Overview

• Deputy Delegado Bruno Lima filed PL 4688/2025 in the Chamber on Sept. 22 after the assassination of Ruy Ferraz Fontes in Praia Grande, with investigators examining a possible PCC link.
• The bill allows requests from active and retired police, judges, prosecutors, public defenders and, when the threat stems from their mandate, lawmakers.
• The menu of measures includes escorts, armored vehicles, security reinforcement at homes or workplaces, confidentiality in public registries and inclusion in existing federal programs, subject to ministerial risk assessment.
• The Justice Ministry would fund approved protections, the Executive would regulate the law within 90 days of enactment, and cooperation agreements with states and municipalities are permitted.
• Parallel moves include at least five proposals in São Paulo’s Assembly, a Senate-approved bill by Sergio Moro awaiting a Chamber vote, and a Justice Ministry draft in preparation, as an O Globo editorial urges a structured federal policy drawing on Italian, Colombian, Spanish and domestic precedents.