Overview

• The Chamber of Deputies approved in general the reform to Law 26.122 by 140–80 with 17 abstentions, but Article 3 fell two votes short of the absolute majority required (127 vs. 129).
• The defeated article would have required both chambers to explicitly approve each emergency decree by absolute majority within 90 days, with inaction causing the decree to lapse.
• The package establishes that rejection by a single chamber can annul a DNU and introduces single‑subject limits plus a ban on issuing a new DNU on the same matter within the same parliamentary year.
• The bill now returns to the Senate, which had granted earlier approval, as the Executive signals it will veto the measure if enacted and the opposition currently lacks the two‑thirds needed to override in Deputies.
• Government floor tactics and pressure via governors helped stall the core clause, and opposition blocs warn that a veto could trigger an institutional dispute potentially landing before the Supreme Court.