Marco de IA ganha força para ser votado no final do ano
The rapporteur said Brazil’s AI regulatory bill is now expected to be voted on late in the year, after the October elections.
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Mobile Time reports that Brazilian federal deputy Aguinaldo Ribeiro, of the PP party from Paraíba, has said the vote on the country's artificial intelligence regulatory framework, bill PL 2338/2023, is expected to be left until the end of the year. That would come after the October elections. Earlier expectations had been for a vote by May. Ribeiro, who is the rapporteur for the bill in the lower house, made the comments to the outlet on Monday the 24th, the first day of Febraban Tech 2026.
According to the deputy, the push to approve the text should return to full strength once the elections are over. The report notes that Brazilians vote on 4 October in a first round for state deputies, federal deputies, senators, governors and the president, with a possible second round on 25 October to settle governor and presidential races if needed.
Asked about copyright provisions said to be holding the text up, Ribeiro replied that the whole text is being worked on and that open points, copyright among them, are being handled together with Eduardo Gomes, the Senate vice-president from the PL party in Tocantins who is the bill's rapporteur there. This coordination matters because the document returns to the Senate once the Chamber of Deputies approves it.
The article also covers Redata, bill 278/2026, which offers tax incentives to the data center market. Ribeiro said it now only awaits scheduling by Senate president Davi Alcolumbre. The Chamber passed it under his rapporteurship on 25 February, but the government's legislative agenda stalled in the Senate because Alcolumbre and President Lula disagreed over a nomination to the Supreme Court. The two reconciled this month, and signals emerged that government-backed items could move forward again.