the federal government on October 31, 2025, to update norms against organized crime, was altered by Deputy Guilherme Derrite, who is the licensed Secretary of Public Security in São Paulo under Governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos). Derrite presented six reports, creating an autonomous law on ultra-violent criminal organizations, defined as groups of three or more people using violence for territorial or social control.
Key changes include the crime of Structured Social Domain, with a penalty of 20 to 40 years, extendable for leaders or use of technologies like drones, up to 66 years. Favoring Structured Social Domain carries 12 to 20 years, and both are heinous crimes. Penalties for homicide by faction members rise to 20-40 years, kidnapping to 12-20 years, and thefts to 4-10 years. The text prohibits amnesty, pardon, or regime progression before 85% of the sentence and creates national and state databases on faction members, with CPF and CNPJ.
Proceeds from seized assets go to state funds if local investigation, or national if by the Federal Police (PF), drawing criticism from the PF for reducing its budget. The government attempted two postponement requests and one to revert to the original, all rejected. Parties with ministries (PP, PDT, União Brasil, PSD) provided 224 of the 370 yes votes (60%), with over 90% internal support. PT had 65 votes against, PSOL entirely against.
Minister Gleisi Hoffmann called the process a 'legislative mess' that benefits factions. Chamber President Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB) celebrated: 'The Chamber made history by delivering a tough response against criminals.' PL leader Sóstenes Cavalcante praised the toughening. PT leader Lindbergh Farias criticized: 'It's shameful, opens procedural nullities.' Motta barred a highlight to equate factions to terrorists as unconstitutional. In the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre chose Vieira to avoid politicization, denying bolsonarists like Flávio Bolsonaro and Sergio Moro.
During the session, Glauber Braga (PSOL) questioned if a deputy was armed, suspecting Derrite, whose office denied it. The text still faces highlights before going to the Senate.
