Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies, which approved the amendment Tuesday in a 444–12 vote, sent the text to the Senate for two rounds that require at least 54 votes.
- The floor rises in stages of 0.3% in the first year, 0.5% in the second, 0.75% in the third, and 1% from the fourth year onward across federal, state, and municipal budgets.
- At the government’s request, the House version lets existing social-assistance expenses count toward the minimum and ties compliance to the annual budget law to reduce short-term fiscal pressure.
- States and municipalities must meet their 1% using their own revenue rather than federal transfers, with the same gradual schedule added after lobbying by city groups.
- Government estimates put the extra cost near R$36.3 billion over four years, while the floor aims to give Suas—Brazil’s network of local social service centers—more stable funding for services that support vulnerable families.