With almost 100 thousand projects in progress, the Chamber has more than 59 thousand proposals on hold and has already received 510 new initiatives for 2026.
Public security remains one of the most recurring themes in the National Congress and, on the eve of a new electoral cycle, it once again occupies a central space in the political debate. A survey by the Bruno Pinheiro column, based on official data from the Chamber of Deputies, shows that 96,497 proposals related to public security are currently being processed, of which another 59,420 are still awaiting some type of analysis or deliberation.
The significant volume highlights not only the complexity of the topic, but also the historical difficulty of the Legislature in transforming proposals into effective public policies. The accumulation of matters spans different legislatures and includes bills, proposed amendments to the Constitution, complementary bills, as well as legislative requests and suggestions.
In 2026, the year of general elections, the pace of presenting new proposals accelerated again. In this pre-election cycle alone, 510 new proposals related to public security have already been filed, reflecting the electorate’s expectation that the topic will be at the center of the political debate. Opinion surveys indicate that violence, organized crime and feelings of insecurity are recurrently among the population’s main concerns.
Despite the large number of initiatives, the column survey shows that a relevant part of the proposals have a similar scope or overlap with existing projects, which contributes to slow processing and fragmentation of discussions. Even so, the mapping identifies a set of matters considered structuring or strategic for the redesign of public security policy in the country.
Among the projects with the greatest impact is PEC 38/2025, which proposes profound changes in public administration, focusing on governance, professionalization, digital transformation and review of privileges in the public service — pillars considered essential for the modernization of security forces. Also with a structural character, PEC 37/2022 and PEC 76/2019 deal with the reorganization of the constitutional public security system, including municipal guards and scientific police in the list of bodies provided for in article 144 of the Constitution.
Another relevant axis identified in the survey is the use of technology. PL 4356/2025 establishes national guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence in the Unified Public Security System (SUSP), seeking to balance innovation, operational efficiency and fundamental guarantees. In the same vein, PL 4369/2025 proposes the mandatory use of smart body cameras integrated with AI systems, an issue that concentrates strong political and social polarization.
In the field of financing, PLP 235/2025 proposes a new discipline for the National Public Security Fund (FNSP) and the National Penitentiary Fund (Funpen), changing resource distribution criteria and directly impacting States and municipalities. PL 4889/2025 conditions the transfer of FNSP resources to the creation of police stations specializing in cyber crimes against children and adolescents, a proposal with high social appeal and greater potential for consensus.
Also among the highlights is PL 4932/2025, known as the “Brazil Without Scrap Law”, which deals with the disposal of seized vehicles, the speeding up of auctions and the use of the resources raised to strengthen the infrastructure of road safety and the Federal Highway Police.
Experts point out that, although Congress produces a significant volume of proposals, the central challenge remains the ability to prioritize. In a pre-election scenario, the tendency is for an increase in the number of projects presented, but without proportional progress in the analysis and voting on matters.
With almost 100,000 proposals in progress — and more than 59,000 still waiting for some type of deliberation —, voter expectations for concrete answers tend to increase the pressure on parliamentarians in 2026. The challenge for the Legislature will be to transform quantity into effectiveness and define which projects will come to fruition and, in fact, impact public safety in the country.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
