The Federal Senate on Tuesday (11/11) approved a bill that increases penalties for sexual crimes against vulnerable people. The document has already been approved by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and will now be approved by the President.
Check out the changes to the penalties set out in PL 2,810/2025.
- Rape of a vulnerable person: From 8 to 15 years old to 10 to 18 years old.
- Rape of a vulnerable person with serious bodily harm: From 10 to 20 years old, from 12 to 24 years old.
- Rape of a vulnerable person resulting in death: From 12 to 30 years old, from 20 to 40 years old.
- Corruption of minors: From 2-5 years to 6-14 years.
- Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of someone under the age of 14: From 2-4 years to 5-12 years.
- Exposing minors under 18 to sexual exploitation: From 4 to 10 years old to 7 to 16 years old.
- Providing, transmitting, and selling rape scenes: From 1 to 5 years to 4 to 10 years.
The criminal code states that the crime of rape of a vulnerable person targets children and adolescents up to the age of 14. People who, because of illness or disability, do not have the discernment to perform the act. People who for some reason are unable to resist the act (for example, people who are drunk, unconscious, under the influence of drugs, etc.).
The project was authored by Margarethe Buzzetti (PSD-MT) and reported by Senator Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE).
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This article states that all the safeguards provided for in the María da Peña Law are applicable in cases of sexual crimes against vulnerable people. According to the proposal, defendants under preventive arrest would have to undergo testing to determine their genetic profile through DNA extraction.
Additionally, those convicted of sex offenses are only eligible for more lenient regimes and criminal benefits if criminological tests show no signs of reoffending.
The proposal also stipulates that technology and communications companies, including providers, applications, websites, video platforms and electronic games, should be held accountable for broadcasting content that violates the rights of vulnerable people. Companies must remove offensive publications immediately upon being notified by a police authority, public prosecutor’s office or guardianship council, even without a court order.
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