Measure allows judges and delegates to impose electronic monitoring as soon as a risk of violence is identified; text goes to presidential sanction
The Senate approved this Wednesday (March 18, 2026) Bill 2,942 of 2024, which expands protection for victims of domestic violence. The proposal allows judges and delegates to impose electronic monitoring of aggressors autonomously, without the need for other precautionary measures or house arrest. The text goes to sanction.
The vote was symbolic, when there is no nominal vote count. The main change establishes that the Court can apply the electronic ankle bracelet as soon as it identifies a risk to the woman’s physical or psychological integrity. Read the (PDF-135kB).
A nova she alters a to include electronic monitoring among protective measures and establishes guidelines for financing and campaigns to combat domestic violence, including the allocation of resources for the acquisition and maintenance of equipment.
Previously, the use of electronic monitoring devices was associated with probation regimes or specific sentences. Now, the ankle bracelet becomes a direct tool for monitoring compliance with protective measures, such as the minimum distance that the aggressor must maintain from the victim.
How it works
The project determines that the imposition may be decreed by the Court or, in municipalities that are not the seat of a district, by the police authority, with communication to the judge within 24 hours for validation.
Monitoring will be a priority in cases of non-compliance with protective measures or when there is imminent risk to the victim. The system must issue an automatic and simultaneous alert to the victim and the nearest police unit if the aggressor violates the exclusion area determined by the Court.
“True epidemic”
Authored by deputies (PDT-RJ) and (Psol-RS), the project was in the Chamber on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) in the form of a substitute. In the Senate, the text was under the rapporteur of the senator (PDT-DF). The senator highlighted the current scenario of domestic violence against women, declaring it “a true epidemic”.
In the report, she also cited data from the according to which the Judiciary received 966,785 new cases of domestic violence against women in 2024, covering physical, psychological, sexual, property assaults and non-compliance with protective measures. In the same year, 582,105 protective measures were granted, with another 53,711 extended.
“This horrific scenario of violence against women must be combated energetically and forcefully, as does PL No. 2,942, of 2024”concluded Leila Barros.
