Overview

• Senators held an initial public hearing on PL 4/2025, a draft derived from a commission of jurists coordinated by STJ vice president Luis Felipe Salomão and presented by Senator Rodrigo Pacheco.
• The proposal revises more than 900 provisions and adds roughly 300 new articles, with the Senate’s temporary commission expected to operate until March 2026 under rapporteur Veneziano Vital do Rêgo.
• STJ ministers Luis Felipe Salomão and Marco Aurélio Bellizze endorsed the update, saying it aligns the code with contemporary social, technological and familial realities.
• A dedicated digital-law book would integrate principles from the Marco Civil and LGPD, regulate electronic wills and digital evidence, recognize virtual identities and avatars, and define digital inheritance.
• The draft updates sensitive family-law areas by inverting the burden of proof in paternity recognition and by setting rules for assisted reproduction, including limited access to donor identities with judicial authorization.