# Projeto de Lei nº 2338/2023 – Dispõe sobre o uso da Inteligência Artificial (Bill No. 2338/2023 – On the use of Artificial Intelligence)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Brazil
- **Instrument type**: Bill
- **Status**: Proposed
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Senado Federal (author: Senator Rodrigo Pacheco); now before the Câmara dos Deputados
- **Adopted**: 2023-05-03

## In brief

Projeto de Lei nº 2338/2023 is a non-binding bill of Brazil, issued by Senado Federal (author: Senator Rodrigo Pacheco); now before the Câmara dos Deputados. It was proposed on 3 May 2023. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

PL 2338/2023 is Brazil's flagship AI bill, introduced in the Senate in May 2023 and approved by the Senate plenary on 10 December 2024 after extensive amendment. It classifies AI systems by risk, bans certain uses, sets obligations for developers and deployers of high-risk systems, and provides for rights of affected persons and a national governance system. The Senate transmitted the text to the Chamber of Deputies on 17 March 2025, where a special committee is examining it.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Senado Federal (author: Senator Rodrigo Pacheco); now before the Câmara dos Deputados. Oversight: Bill proposes a national AI governance system led by a competent authority (SIA); currently under review by a Chamber of Deputies special committee. Stated purpose: Create a comprehensive, risk-based legal framework for AI in Brazil.

## Key dates

2024-12-10: Approved by the Senate plenary; 2025-03-17: Sent to the Chamber of Deputies for review; special committee subsequently created

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0033 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0033; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/brazil-projeto-de-lei-no-2338-2023
- **Official source**: https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividade/materias/-/materia/157233
- **Source document**: Projeto de Lei nº 2338/2023 – Dispõe sobre o uso da Inteligência Artificial (Bill No. 2338/2023 – On the use of Artificial Intelligence)
- **Published by**: Senado Federal
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-29
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Projeto de Lei nº 2338/2023 – Dispõe sobre o uso da Inteligência Artificial (Bill No. 2338/2023 – On the use of Artificial Intelligence)" [AIPT-POL-0033, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0033 (accessed 29 October 2026).

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