Ficha Limpa

Lei da Ficha Limpa
National Congress of Brazil
Long title Changes Complementary Law no. 64, of 18 May 1990, which establishes, according to § 9 of Article 14 of the Federal Constitution, cases of inelegibility, termination deadlines and determinates other providences, to include hypothesis of inelegibility that aims to protect the administrative probity and the morality in the exercise of the mandate.
Citation	Complementary Law no. 135, of 4 June 2010
Territorial extent	Whole of Brazil
Passed by	Chamber of Deputies
Passed	11 May 2010
Passed by	Federal Senate
Passed	19 May 2010
Signed by	President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Signed	4 June 2010
Commenced	4 June 2010
Legislative history
First chamber: Chamber of Deputies
Bill title	Complementary Bill 168/1993
Bill citation	PLP 168/1993
Introduced by	President Itamar Franco
Introduced	22 October 1993
First reading	22 October 1993
Second reading	14 November 2001
Second chamber: Federal Senate
Bill title	Chamber Bill 58/2010
Bill citation	PLC 58/2010
Received from the Chamber of Deputies	13 May 2010
Member(s) in charge	Chamber of Deputies
First reading	13 May 2010
Second reading	19 May 2010
Amends
Complementary Law no. 64/1990
Keywords
Anti-corruption, elections in Brazil
Status: In force

Lei da Ficha Limpa (English: Clean Record Act) or Complementary Law no. 135 of 2010 is a Brazilian act that amended the Conditions of Ineligibility Act (Complementary Law no. 64 of 1990). It was the fourth bill proposed by direct people's initiative as law in Brazil.^[1] It was devised by Judge Marlon Reis and received about 1.3 million signatures before being submitted to the National Congress.^[2] The act makes a candidate who has been impeached, has resigned to avoid impeachment, or been convicted by a decision of a collective body (with more than one judge) ineligible to hold public office for eight years, even if possible appeals remain.^[3]

The project was approved in the Chamber of Deputies on May 5, 2010 and by the Federal Senate on May 19, 2010 by unanimous vote. It was sanctioned by the President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and became the Supplementary Law no. 135 of June 4, 2010.^[4] In February 2012, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) deemed the law constitutional and valid for the next elections to be held in Brazil, which was considered a victory for the position advocated by the Superior Electoral Court in the 2010 elections.^[3]