Congress President Davi Alcolumbre signed the extension on November 10, and it was published in the Diário Oficial da União the following day, although the move is automatic under Article 62 of the Constitution when both chambers haven’t finished voting within the first 60 days. The new period begins on November 24 and pauses for the parliamentary recess from December 23 to February 1.
The joint committee of deputies and senators that must report on the measure before any floor vote has still not been installed, leaving it without a chair or rapporteur, and one of its Senate seats remains vacant. Of the 94 amendments still live, 20 come from just three committee members, opposition deputies Capitão Alden and Rodrigo Valadares of the Liberal Party and Senator Dr. Hiran of the Progressistas, all seeking to soften the ban, while none of the four members from President Lula’s Workers’ Party have filed any.
Alden’s amendment 79 would restore every license revoked under the measure without a new application or fee and add the time operators lost since September 25. That matters because, if the measure lapses, the licenses wouldn’t automatically return, as the Constitution leaves effects from the period the measure was in force in place unless Congress passes a decree within 60 days, meaning operators wouldn’t be automatically refunded the R$30 million they each paid for a five-year license.
Currently, there are only five working weeks left in 2026, and a new Congress is set to take office in February. The ban also remains under challenge at the Supreme Federal Court, where Justice Luiz Fux suspended all lower-court cases against it on November 8.
