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Brazil House Rapporteur Expands App Bill to Most Service Platforms, Excluding OnlyFans

The special committee is finishing hearings with freelancer platforms ahead of a planned November committee vote.

Overview

  • At an October 21 hearing on PLP 152/2025, only Abrafesta president Ricardo Dias and Hauseful CEO Pablo Chacón appeared, while invitees including GetNinja, DogHero, Afya, Superprof, Workana, Profes and 99Freelas declined.
  • Rapporteur Augusto Coutinho said the regulation will cover service‑intermediation platforms beyond transport and delivery, with an explicit exclusion for OnlyFans.
  • The text will be structured in chapters and will apply to platforms that exert control over pricing and work routines rather than those that merely publish values.
  • A common social‑protection framework is being drafted for continuous app workers, including employer‑funded accident insurance and an optional pension modeled on proposals from Abrapp.
  • Coutinho targets presenting and passing his report in committee in November and sending it to the plenary by December, with the design of a charge model, including a floated 30% rate, still under debate.