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ROLL-CALL VOTE · CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES · 2026-10-14

Chamber of Deputies, 2026-10-14: PLP 186/2026

Aprovada a Subemenda Substitutiva Global ao Projeto de Lei Complementar nº 186, de 2026, adotada pelo relator da Comissão de Indústria, Comércio e Serviços, ressalvados os destaques. Sim: 461; Não: 4; Total: 465.

Date
Result
Approved Observed
Present
466 Observed
Participation (present / members in office)
90.8% Derived

Bill

PLP 186/2026 Observed

Altera a Lei Complementar nº 123, de 14 de dezembro de 2006, para dispor sobre o limite de receita bruta anual e o número de empregados do Microempreendedor Individual.

Totals

Records by vote type.
VoteRecords Observed
Yes461
No4
Art. 17 (presiding)1

By party

Government guidance: Yes Observed

Votes by the party recorded in the vote, Rice cohesion and published guidance.
PartyYes ObservedNo ObservedAbstention ObservedObstruction ObservedOther present ObservedRice DerivedParty guidance Observed
AVANTE500001.000n/a
CIDADANIA20000Unknownn/a
DC10000Unknownn/a
MDB3200001.000n/a
MISSÃO01000UnknownNo
NOVO400001.000Yes
PCdoB1100001.000Yes
PDT800001.000Yes
PL8800001.000Yes
PODE2310000.917n/a
PP4100001.000n/a
PRD10000Unknownn/a
PSB1600001.000n/a
PSD4300001.000n/a
PSDB1420000.750n/a
PSOL1300001.000Yes
PT6200001.000Yes
PV600001.000Yes
REDE20000UnknownYes
REPUBLICANOS3800011.000n/a
SOLIDARIEDADE300001.000n/a
UNIÃO4800001.000n/a

Formula Rice(party, vote) = |Yes - No| / (Yes + No), only when Yes + No >= 3; abstention, obstruction and absence are excluded

Roll-call record

Every recorded vote, in alphabetical order of the member name.
MemberPartyStateVote Observed
Acácio FavachoMDBAPYes
Adail FilhoMDBAMYes
Adilson BarrosoPLSPYes
Adolfo VianaPSDBBAYes
Adriana VenturaNOVOSPYes
Adriano do BaldyPPGOYes
Aécio NevesPSDBMGNo
Afonso MottaPDTRSYes
Aguinaldo RibeiroPPPBYes
Airton FaleiroPTPAYes
AJ AlbuquerquePPCEYes
Alberto FragaPLDFYes
AlbuquerqueREPUBLICANOSRRYes
Alceu MoreiraMDBRSYes
Alencar SantanaPTSPYes
Alex ManenteCIDADANIASPYes
Alexandre GuimarãesMDBTOYes
Alexandre LeiteUNIÃOSPYes
Alexandre LindenmeyerPTRSYes
AlfredinhoPTSPYes
Alfredo GasparPLALYes
Alice PortugalPCdoBBAYes
Aliel MachadoPVPRYes
Aline GurgelUNIÃOAPYes
Altineu CôrtesPLRJYes
Aluisio MendesREPUBLICANOSMAYes
Amanda GentilPPMAYes
Amaro NetoPPESYes
Amom MandelREPUBLICANOSAMYes
Ana Paula LeãoPPMGYes
Ana Paula LimaPTSCYes
Ana PimentelPTMGYes
André AbdonPPAPYes
André FernandesPLCEYes
André FerreiraPLPEYes
André FigueiredoPDTCEYes
André FufucaPPMAYes
Andreia SiqueiraPSBPAYes
Antônia LúciaMDBACYes
Antonio AndradePSDBTONo
Antonio BritoPSDBAYes
Antonio Carlos RodriguesPODESPYes
Antônio DoidoMDBPAYes
Any OrtizPPRSYes
Arlindo ChinagliaPTSPYes
Arnaldo JardimCIDADANIASPYes
Arthur Oliveira MaiaUNIÃOBAYes
Átila LiraPPPIYes
Augusto CoutinhoREPUBLICANOSPEYes
Aureo RibeiroSOLIDARIEDADERJYes
BacelarPVBAYes
Baleia RossiMDBSPYes
Bandeira de MelloPVRJYes
BebetoPPRJYes
Benedita da SilvaPTRJYes
Benes LeocádioUNIÃORNYes
Beto PereiraREPUBLICANOSMSYes
Beto PretoPSDPRYes
Beto RichaPSDBPRYes
Bia KicisPLDFYes
Bibo NunesPLRSYes
Bohn GassPTRSYes
Bruno FariasREPUBLICANOSMGYes
Bruno GanemPODESPYes
Cabo Gilberto SilvaPLPBYes
Camila JaraPTMSYes
Capitão Alberto NetoPLAMYes
Capitão AldenPLBAYes
Capitão AugustoPLSPYes
Carla DicksonPLRNYes
Carlos GomesREPUBLICANOSRSYes
Carlos Henrique GaguimUNIÃOTOYes
Carlos JordyPLRJYes
Carlos SampaioPSDSPYes
Carlos VerasPTPEYes
Carlos ZarattiniPTSPYes
Carol DartoraPTPRYes
Caroline de ToniPLSCYes
Castro NetoMDBPIYes
Célia XakriabáPSOLMGYes
Célio SilveiraMDBGOYes
Célio StudartPSDCEYes
Celso SabinoPDTPAYes
Charles FernandesPSDBAYes
Chico AlencarPSOLRJYes
Chris ToniettoPLRJYes
Clarissa TércioPPPEYes
Cleber VerdeMDBMAYes
Clodoaldo MagalhãesPVPEYes
CobalchiniMDBSCYes
Coronel AssisPLMTYes
Coronel FernandaPLMTYes
Coronel MeiraPLPEYes
Coronel UlyssesUNIÃOACYes
Covatti FilhoPPRSYes
Cristiane LopesPODEROYes
Da VitoriaPPESYes
Dagoberto NogueiraPPMSYes
Daiana SantosPCdoBRSYes
Dal BarretoUNIÃOBAYes
Damião FelicianoUNIÃOPBYes
DandaraPTMGYes
Daniel AgrobomPSDGOYes
Daniel AlmeidaPCdoBBAYes
Daniel BarbosaPPALYes
Daniel TrzeciakPSDBRSYes
Daniela do WaguinhoREPUBLICANOSRJYes
Daniela ReinehrPLSCYes
Danilo FortePPCEYes
David SoaresPODESPYes
Defensor Stélio DenerUNIÃORRYes
Delegada IonePLMGYes
Delegada KatarinaPSDSEYes
Delegado CaveiraPLPAYes
Delegado da CunhaUNIÃOSPYes
Delegado Éder MauroPLPAYes
Delegado Fabio CostaPPALYes
Delegado Marcelo FreitasUNIÃOMGYes
Delegado Matheus LaiolaUNIÃOPRYes
Delegado PalumboPODESPYes
Delegado Paulo BilynskyjPLSPYes
Denise PessôaPTRSYes
DetinhaPLMAYes
Diego AndradePSDMGYes
Diego CoronelREPUBLICANOSBAYes
Diego GarciaUNIÃOPRYes
Dilceu SperaficoPPPRYes
Dilvanda FaroPTPAYes
Dimas FabianoPPMGYes
Dimas GadelhaPTRJYes
Domingos NetoPSDCEYes
Domingos SávioPLMGYes
Dorinaldo MalafaiaPDTAPYes
Dr FlávioPLRJYes
Dr. Daniel SoranzPSDRJYes
Dr. Fernando MáximoPLROYes
Dr. FranciscoPTPIYes
Dr. FredericoPLMGYes
Dr. JazielPLCEYes
Dr. Luiz OvandoPPMSYes
Dr. Victor LinhalisPSBESYes
Dr. Zacharias CalilMDBGOYes
Dra. Alessandra HaberPODEPAYes
Duarte Jr.AVANTEMAYes
Duda SalabertPSOLMGYes
Eduardo BismarckPVCEYes
Eduardo da FontePPPEYes
Eduardo VellosoSOLIDARIEDADEACYes
Eli BorgesREPUBLICANOSTOYes
Elmar NascimentoUNIÃOBAYes
Emanuel Pinheiro NetoPSDMTYes
Emidinho MadeiraPLMGYes
Enfermeira RejanePCdoBRJYes
Eriberto MedeirosPSBPEYes
Erika HiltonPSOLSPYes
Erika KokayPTDFYes
Eros BiondiniPLMGYes
Euclydes PettersenREPUBLICANOSMGYes
Evair Vieira de MeloREPUBLICANOSESYes
Fabio GarciaUNIÃOMTYes
Fábio MacedoPODEMAYes
Fabio ReisPSDSEYes
Fabio SchiochetUNIÃOSCYes
Fábio TeruelMDBSPYes
Fausto Jr.UNIÃOAMYes
Fausto PinatoUNIÃOSPYes
Felipe BecariPODESPYes
Felipe CarrerasPSBPEYes
Felipe FrancischiniPODEPRYes
Félix Mendonça JúniorPDTBAYes
Fernanda MelchionnaPSOLRSYes
Fernanda PessoaPSDCEYes
Fernando Coelho FilhoUNIÃOPEYes
Fernando MineiroPTRNYes
Fernando MonteiroPSDPEYes
Fernando RodolfoPRDPEYes
Filipe BarrosPLPRYes
Filipe MartinsPLTOYes
Flávia MoraisMDBGOYes
Flávio NogueiraPTPIYes
Florentino NetoPTPIYes
Franciane BayerREPUBLICANOSRSYes
Fred LinharesREPUBLICANOSDFYes
Gabriel MotaUNIÃORRYes
Gabriel NunesPSDBAYes
General GirãoPLRNYes
General PazuelloPLRJYes
Geovania de SáREPUBLICANOSSCYes
Geraldo MendesUNIÃOPRYes
Geraldo ResendeUNIÃOMSYes
Gervásio MaiaPCdoBPBYes
Gilberto AbramoREPUBLICANOSMGYes
Gilmar MachadoPTMGYes
Gilson DanielPODEESYes
Gilson MarquesNOVOSCYes
Gilvan da FederalPLESYes
Giovani CheriniPLRSYes
Glauber BragaPSOLRJYes
Glaustin da FokusPODEGOYes
Guilherme DerritePPSPYes
Guilherme UchoaPSDPEYes
Gustavo GayerPLGOYes
Gustinho RibeiroPPSEYes
Gutemberg ReisMDBRJYes
Heitor SchuchPSDRSYes
Helder SalomãoPTESYes
Helena LimaPSDRRYes
Helio LopesPLRJYes
Hercílio Coelho DinizMDBMGYes
Hildo RochaMDBMAYes
Hugo MottaREPUBLICANOSPBArt. 17 (presiding)
Icaro de ValmirREPUBLICANOSSEYes
Idilvan AlencarPSBCEYes
Igor TimoUNIÃOMGYes
Inácio ArrudaPCdoBCEYes
IsmaelPLSCYes
Isnaldo Bulhões Jr.MDBALYes
Itamar PaimPLPRYes
Ivoneide CaetanoPTBAYes
Iza ArrudaMDBPEYes
Jack RochaPTESYes
Jadyel AlencarREPUBLICANOSPIYes
Jandira FeghaliPCdoBRJYes
Jeferson RodriguesPSDBGOYes
Jefferson CamposPLSPYes
Jilmar TattoPTSPYes
João CuryMDBSPYes
João DanielPTSEYes
João MaiaPPRNYes
Joaquim PassarinhoPLPAYes
Jonas DonizettePSBSPYes
Jorge GoettenREPUBLICANOSSCYes
Jorge SollaPTBAYes
José Airton Félix CiriloPTCEYes
José Carlos AraújoDCBAYes
José MedeirosPLMTYes
José NeltoUNIÃOGOYes
José PrianteMDBPAYes
Joseildo RamosPTBAYes
JosenildoPDTAPYes
Josimar MaranhãozinhoPLMAYes
Josivaldo JPUNIÃOMAYes
Juarez CostaREPUBLICANOSMTYes
Julia ZanattaPLSCYes
Juliana CardosoPTSPYes
Julio ArcoverdePPPIYes
Júlio CesarPSDPIYes
Julio Cesar RibeiroREPUBLICANOSDFYes
Julio LopesPPRJYes
Juninho do PneuPSDBRJYes
Junio AmaralPLMGYes
Júnior FerrariPSDPAYes
Junior LourençoMDBMAYes
Juscelino FilhoPSDBMAYes
Keniston BragaMDBPAYes
Kiko CeleguimPTSPYes
Kim KataguiriMISSÃOSPNo
Lafayette de AndradaPLMGYes
Laura CarneiroPSDRJYes
LeandrePSDPRYes
Lêda BorgesREPUBLICANOSGOYes
Leonardo GadelhaPODEPBYes
Leonardo MonteiroPTMGYes
Leur Lomanto JúniorUNIÃOBAYes
Lídice da MataPSBBAYes
Lincoln PortelaPLMGYes
Lucas RamosPSBPEYes
Lucas RedeckerPSDRSYes
Luciano AmaralPSDALYes
Luciano BivarMDBPEYes
Luciano DucciPSBPRYes
Luciano VieiraPSDBRJYes
Luis TibéAVANTEMGYes
Luisa CanzianiUNIÃOPRYes
Luiz Carlos BusatoUNIÃORSYes
Luiz Carlos HaulyPODEPRYes
Luiz Carlos MottaPLSPYes
Luiz CoutoPTPBYes
Luiz Fernando FariaUNIÃOMGYes
Luiz LimaNOVORJYes
Luiz NishimoriPSDPRYes
Luiza ErundinaPSOLSPYes
Luizianne LinsREDECEYes
Lula da FontePPPEYes
Magda MofattoPLGOYes
MarangoniPODESPYes
Marcel van HattemNOVORSYes
Marcelo Álvaro AntônioPLMGYes
Marcelo CrivellaREPUBLICANOSRJYes
Marcelo MoraesPLRSYes
Marcelo NiloREPUBLICANOSBAYes
Marcelo QueirozPSDBRJYes
Marcio AlvinoPLSPYes
Márcio HonaiserSOLIDARIEDADEMAYes
Márcio JerryPCdoBMAYes
Márcio MarinhoREPUBLICANOSBAYes
MarconPTRSYes
Marcos Aurélio SampaioMDBPIYes
Marcos PereiraREPUBLICANOSSPYes
Marcos PollonPLMSYes
Marcos TavaresPDTRJYes
Maria ArraesPSBPEYes
Maria do RosárioPTRSYes
Maria RosasREPUBLICANOSSPYes
Marina SilvaREDESPYes
Mario FriasPLSPYes
Mário Negromonte Jr.PSBBAYes
Marussa BoldrinREPUBLICANOSGOYes
Marx BeltrãoUNIÃOALYes
Matheus NoronhaPLCEYes
Maurício CarvalhoUNIÃOROYes
Mauricio do VôleiPLMGYes
Mauricio MarconPLRSYes
Mauro Benevides FilhoUNIÃOCEYes
Max LemosUNIÃORJYes
Meire SerafimUNIÃOACYes
Mendonça FilhoPLPEYes
Merlong SolanoPTPIYes
Mersinho LucenaPSDPBYes
Messias DonatoUNIÃOESYes
Miguel ÂngeloPTMGYes
Miguel LombardiPLSPYes
Milton VieiraREPUBLICANOSSPYes
Misael VarellaPSDMGYes
Missionário José OlimpioPLSPYes
Moses RodriguesUNIÃOCEYes
Murillo GouveaPSDBRJYes
Murilo GaldinoREPUBLICANOSPBYes
Natália BonavidesPTRNYes
Nelson BarbudoPODEMTYes
Nely AquinoPODEMGYes
Neto CarlettoAVANTEBAYes
NicolettiPLRRYes
Nikolas FerreiraPLMGYes
Nilto TattoPTSPYes
Olival MarquesPODEPAYes
Orlando SilvaPCdoBSPYes
Osmar TerraPLRSYes
Otoni de PaulaPSDRJYes
PadovaniPPPRYes
Padre JoãoPTMGYes
Pastor DinizUNIÃORRYes
Pastor EuricoPSDBPEYes
Pastor GilPLMAYes
Pastor Henrique VieiraPSOLRJYes
Pastor Sargento IsidórioAVANTEBAYes
Patrus AnaniasPTMGYes
PaulãoPTALYes
Paulo Abi-AckelPSDBMGYes
Paulo Alexandre BarbosaPSDSPYes
Paulo AziUNIÃOBAYes
Paulo FollettoPSBESYes
Paulo Freire CostaPLSPYes
Paulo GuedesPTMGYes
Paulo LemosPTAPYes
Paulo LitroUNIÃOPRYes
Paulo MagalhãesPSDBAYes
Paulo PimentaPTRSYes
Paulo SoaresPODESPYes
Paulo TeixeiraPTSPYes
Pedro AiharaPPMGYes
Pedro CamposPSBPEYes
Pedro Lucas FernandesUNIÃOMAYes
Pedro LupionREPUBLICANOSPRYes
Pedro PauloPSDRJYes
Pedro UczaiPTSCYes
Pedro WestphalenPPRSYes
PezentiMDBSCYes
PinheirinhoPPMGYes
Pompeo de MattosPDTRSYes
Pr. Marco FelicianoPLSPYes
Priscila CostaPLCEYes
Prof. Reginaldo VerasPVDFYes
Professor AlcidesPSDBGOYes
Professora Luciene CavalcantePSOLSPYes
Professora MarcivaniaPCdoBAPYes
Rafael BritoMDBALYes
Rafael FeraPODEROYes
Rafael PrudenteMDBDFYes
Rafael SimoesUNIÃOMGYes
Raimundo CostaPSDBAYes
Raimundo SantosPSDPAYes
Reginaldo LopesPTMGYes
ReimontPTRJYes
Renilce NicodemosMDBPAYes
Renildo CalheirosPCdoBPEYes
Ribamar SilvaPODESPYes
Ricardo AbrãoPSDBRJYes
Ricardo AyresREPUBLICANOSTOYes
Ricardo BarrosPPPRYes
Ricardo GuidiPLSCYes
Robério MonteiroPSBCEYes
Roberto DuarteREPUBLICANOSACYes
Roberto Monteiro PaiPLRJYes
Robinson FariaPPRNYes
Rodolfo NogueiraPLMSYes
Rodrigo da ZaeliPLMTYes
Rodrigo de CastroUNIÃOMGYes
Rodrigo GambalePODESPYes
Rodrigo RollembergPSBDFYes
Rogéria SantosREPUBLICANOSBAYes
Rogério CorreiaPTMGYes
Rosana VallePLSPYes
Rosangela GomesREPUBLICANOSRJYes
Rosangela MoroPLSPYes
Rosângela ReisPLMGYes
Rubens OtoniPTGOYes
Rubens Pereira JúniorPTMAYes
Rui FalcãoPTSPYes
Ruy CarneiroPODEPBYes
Sâmia BomfimPSOLSPYes
Samuel VianaUNIÃOMGYes
SandersonPLRSYes
Sandro AlexPSDPRYes
Sargento FahurPLPRYes
Sargento GonçalvesPLRNYes
Sargento PortugalPODERJNo
Saullo ViannaMDBAMYes
Saulo PedrosoPSDSPYes
Sérgio BritoPSDBAYes
Sergio SouzaMDBPRYes
Sidney LeitePSDAMYes
Silvia CristinaPPROYes
Silvio Costa FilhoREPUBLICANOSPEYes
Silvye AlvesUNIÃOGOYes
Simone MarquettoPPSPYes
Socorro NeriPPACYes
Sônia GuajajaraPSOLSPYes
Soraya SantosPLRJYes
Sóstenes CavalcantePLRJYes
Stefano AguiarPSDMGYes
Tabata AmaralPSBSPYes
Tadeu VeneriPTPRYes
Talíria PetronePSOLRJYes
Tarcísio MottaPSOLRJYes
Thiago de JoaldoREPUBLICANOSSEYes
Thiago FloresUNIÃOROYes
Tiago DimasPODETOYes
Tião MedeirosPPPRYes
TiriricaPSDSPYes
Toninho WandscheerPPPRYes
Túlio GadêlhaPSDPEYes
Valmir AssunçãoPTBAYes
Vander LoubetPTMSYes
VermelhoPLPRYes
Vicentinho JúniorPSDBTOYes
Vinicius CarvalhoPLSPYes
Vinicius GurgelPLAPYes
Vitor LippiPSDSPYes
Waldemar OliveiraAVANTEPEYes
Waldenor PereiraPTBAYes
Weliton PradoPSDMGYes
Wellington RobertoPSDPBYes
WelterPTPRYes
Wilson SantiagoREPUBLICANOSPBYes
Yandra MouraUNIÃOSEYes
Yury BrunoMDBCEYes
Zé AdrianoPPACYes
Zé Haroldo CathedralUNIÃORRYes
Zé NetoPTBAYes
Zé SilvaUNIÃOMGYes
Zé TrovãoPLSCYes
Zé VitorPLMGYes
Zeca DirceuPTPRYes
Zezinho BarbaryPPACYes
ZuccoPLRSYes

Source

Votes, guidance and bill come from the open API; the URL below returns the data of this vote.

https://dadosabertos.camara.leg.br/api/v2/votacoes/2635476-36

camara/votacoes.json · SHA-256 75eee8273e2b3bf6bf5d5cb7c995ddd0d3336d9f20f56a34c43bd3bb8604dab5 · Observed

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Every vote recorded in this roll-call vote, totals by vote type and, by party, Rice cohesion and the published guidance.
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Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate, open data APIs: 6 files in the sources table, with the URL and SHA-256 of every request in the manifest.
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Votes (records); rates from 0% to 100% over the comparable total, shown in brackets; Rice index from 0 to 1.
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@misc{reveno_evidence_votacao_camara_2635476_36,
  author = {{Reveno Evidence}},
  title = {Roll-call vote in the Chamber of Deputies, 2026-10-14: PLP 186/2026},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Reveno},
  url = {https://evidence.reveno.com.br/en/parliament/votes/camara-2635476-36/},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Source data: open data APIs of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate, collected on 2026-11-03 (UTC), votes from 2025-11-03 to 2026-11-03. Collection content, SHA-256 f1f1ac213128f5c60d6520daa601c40663f5b03d31dd7e15521d18e272a0b322}
}

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