Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved the Anti-Faction Bill (PL 5582/25) on the night of February 24, toughening penalties against criminal organizations and militias. Authored by the executive branch, the bill now heads to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for sanction after Senate amendments. The symbolic vote removed the proposed taxation on online bets.
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies passed Bill 5582/25, known as the Anti-Faction Bill, in a symbolic vote on the night of February 24. Presented by the government in 2025 and reported by Deputy Guilherme Derrite (PP-SP), the text largely restores the original version approved by the House in November of the previous year, following Senate changes. If sanctioned, it will be named the Raul Jungmann Law, honoring the late Justice Minister who died in January.
The bill raises penalties for involvement in criminal organizations or militias, imposing 20 to 40 years imprisonment for structured social dominance crimes, such as territorial control through violence or threats. Aiding such dominance carries 12 to 20 years. For homicide and bodily injury by faction members, penalties range from 20 to 40 years, overturning the Senate's reduction to 15 to 30 years. Kidnapping and false imprisonment receive 12 to 20 years, while thefts by faction members face 4 to 10 years.
The rapporteur reinstated the division of seized assets proceeds: in joint investigations by the Federal Police and state Civil Police, 50% goes to the National Public Security Fund and 50% to the State Fund. This provision is criticized by the government and the Federal Police, who say it would undercapitalize the agency, without prior consultation. Derrite called the Senate's change a 'grave setback'.
Other measures include bans on amnesty, pardon, grace, bail, or conditional release for convicts; mandatory maximum-security federal prisons for leaders; and penalty reductions of one-third to half for preparatory acts. Dependents of convicted insured individuals lose reclusion aid in closed or semi-open regimes. The bill also mandates judicial review within 24 hours for urgent cases and international cooperation coordinated by the Federal Police.
A PP amendment removed the Cide-Bets, a 15% levy on online bets to fund crime-fighting and prison modernization, which Derrite deemed 'positive' but lacked party consensus. Fiscal regularization rules for betting companies were also excluded.
