Chamber Panel Approves Tabata Amaral’s Text to Criminalize Misogyny

Overview

• A Câmara dos Deputados group of work led by Tabata Amaral approved her substitutive report in a symbolic vote on Tuesday, June 16, sending the revised PL 896/2023 toward a plenary decision in the last week of June or the first week of July.
• The relatora narrowed the legal wording from subjective terms such as “hate” or “aversion” to conduct‑focused language that defines misogyny as inducing or inciting violence, restricting rights, or offending a woman’s dignity because of her gender.
• Under the draft the act would be included in the Lei do Racismo, carry prison terms of two to five years plus fines, be declared inafiançável and imprescritível, and face sentence increases for aggravating circumstances including domestic contexts and victims who are children, elderly or disabled.
• The substitutive text adds non‑penal measures and digital tools: it expands specialized police care, adjusts the Maria da Penha framework for prevention, and lets courts order temporary suspension of accounts used to spread misogynistic content while creating aggravations for monetized or influencer‑amplified abuse.
• Political bargaining continues as opponents raise free‑speech and religious‑liberty objections and conservative deputies push for a religious immunity carve‑out; if the plenary amends the bill it will return to the Senate, and if passed as is it will go to the president for sanction.